Easy, great learning experience

Why does he not have HOT status? I learned a great deal in his class. By far one of the best profs. in his area, oh, and fine to look at as well

This class was the most boring class I have ever taken. He just repeated everything he said in other 3 hour long classes...

This professor bases most of your grade on attending a 3-hour lecture where your camera must stay on, and proceeds to ramble about his political bias, along with bright yellow writing on slides where he cites only his own books, which are the required readings and must be purchased. Unorganized, and even the TAs won't respond to emails.

Lectures felt so chaotic and disjointed I could barely take notes, and much of it felt like him talking in circles and implying things that aren't entirely true/skewed a certain way. Attendance is majority of grade, plus 3 essays. Prompts are vague and confusing, especially essay 1, he does not answer questions. His TAs keep the class afloat.

Look, he is a good professor, and I can tell he knows his stuff. But he gets so wound up in his political biases that it draws a big line between views in the class. People argue, and he cuts them off after 1 minute. he stands far left, and you can tell the way the class is taught is from left sources only. Politics aside, it could be taught better

Show up to 3 hr lecture, pay attention or don't (no electronics so bring a book), he's super passionate and will teach you lots if you pay attention. 1000 word reflection every week with two longer papers in between. Super easy and pretty good grader if you just get it done.

It is a intense class, around 80-200 pages of reading with a 1000 word reflection a week. I learned more than I have in any class I have taken. No electronics sounded daunting at first, but it actually made the class so much more interesting. I highly recommend this class or another one with Robinson but get ready to read and write.

Someone called him a dictator, and they're not wrong. Attendance is mandatory with 3 iClickers. No electronics in class. 1000 word reflections every week. He pretty much talks at you for 3 hours showing off everything he knows, which is quite a bit so I respect him for that. He would bring up very relative things in class which was nice.

Great professor. He knows the material and is very well versed on the topics. I will say, learn how to write an essay before you begin reflections. He isn't as clear on his expectations however be as academic as you possibly can be. Treat it as a real analysis paper than an “reflection.”

His minimum reading is at least 100 pages per week and expects us to write a 1000 word essay weekly, which he sets the deadline to be at 10 pm. I get so stressed out every Tuesday. On one of the weeks, he even made us read an entire book of more than 200 pages on top a list of documentaries. Take his class if you are a strong reader.

Robinson…the prof that makes people want to drop out & handles his courses like a dictator. Him & his gang of male TAs are rude, arrogant, & grade harshly with unclear parameters. I've taken 2 of his classes now. He sloppily throws together a 3hr lecture, makes you buy the overly wordy materials he writes for profit, & man-splains til you're blue.

AWFUL PPT maker. BRIGHT green background and BRIGHT yellow fonts. It's very unprofessional, lazy and difficult to look at for a long time. Extremely inconsistent fonts and text sizes (random capitalizations). PPT strains my eyes due to the intense coloring. 5 different fonts in 2 pages, ridiculous, and AI generated images.

HORRIBLE professor. He has very interesting material but teaches in block three hour classes with monotonous lectures over powerpoints. Very arbitrary criteria for the reflections that are then graded by TA's somehow even more arbitrarily. To sum it up, great material and just horrible horrible class structuring and teaching delivery.

One of my favorite professors I've had at UCSB. I left class shocked every night by all the crazy new things I had learned about history, the government, etc. The 3 hour classes flew by. There's weekly 1000 word reading responses, but they are pretty easy once you get used to them. Everyone should take Robinson if they get the chance!

Though the subject matter and readings were interesting, I found Professor Robinson to be quite rude. There were a lot of assignments and they could not be even one minute late. He has a strict no technology policy, and makes no exceptions for students who have children at home.

I love Professor Robinson! He is such an amazing lecturer. The best class I have ever taken at UCSB and he is such a respected professor. Definitely recommend his class and his passion for knowledge about sociology in Latin America. The readings were a lot but doable. Reflections were easy. I don't understand why people rating him so badly. Love it

I've taken his classes 3 times and I've gotten an A in all of them but man was it difficult to keep up with an 100+ pages of reading a week and emotionally draining content. The weekly reflection is relatively easy to get an A on, but you need to do the majority of the readings. He will make you watch documentaries that are truly horrific.

I've taken 3 of his classes, all very interesting, a good lecturer and I learned a lot. However, I can only give him 4 stars because he has a zero-tolerance policy on electronics, is a stickler for attendance, and assigns a very heavy amount of reading. If you do all the work you'll get an A.

I would 100% recommend taking any class with Professor Robinson he does not filter himself, unlike many professors at this neo-liberal college do. He encourages everyone to question everything even what he is saying. very knowledgeable and provide a very different prospective that everyone should hear. lots of reading but manageable and interesting

This class literally raised my anxiety, but Prof Robinson is extremely knowledgeable and shares a refreshing perspective and opened my eyes to a lot going on in the world. There was a LOT of reading, but the weekly paper was pretty easy to do well on if you understand the material. I'm glad I took the class.

Robinson is a great lecturer but a strict instructor with little accommodations. Heavy readings but easy responses, mind-blowing content but very strict deadlines. If you have enough time in your schedule to dedicate to this class (and don't need a laptop to take notes) take it. If not, it'll be pretty hard.

Professor Robinson is knowledgable on the topic. This class was half online and half in person due to the pandemic. Took 3-4 iclicker attendances throughout the class even when if over the allotted time for lecture. Readings are dated & his powerpoints are recycled. Also wrote a paper on movies we had to pay for and extensions are NEVER permitted.

Incredibly dense & thought-provoking. Robinson's 3 hour lectures either fly by or drag on, but he talks fast and they're better when people ask questions. There is a lot of reading but the weekly writing (1000 words) is a self-reflection & very informal. write a bit about each reading, & you're fine. One formal essay at the end. show up to class!