in her comm88 class and all I can say is do not take her for ANY comm prereq. she reused another professor's materials without going over it fully and doesn't know what she even assigns in our major paper's guidelines. somehow never on the same page as the TAs regarding material and content, whole class was so messy. midterm was terrible too.

Just finished taking her COMM160WB class and overall I thought she was a decent professor. There were weekly assignments, a midterm and a cumulative final, but the biggest portion was the group project and presentation. Definitely not the easiest upper division comm class to take, but also really manageable. No mand. lectures but I would recommend.

currently in her Comm 88 class. her midterm was online but nothing like the study guide she posted or lecture material. said class average of 82 "too high" so she doubled the amount of questions for the final w the same amount of time. rambles in class and treats students like 1st graders. would never take her again and DO NOT RECOMMEND!

Dr. Houston is probably my favorite professor at UCSB. If you can take her class do it! Well organized and easy to follow, expectations are clear and I'd take it again any day.

Professor Houston is new to UCSB and easily one of my favorite professors thus far. She is extremely caring, easily approachable, and genuinely cares for her students. Her grading criteria is very clear, she is extremely organized and really has the best interest of the class at heart. Readings assigned and weekly assignments, 2 tests, great class.