Although some may find her blunt and a bit intimidating at times, which she can be I personally found her to be kind. Her teaching style is firm and straightforward, especially in lectures, which can feel intense. But it's clear she genuinely cares about the subject. The class itself isn't bad at all—it's composed of three short papers.

Prof. Silvia is honestly just mean. No matter what answer you give she will find something wrong with it. Easy class so might be worth it to take but just be ready for her to be angry at everything.

I totally understand why other reviewers think she was tough, but in this class and my experience personally, I really liked her. She definitely leads with a hard hand, but she cared about this subject and taught it well. She is also really kind in private, but in lecture can come off as menacing. I give her 5/5 for her dedication to this subject.

It's all true. The worst professor I have had the misfortune of meeting my entire academic career. Rude, belittling, and just neurotically insane to be honest. She yells at and scolds the class daily about effort yet literally did not even lecture once. On the final class she stormed out after mocking students in response to feedback on the course.

When we asked for help in this class, the professor rudely criticized us for wanting it and shamed us for not knowing better. The class itself was pretty difficult because there were no rubrics to their high expectations, but the TAs eventually helped us. Overall, the professor makes the class very unlikable and makes you want to stay home.

I genuinely enjoyed the subject but the professor is TERRIBLE. Silvia is very rude and dismissive to everyone. VERY UNPROFESSIONAL. Honestly lacks social skills cause she undermines everyone and believes she is is above everyone. Overall class wasn't bad but just the professor. I enjoyed talking with TA's and attending office hours

Other than belittling her students professor Bermudez adds nothing to this course by far the most unwelcoming professor I've ever come across. Lacks the ability to take criticism and when given suggestions by students her only response was to tell them how their suggestions are all wrong.

extremely difficult and very rude. She grades tough but that's fine. However, she will ask you to speak up multiple times if you try to participate. at the end of the year, she asked us for feedback on the class. For every piece of constructive criticism, she proceeded to shoot everyone down and turned the criticism on us instead.

The class has great content, and I loved learning about Latin American and Indigenous history. However, the professor's teaching style is unwelcoming. She belittles students. The grading is terrible; I'm a straight-A student, and getting a B in this class brought my GPA down. No matter how many office hours I attended, it didn't help.

The professor is disrespectful and dismissive, often using shame and harsh criticism, making students feel inadequate. Her attitude is rude and unprofessional, creating a frustrating learning environment. The course consists of three harshly graded assignments, with inconsistent grading. Overall, this class is stressful and I do not recommended.

The TA's are great and the structure of the class was fine. However, the professor was discouraging and mean the entire time. During our last class, she was asking for criticism. When students responded with real criticism for her (in a nice way), she was very mean and passive aggressive to them in front of everyone and stormed out of class.

Overall the class was formatted and organized. However, the professor was extremely cynical, unprofessional, and extremely demeaning. Also, although I did well, I felt it was unfair to expect the same professionalism and rigorous writing that 2nd and 3rd years have developed from incoming freshman. The TA's were nice and helped lot though.