Super knowledgeable. He made theories actually seem interesting, and his background in comm academia provided insight that was good to know both in life and for the exams. He provided a ton of test review opportunities and was very engaging in lecture.

Afifi is an amazing professor, my personal favorite at this school, and genuinely cares about his students and his research and wants everyone to succeed. Content of Comm89 is extremely important for POC, very eye-opening, culturally informed teaching.

As a professor he is OK, my only and biggest complaint is his exams were created to fail you. Purposefully makes trick questions with the answers sounding the same. I would go to office hours and stay after class with TA and barely even passed the class. Peng was the best TA fr.

I expected this class to be a breeze since it was Comms, but honestly I had to hustle a bit by the end of the quarter. Grading criteria for assignments wasn't super clear (imo) and exams had very specific questions. However, Afifi was a kind and engaging professor! Loved him!

tests were way too hard, TA even agreed and said that his test

Afifi was an amazing lecturer and I really enjoyed COMM89! Definitely recommend as this course was not too hard and not too easy. He really cares about his students and does his best to make the class inclusive for everyone. I would take a class with him again because he was so easy to understand

Amazing professor!! He cares so much about his students and is interesting in lecture. Take his class

Professor Afifi is incredibly knowledgable and a great lecturer. My first comm course and I loved it. The course is made up of 4 exams and 2 papers as well as a small portion for section attendance and SONA. follow the detailed instructions for the papers. To succeed study Afifi's slides, briefly read the readings, and actively listen in class.

I really liked Prof Afifi as he has strong social consciousness and constantly ties what we learn to societal context. He is also a good lecturer and caring and understanding for students. Exams could be pretty hard and tricky, though, you'll only be able to get them correct if you understand concepts and their correlations thoroughly. Great TAs.

Professor Afifi lectures are super interesting and easy to follow. This class was required for pre-comm and I actually ended up enjoying it because of him. He is super accessible outside of class and responsive on email. If you keep up with the reading and take notes in lectures you'll do great!

He is a respected researcher. However, also a tough grader. The paper was graded so low. Lecture is easy to understand but was not well-organized. And his method for knowing whether you read or not is through some insignificant points (unrelated to theories). He cares about students but this class is very difficult in-person.

This prof is great! He genuinely cares about students and will try his best to accomodate people with tests and assignments. He understands that the time we are living in sucks and affects people strongly. He is clear about his expectations and makes lectures interesting and easy to understand.