Dr. Santori is a great professor. The students who complain about this class never even show up to lecture. If you want to succeed in this class, don't be as lazy as the people were in my class and actually SHOW up to lecture/section and take good notes. He talks about the readings in detail, which really help with the midterms.

Santori obviously knows his stuff really well, but lecture was super disorganized and hard to follow. He has NO POWERPOINT SLIDES at all. The material isn't too interesting (then again, I'm a global studies major, not poly sci), but the midterm, paper, and final were graded easily. I studied everything last minute but still pulled off a B+.

Santori is obviously very intelligent; however, his lecture style is convoluted and irrelevant. The class was easy to get a good grade in because the subject material was fairly basic, but Santori generally lacks in overall teaching quality.

Santori's Intro To IR class was a mixed bag. The lectures didn't align with the reading material or what would be on the test. His TA had to do the real teaching and had to explain the material every week so that we were prepared for the exams. Lots of reading and one major writing assignment. I recommend TA Jake.

Good lecturer, but he would build up to a theme or main point and then end his lecture or switch topics. Getting a good TA is required for this class. Jasmine Yarish was great during office hours but expects good papers. Hard to focus in lecture, readings only necessary for papers. Mandatory lecture attendance to get an A in the class.

He seems like a nice guy but his lectures were really weird to follow because he didn't have any slides and he made extended metaphors for things that just didn't really click. There was far too much reading to cover/clarify in our sections so that only made things more confusing and hard to follow. My grade ended up suffering. Wouldn't recommend.