complete joke of a professor. no clear grading rubric so she grades basked in how she feels about you. does not provide proper feedback and fails you if she disagrees with your point. has an inflated ego and says she is an academic as a means to justify her lack of clarity.

Unclear grading criteria, disorganized class structure, felt uncomfortably pretentious at times. Passionate professor and fun class, but with the amount of reading, very specific timed pop quizzes, script writing, 4 in-class acting performances, random assignments, papers, etc. SO not worth it. Easy grader, but it's not worth the trouble.

Completely disorganized. Forgets her own syllabus and is never consistent with what she says, gets upset when students ask questions for clarification. Assigns heavy loads of work forgetting that students have other classes and responsibilities. Lectures are just random rambling and barely gives time for group work in class.

Absolutely do not waste your time!! Material you read is great but assigned insane amount of books to read and expects you to know every page by heart and grades you based off of your ability to memorize each sentence?? Does not prepare slides, gets sidetracked, rude, exams are atrociously written. Got A's on essays but everyone failed exams!!

She is a very good professor who is passionate about what she teaches. This can make her lectures very interesting. They can also be interactive and she gives extra credit. Although the downside is because she is so passionate the workload is very heavy. The level of analysis she expected for the midterm was very high which made it difficult.

TLDR: Attend every lecture, read everything assigned at least ten times so you can quote the material like the back of your hand, and write flawlessly. Otherwise, don't bother taking this class. You will fail the midterm and the final.

Not for you if you need clear-cut lesson plans & slides, but don't be daunted by group presentations & the discussion based curriculum––classroom environment was almost casual, lots of shared excitement for material. Dr. Batiste has much meaningful insight, geared lecturing around our questions. Meet her for office hours––lovely to talk with!

Wow, I adore Stephanie Batiste. She's my favorite at UCSB by far. She is incredibly knowledgable, witty, and inspirational. What a lovely introduction to African American Literature. She did a wonderful job. Show up to class, be engaged, and participate (even if it's nerve-wracking at first). I'm gonna miss her.

Utter foolish Professor peddling her incoherent mess of a book constantly while having zero introspective capabilities. Demands class to overview reading material yet her final is a poorly, clunkily organized series of plays. Absolute disgrace to the ideal of an English Professor.

I loved this class so much. You'll read a lot but it's good quality material that's engaging. Classes are spent discussing materials amongst students & her while she goes more in-depth about the authors, history, & other aspects from the era of focus. Participation is important but if you're shy like me, just go to office hours it'll help.

Do not take her class. If you want to complete GE requirements, go choose other professors. Worst professor ever met in university. She should learn how to make outlines as well as NOT promote her vague boring book.

Nothing posts online except reading materials. No lecture outline, no midterm review, no clear requirements and deadlines for assignment. You are required to recall any sentence from reading materials, which are about 100 pages per week. Final is not cumulative. Do not take her course unless you have no choice.