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.

Disorganized as the 10lb purse she carries. Doesnt want you to meet during office hrs. Has fluid syllabus & grades subjectively. Keep your work, she will lose it. She sings high praise & then smacks you upside the head w/ a C. She is academic but has NO classroom management. Outside events mandatory. 10-15 hrs/wk of reading, ind/grp projects.

One of the most disorganized teachers I've ever had. Does not keep track of her assignments or the stuff she grades. Keep track of all your graded material and don't throw anything away. I would NOT recommend taking this class, everything is very cryptic and YOUR interpretation may be considered wrong if it isn't like hers.

I swear I had received all my assignments back w/ high scores and she STILL gave me a low score. She is very unorganized and doesn't keep track of the assignments she gives us. Don't recommend this class to anyone, if you do, keep track of everything because she doesn't. And she doesn't use gauchospace to upload grades.