A decent choice for GESM120. May start off the course feeling reading heavy but you'll get used to it. Topics are interesting, nice class discussions. Beware of printing all the readings (super costly) on top of buying reading books. She'll assign you 3 big essays with 2 teaching contributions (with essay). She's a decent grader, not too tough.
Lectures might feel slightly unorganized, but it allows you to pick your own path. A good emphasis on group discussions, which are certainly very valuable.
Though she has some learning to do when it comes to lecturing, in every other aspects she excels. Seeing her one-on-one or in the less public honors section was both engaging and informative, and a time I would actually look forward to. However,if one has no interest in cultural anth, I hate to say it might be hard to stay interested or focused.
I feel bad because she seemed nice, but the class was pretty boring. She read an essay every class, rarely looked up, wasn't engaging at all. The info presented was at times interesting, it was just horrible sitting there and listening to her rant for an hour. Not too hard, I got a B doing about half the reading and never studying.
Zeamer clearly is interested and knowledgeable about Anthro. However, she comes off mean and doesn't really want her students to like anthro or do well. She really needs help with her teaching style: she reads from an essay she writes for each lecture, she doesn't engage students and is very very boring.
ridiculously excessive amounts of reading, and yet we NEVER discuss the readings in class OR lectures. she expects us to know really specific details from a book tat is like 300 pages. (there are like 3 books total, PLUS a course reader). her questions on her exams are extremely vague-answers will be like: a), b), C)-a AND b, d), e) all the above
not a good lecturer. tests, if you did the reading, were doable. she's just very boring and dull
In lecture, she pretty much reads her notes. She relies on the reader a LOT. The exams were easy. A lot of small assignments. Although class is boring, by going and doing the readings, you'll ace all the exams. Discussion is mandatory.
It could have been worse. The tests were pretty easy. There was a lot of reading and it was not always clear what parts of the reading we should focus on. Her teaching style needs work, but overall, if you need one of the classes she is teaching, it shouldn't be difficult at all.
I could tell that she was trying to help us learn. She was a very nice lady. I believe that she just needs more time teaching and then she will be great.
Was very unclear and uninformed of the materiel.
the best advice i can give you for your entire college career: do NOT enroll with this profesor. she is shy, incomprehensible, unintelligent, and expects to us take notes when she is literally READING off of her notes. enduring her boring lectures is like watching a high school presentation, except not for 5 minutes..50 minutes.