Newfield is clearly very intelligent but his class can be confusing and strays far from the actual readings. Go to lecture, pay attention, read the books on time, don't waste your money on the reader (you can find all the readings online). If anything, I did enjoy learning how much of a problem-solving genre noir is.

He was OK. The lecture doesn't really focus on the books, mainly politics and complex themes. Found myself wondering what i just heard and how it had anything to do with our reading. 3-4 Quizzes, Two papers, one HUGE final. Questions on quizzes and final are worded so strange and there are more than one correct answer. TAKE NOTES each lecture.

I wanted to like Newfield but this class was unnecessarily difficult. There is tons of reading, a waste of a reader, and a difficult and confusing final. He's cool but the class definitely was more stress than it needed to be.

The professor was passionate about what he taught but lectures were completely confusing and often didn't make clear connections to the readings. Didn't use the e-reader. He only talks about classic detective fiction like Sherlock Holmes for the first week. Everything else is Noir Fiction (which wasn't really in the course description )

This professor always tries to connect the texts to real world situations. Sometimes, lectures did seem to stray really far away from the texts. He likes to talk statistics, administration, and politics. Not a bad professor, just go to class caffeinated. Three books, 2 papers, an unnecessary e reader, and a huge final.

Prof. Newfield lets his political opinions get in the way of his teaching. He often makes assumptions about history based on what would fit into his worldview. Worse, he spent more time talking about politics than detective fiction. Final exam based on politics rather than literature. Was boring and often frustratingly irrelevant and/or incorrect.