Very disorganized. This was probably the most chaotic course I have ever taken at UCSB. She did not necessarily teach as she had guest professors do a lecture once a week and when she did lecture the material she would go over was in tangents as she would get off topic. Assigned reading with 80+ pages and did not clearly lecture her own research.

Professor Mendez is very knowledgeable about Latin American history, however, her methods in teaching are a bit disorganized. The TAs carried the class, filling in the context of the week's lectures (and explaining more than Mendez). We had weekly quizzes, weekly discussion posts, and 2 papers. Overall, it is manageable but become close to your TA!

Professor Mendez is the absolute worst professor to teach history. Her lack of fu''ing showing up to class on time shows that. 30 minutes late lol. she never helps at all! Got my section switched and emailed TA and prof, numerous times. No response to any of my emails!! Prof Mendez is the perfect example of being the worst teacher!!! TA, no bueno!!

Avoid this class. Lectures are confusing/hard to follow and she doesn't grade any assignments. UCSB should improve its hiring process because being a professor does not ensure good teaching. It is unacceptable to receive substandard education given the high cost of tuition. I took this class Winter quarter 2023. GRADES HAVE NOT BEEN SUBMITTED YET.

This professor is not prepared for her courses. She did not release her syllabus until the fourth week of the quarter and misled students countless times on assignment information. Moreover, she was a hard grader and expected much while not providing any useful information in the class. There were two weekly assignments and one final paper.

Never take this Professor she is awful, gives feedback too late and doesn’t post grades. She is so disorganized.

At first I thought that this course would be interesting and don’t get me wrong, it is. However, she did not give us the syllabus until week 5, expected a lot from us while providing vague instructions for assignments, and she assigned many of us to read about two whole books in the span of one week for our final paper. Please avoid her classes.

She is a well respected professor. She is also a talented historian. She can be intimidating because she had high expectations for her students. Assigned readings included a full dissertation, an entire book, and a series of articles and book chapters. She takes a while to grade work. Her grading is tough but fair. Not got the faint of heart.

Horrendous.. I'm sorry she seems very passionate during her lectures. But is a mess when it comes to grading, the last project she made us do for the first time in her class. I understand she wanted to give us freedom in writing but also very difficult in her expectations. too many "books" she deems as necessary

I respect Prof. Mendez, she obviously has extensive knowledge about the course. But her lectures were so so unorganized, they were hard to follow at times. The assignments were usually vague, and if you don't have a good TA, start digging your grave because you might not make it out.

This was such a weird quarter. Professor Mendez was disorganized with her work and timeliness to lectures. Sometimes, I genuinely questioned the credibility of what she says in lectures or if its just a translation error. However, I can say that she is very respectful of students opinions in class. The TAs were amazing and made up for all of it.

This was the first GE class I took my first quarter of my freshmen year. A ton of reading. Most of it really isn't necessary. Lectures are disorganized and she is a spitfire to say the least. I thought she was funny. I did the work and cared and got an A- . If you are a hard worker then take this class if not then don't lol