Amazing

Figueroa is an awesome professor! She is a great lecturer and super caring of her students. Her class is not difficult at all, so long as you do the readings. And the reflective journal is super helpful for the final, its totally worth it. She is one of the best professors I'd had in UCSB.

This class was a bit of a mess sometimes, but I can promise you that it will be worth it. Theresa is a great lecturerwho really cares. We had some guest lecturers which I really appreciated. If you do the readings somewhat and attend class you'll get a good grade. The sections take up a lot of time but are rewarding if you get along with your TA.

As long as you do the readings, this class isn't very difficult. The lectures can get a bit tedious and lengthy, and the readings are very long. Still a very interesting class, make sure you don't put off the readings, they do pile up!

She had us keep a reflective journal that we had to update every week with a brief summary and a 2 page reflection of that week's readings. She changed the grading criteria/format for this assignment every week. It was TONS of work and only counts for 10% of the grade. Also the readings are dense and she stopped putting slides online 2 weeks in.

One of the worst professors I have ever taken at UCSB. There's so many readings per week, and a reflective journal that you have to write in weekly. Her lectures are very boring, unorganized, and not clear. Everything is based on TA grading. Also, she will sometimes speak in Spanish and never translate it back to English.

She's adorable and very sweet as a person, she has very good morals and projects them in her lectures. However, she was very unorganized and has us write 8-9 essays in one journal for only a small percentage in our grade. Makes you think a lot, but I found that helpful!

Seems really thoughtful and kind, but her lectures can be long-winded, disjointed, and disorganized. An extremely writing-heavy class (weekly journals) and it's really important not to get behind. Her instructions can be confusing as well. TA determines grade! Extra credit for some MCC events. Material insightful but at times repetitive and boring.

Figueroa's lectures are really long and i was confused by the ideas she was trying to convey during her lectures. Her class isn't awful, but I'm super interested in fem studies and this class was a bore. She's really sweet and knowledgable though. She just isn't the most captivating lecturer. She provided the readings for us though which was nice!

Figueroa is not very clear in her requirements and will sometimes change them or expect something different than what she asked for without telling you. I found her quite racist and sexist and she was unwilling to acknowledge any idea that did not match her pre-established ideas. There was a large amount of reading and a good deal of homework.

Lectures were long and boring. Only half of them seemed related to the course. A lot of reading. Weekly essays that are easily graded by the TAs. The professor is confusing, sometimes contradicts herself, and spends too much tie discussing her own research. If you do the readings the class is an easy A.

She is super confusing. The lectures slides are very hard to understand. She strays from what is on the syllabus and does not stay consistent with her assignments what so ever. When you go to ask questions to clarify, you will leave more confused than you were to begin with. She is unsupportive and makes you feel like you can't ask questions.