Pro Zulueta is very approachable and genuinely cares for the success of his students. although the course could be organized better, it's truly the professors who care about their students that makes it worth it to attend class. He's also very reachable outside of class to answer questions and of course, assist you during office hours.

Zulueta is a great professor! I don't understand the hate. He tries really hard to connect with the class and offers many opportunities for participation points. It's not hard to get a good grade if you show up. I didn't do all of the readings but still succeeded. No midterm or final. Graded on 3 writing assignments and a final essay.

The professor was an incredibly TOUGH GRADER and UNAPPROACHABLE. Despite repeated attempts to provide constructive feedback or ask for clarification, he was cold/blunt, offering no support or help.His EXTREMELY HARD grading style left no room for improvement, he wouldn't make adjustments. DO NOT TAKE ANY CLASS WITH HIM!!!

As long as you show up and try, you're fine. He is an incredible professor and genuinely has a lot of love for his students. Definitely take!

Zulueta is a nice guy, but this class was very mediocre. The class consists entirely of lectures, and the structure and organization of the class' content don't make sense. There are a lot of readings, but they're not required whatsoever. He encourages participation but rarely asks the class to do anything. 6 assignments total, and an easy final.

Zulueta disregarded a derogative comment on Black People in a Filipino American class. Furthermore his class structure might just be the worst thing to ever exist. It has already been about 4 weeks now and he still hasn't had a real lesson plan and he just tends to ask really surface level questions.

pretty hard grader, very long and dense readings and the lectures were kinda hard to follow takes attendance

Best lecturer I've had here. Engaging. Weekly reflections and moderate amount of reading if you choose to do it. Not difficult. Rlly big focus on learning over a grade. Rewarding if you go to class. Like a more engaging history class w/o memorization. Super small class. You'll actually try in the class bc the prof is so sincere. take it!

Approachable, kind, and insightful professor. Readings and lectures for this course are thought-provoking. Grading might seem tough at first, but listening to him and asking questions will help you improve on each submission. Expectations for this course were very clear, and it has been one of my favorites at UCSB so far.

Dr. Zulueta is such a sweetheart and genuinely cares about what he's teaching. He is always on top of responding to emails and concerns, and just wants you to succeed. There are weekly readings for the class but they're really not too hard and line up with his lecture material, so I recommend reading them.

Dr. Zulueta is very understanding and approachable outside of class, and the material covered in this course was interesting. However, I found the slides unhelpful when looking back and reviewing to write papers.

Zulueta is easily one of the worst professors I've ever had. His lectures lack content completely and fail to address the learning objectives with any detail or depth. The entire time he's talking he says nothing. All of the readings are long and very dense. Nothing gives enough info to be able to write the papers well. DON'T TAKE THIS CLASS.