I'm not sure as to why he received such negative feedbacks in the past, because my experience with him was pretty positive overall. During the lectures, he was very easy-going and informative, and the homework assignments were pretty doable and not too challenging.

This is easily the most ridiculous class I have taken. Not only did I learn nothing, but the grading criteria was purely based off of transition words and semicolons. Oh, and he only reads the first two pages of your essay... Lectures are existential rants about problems in his life and I learned nothing about writing. Do not take this class. Awful

tough grader + useless feedback

The worst writing class ive ever taken. This class should not be called writing for social science. I feel like I learned nothing. Also he is a tough grader.

NOT HELPFUL WORST WRITING CLASS EVER DON'T TAKE THIS CLASS

Dude was so in love with himself. Smart guy, but tough grader- which I would be fine with if I felt like I learned a lot. Unfortunately, that was not the case. I recommend other writing UDs if you want to get an easier A.

it seems like the positive ratings he received are extremely outdated and he/his class has gotten progressively worse. This class was a waste time. All you learn/talk about is grammar, ratemyprofessor, and automodernity. This class should not be called "writing for social sciences" I feel like I have learned nothing regarding that subject

You'll may dislike him because of his strange/arrogant negativity, but his cynical humor can be so sad that you wind up feeling sympathetic. He is very self-conscious which makes him endearing, or non-intimidating, which I guess can make students more comfortable. Would get more out of the course if the research was not limited to ratemyprofessor

He just ruined my college life :) He only edited first two pages of my essay and gave useless suggestion. Tough Grader! AVOID HIM!

I've never left a professor review before, but seriously this guy inspired me to (and not in a good way). He is one of the most negative, strange profs I've ever had. He is conceited, disrespectful, and spends 1/2 the class talking about himself and random "star athlete" students he's taught in the past. Tough grader. Not too many papers though.

Taught me more about the real world than any other professor in my experiences at UCSB thus far. Extremely insightful, knowledgable, and hilarious. You'll WANT to come to this class and if you regularly skip, it's truly your loss. He can teach you a lot more than writing if you allow it. Take advantage!!

The prompts for the papers were the hardest I've had in three years of college. They're broad, boring, and hard to tackle which is the opposite of the writing most science majors have to do. Also doesn't help that all the material is on evolutionary psych which only one guy in the class knew anything about. Great teacher though. Easy grader and fun