If you are a student who values communication with professors, don't take her class. She is unapproachable, rude, passive aggressive and impatient. Additionally, any time I participated in class discussions or express an opinion I had about an art piece or text, she would take my words completely out of context and assume that I was bigoted.
I found her energy very comfortable & likable. She interacted with the class a lot and gave great lectures, although sometimes felt unnecessary. Did a total of 5 papers including a group project slide show toward the end of the course. She's very keen on attendance and not leaving early. Came off strict at times. Learned more through section.
The lectures are terrible. They are just photos of art pieces that don't need to be shown. I learned more in the section than in the lectures.
Long lectures that do not relate much to the essays or group projects. So many tangents that are unrelated to the subject matter. However, if you're more than okay at essays I would take this class because that's all the grades are based on.
Easy class !! Outside of a handful of papers, your workload is next to nothing. Her slides are not easy to follow, but she's a great speaker so I highly recommend you attend lectures !! Group project was easy enough and not too time consuming.
Ultrawoke professor- her lectures are filled with her biased opinions on various subjects, as she rarely tries to be objective when analyzing something.Boring lectures and subject material too. after the final when I didnt show for the last pointless session (which was after my group presented), my class grade was docked a whole 2 letter grades. BS
Professor Sorkin is very passionate about her teachings, as she said herself, she would not be lecturing if the information was not important. Attendance is not mandatory however going to lecture was very useful when writing my essays & doing my group project.
Pretty easy class. Have to participate in section, do a few writing assignments, and you're good.
Professor Sorkin is a good professor. The class material was very interesting and we covered many artists in the course, especially women and people of color. I appreciated how helpful section was and the midterm and final were adequate, not too crazy. She is not the friendliest professor, but she was available for office hours.
sorkin's attitude and teaching style make online classes with her a tire. can't imagine taking a class in person with her.
She hardly smiles. Too efficient to the point where she talks accusingly and has no patience. She gets a lot of things wrong in class and its hard to learn well. Little respect will be shown to you if you take her class
Professor Sorkin is very biased in her presentation of the course material, and while she tries to be "woke" she is not sensitive to delicate material and never puts content warnings when discussing these subjects. The majority of the course was non-objective, based on her personal opinions, and she was not interested in any other points of view.