I don't think she is even trying to teach. All homework from week 1 are graded after the final. The lecture is poorly structured and do not complement the readings. The final is a "research proposal for graduate grant". You get absolutely zero feedbacks on any assignment. Also, she never respond to any emails?

Based on the reviews on here, I was expecting to hate this class, but I loved it. Professor Brown is super knowledgeable in this field and her lectures are amazing. The grading is quite hard on the exams, but it's balanced out by the points you receive on the homework assignment, which are easy to get a good grade on, and attendance.

AVOID THIS CLASS IF YOU'RE ABLE TO. Tests are so difficult. Way too much information and way too complicated test questions. She wants you to work the answers backwards, go from DCBA and not A-B-C-D, it requires you to basically decode. Lecture notes do not help much. Super dense lectures, lots of note-taking and will not help much with tests.

Just the absolute worst. So unpleasant, I feel for any graduate or undergraduate that has to interact with her on a daily basis. Avoid her general proximity if at all possible.

Professor Brown is incredibly knowledgeable in her field and that is reflected in the class content. However, her exams are often confusing and only pertain to some of the most complex and difficult concepts. It's an interesting class but also a difficult one. There is a substantial curve though. It took me from a B+ to and A+.

She expects everyone to have background knowledge on primates. Heavy curve because she expects us to not do well on tests. Proud to be a hard grader, and felt the need to spend 3 class periods "teaching us how her brain works" so we could attempt to understand convoluted test questions. Must apply and reengineer questions on exams. Cool person tho.

A great professor who knows a lot and knows what she's talking about. The nature of her subjects however require a real and actual effort to do well. She holds a clear standard for her grades and is fair in her grading. I had her for her two undergrad classes and I took her grad level class. Meet with her often if your struggling. good 1on1

Dr. Brown is one of the best and most knowledgeable professors I've ever had. Her classes are all fairly difficult, but I'd you are passionate about conservation and ecology, you have to work hard.

I took Anth 153T fall 2020 (covid so online). There are weekly quizzes and if you just listen the lecture she posted for that week or even just read the book you should be fine, but doing both is of course better. The questions don't have obvious answers, but you just apply the knowledge you learned. The class is also mildly curved.

She can't teach nor should she. Her TA did the lecture instead of her one time cause her dog was sick or something and that was the only class where it felt like progress was made. She might have been better if the material wasn't so full of jargon that she adopts herself. I did the readings for the first month only.

Please do not take this course. I beg you. I didn't listen to the reviews and took the class anyways. scored 40% of every quiz with hours of studying. Quizzes were hard even with reading the textbook and watching lectures. She's also kind of intimidating to approach. Don't take unless absolutely desperate (Took online w/ Covid)

Prof Brown is clearly incredibly knowledgeable in her field of study and fascinating to listen to. She mixes seminar and lecture-style teaching of current material (news and journal articles), and posts super clear and precise rubrics for every assignment. That said, she can be a lil rough around the edges/curt at times. Altogether, def worth it!