I am not too sure why Professor Kruvand has gotten such bad reviews. When I took her class, she was firm but fair about the material. It helped me a lot, and she was always willing to guide people through it. Her class helped me realize how much I enjoyed journalism. Another thing I enjoyed about her was she always remembered her students :)

This wasn't my fav class, but she's pretty nice and the lecture material is super easy. She tells you to buy the textbook, but you don't need it. She can be a bit of a harsh grader, but she lets you turn in rough drafts of the 2 heaviest weighted assignments and leaves feedback, which is super helpful. Workload is very manageable.

She is the rudest person I have ever met in my life. Extremely harsh on grading. Her instructions are not clear, but her critical comments can be super long. I do not recommend her ever!!! If I could rate below 0, I would. Just NO!!!

I'm not sure why Prof Kruvand has such bad reviews on here. I honestly loved her and felt that I learned a lot from her class. She gives very thorough and helpful feedback on all assignments, and the assignments themselves aren't even super difficult. She adapted to online school really well and is always open for feedback on her teaching style.

She grades kind of tough. I got F's for two assignments. Very unclear guidelines and feedback. But she did start to relax on the grading late in the quarter, I think someone may have talked to her about this cause after that I got B's and one A- on the assignments. Overall, she's not horrible just tough on us for Zoom university.

Professor Kruvand is a tough grader. I was struggling with submitting my best work yet still getting B's. I went to her office hours and she was so nice and caring. Her critique can come off harsh, and she knows that, but if you really get to know her she's awesome. Taken virtually in Spring- basically, you submit one assignment a week.

Professor Kruvand is very interesting. She can come off harsh, but if you make time to talk to her, she will come across a lot clearer. I took this class virtually in Spring and it was basically one giant group project- which was really hard to plan considering my group had to zoom to get anything done. The subject matter was interesting and useful

Professor Kruvand was probably one of the toughest graders Ive encountered at UCSB. She gives very detailed feedback on assignments. Some people might find this to be too critical, but she did help improve my writing a lot. Even though she might seem intimidating, shes always there to help, and is actually pretty nice once you get to know her

Professor Kruvand is a tough grader that gives out at least one assignment per week. Her feedback is really critical and can come off as rude at times. If you get easily offended by criticism, then you shouldn't take her classes. She's really passionate about her field, but people hate her for it :/

Probably one of the worst teachers I've had. I am almost done with my online class and she is a very critical grader but not in a good way. The lectures are just slides and very hard to learn from. The way she portrays her feedback is aggressive and rude. It makes you not want to ask questions. It feels like she is insulting you instead of teaching

Only 3 weeks into remote learning and all her feedback is extremely unconstructive. Unclear about grading criteria and feedback seems biased/opinionated. Seems to know what she's talking about but extremely difficult to please and will pick apart mistakes instead of helping you improve. Extremely rigid and her tone is often belittling.

If you somehow get to meet her outside of class (very unlikely), she's actually kind of a nice person. As a teacher though, she's passive aggressive when you try to participate in class but she wonders why no one participates. Her assignments are pretty extra and I think she grades a bit on personal preference.