Clearly a passionate professor, but severely lacked work ethic. I loved his passion which is the reason he is rated a 2 and not a 1, and his lecture slides were cool, but since it was his first time teaching the course he made the Midterm unreasonably difficult, and the final was unreasonably easy. I got through the class without reading barely

Lots of reading about 1 book/week. Lectures do not directly explain the readings, they instead give you real life examples, without explicitly stating it—if you dont read you wont do well.Not too harsh with grades, participation is a decent %. If you dont want to read in full extract key theories from books and really pay attention to lectures

Professor Parker is a tough teacher, but his tactic is to scare the students to make sure they put in the effort. There were a ton of curve balls in this class, but I learned a lot. If you want a challenge and are passionate about learning about the social movements that affect our society, then he is the guy.

The most ridiculous course I have ever taken. content is not difficult, but the way of teaching is not objective as an introductory course, he set the entire syllabus to be race focused while ignoring all other aspects. the way of teaching that topic is also biased without an objective presentation of both sides. grading system is not specified.

This was his first time teaching the class this way, so everything he was doing was new. But still this is no excuse to show up, on average, 10 minutes late to every lecture you are presenting. The midterm HARD, the final EASY, so clearly not much thought was put into it. The teacher is passionate about his subject which I personally respected.

I've taken multiple classes with Professor Parker, and as someone who studies political science for the love of the game, you will learn so much more from his classes than most other professors. He can be intimidating initially, but if you put in ANY effort, he's a great guy and super insightful. Take his classes, and you'll see for yourself.

Very intimidating at first- but a knowledgeable professor with interesting course material analyzing American history through a race lens. The grade is just the midterm/final/section participation but neither are very difficult. No writing, just about 40 pages of reading a week. You don't have to go to lectures as long as you read.

Professor Parker did not communicate well with TAs and grade was made up entirely of tests. Homework consisted of long readings every night and lectures could be boring.

literally just hate this class do NOT take it

I give my professors a lot of grace because I understand their work is difficult, but Professor Parker was by far the worst professor I've ever taken at ANY COLLEGE. He is passive-aggressive, changed the syllabus in week 9, and dropped half the class to a W due to unexpected participation grading. DO NOT TAKE HIM! He wants to see students fail.

You will need to actively participate in his classes to be on his good side. You will need to attend the sections to be fully caught up on course material. You will need to be ready to defend your opinions in class. If you do not like this, then do not take his courses. If you like challenges, then take his courses.

Do not take any classes with Parker. He doesn't stick to a syllabus and it will ruin your grade.