She's absolutely amazing!!! I adore her. i had the most fun writing the final project (and i am someone who doesn't enjoy writing that much) She makes you think, but that's better than just feeding you information like other some other professors. SOO helpful, you can always rewrite until the last day of school. SUPER RECOMMEND!
GREAT TEACHER! She helps you learn to think for yourself instead of just giving you a topic. Most of the class readings were interesting. She made this "mandatory" class into something useful with a refreshing level of intelligence and critical thinking.
She is the best professor I have had at UCSB. Really cares about her students and doesn't treat you like a perm number. Helps you to explore topics until you find the perfect one to do your final project. Highly recomended!
Absolutely great class to take. Shes a really awesome and funny prof. NO midterm NO final only 2 papers and maybe 1 or 2 NON GRADED responses per week from short readings. Loved this class although sometimes she does talk too much.
Very easy going/understanding teacher. Total of 3 papers, 2 presentations(im a shy person and they werent that bad), and a good amount of non graded responses to articles. Looks for discussion and focuses on critical thinking. Student creates own paper topics. No book, no prompt, just thought.Watched 2 movies. Shes a good person and the class is ok
Incredible teacher! Very understanding, asy going. Ended up dropping tons of assignments, one of those teachers that gets off topic and has really fun class discussions.
GREAT CLASS. GREAT TEACHER. SHE IS ALWAYS THERE TO HELP AND EASY TO GET IN TOUCH WITH. PAPERS ARE EASY TO DO. READING IS LIGHT, RESPONSES ARE EASY. LETS U REDO PAPERS IF U WANT A BETTER GRADE. TAKE HER!! YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT.
awsome, she treats you like a college student. papers with open topics and a great teacher
She's amazing. Knows what she's doing and grades fairly. Made the class interesting.
Vallis is amazing! She is extremely helpful, clear, well spoken, and an all around nice person. If you need to take any writing class, definitely take it from her.
Not really a writing class, but its fun, she makes you think a lot...its more of a critical thinking class. she doesnt grade too hard either so its cool.