Chang's a good teacher, shes passionate about her field and between reading and lecture everything is pretty clear. She is kind of boring in section and she doesnt have the best visuals.
I actually learned a lot from this professor. She might be a little crazy, but I can definitely see where she's coming from although her craziness might bother other people more than it does with me. Overall, I liked the class. Would recommend
hard,boring, weird. she is one of those psycho-profs who is wayyy too personal about her own life than the subject - hence should not teach. always sooo angry, and shoves her opinions right into students' faces. not appreciated. i hope she learns to control her temper soon/ calm the f down
Grace Chang is passionate about her work, inspiriting, incredibly intelligent, and motivating. Thanks to her I became more connected to my community and found ways to apply the theory learned in class to the world outside of our college (Evergreen State College).
u can get a good grade if you agree and argue for everything she does, if you disagree you'll get a bad grade, so just fake it-everyone does.she mentioned this website and how it's just students complaining about prof. but i've done a lot of + ratings and find it really helpful-she doesnt like it b/c she gets bad ratings-let that tell you something
you either love her or hate her, no middle ground. can't take her seriously-she curses more then the average college student and makes me loose respect for her right off the bat. is too opinionated which is fine, but never shows the other side, only her points and opinions-she complains about how hard her life is when no one cares-dreaded lectures!
Chang is ridiculous,she's very opinionated, which is normally fine, but she shoves her opinions down your throat. got a good grade b/c i BS'ed everything!as long as you agree with her side of everything, you'll be ok. had to write essays arguing something i didn't really agree with for the grade-has pop quizes in lecture,is ALWAYS 15-25 min late
I think people are way too dramatic about Chang and the classes she teaches. She is a very intelligent woman and opened my eyes up to the problems of globalization. My only critique is that she drops the fbomb unnecessarily and doesn't like other people's opinions. But thats why she's teaching these classes, b/c she is passionate. very interesting
Very one sided discussions. Wasn't into it. Presented good points but the other side was always lacking. Make you feel bad for living in a westernized society.
This is my favorite class this quarter and if you have an interest in immigration policies and how globalization is effecting people in 3rd world countries take this class & even enroll in her honors section! She is such a nice woman even though she may seem intimidating in lectures.
Professor Chang is completely badass and if students feel threatened by the subject material they are obviously uncomfortable with their own social role in regards to the issues discussed. If she is still teaching TAKE A CLASS WITH CHANG
She's craaaaaazy
If you do believe in human rights and social justice, I'm sure you will love this class. Chang is this cursing queen. She is very critical and sarcastic, that's how some students might not be her fans. But seriously she's one of the most informative feminist activist that I have ever met. I don't even care if she gets late to class.
She's badass! Do not take this class if you are not willing to open your mind.
This class could have been much more useful if it had been taught by another professor. The professor has made it clear that it is her goal to make the white students feel uncomfortable in the class while she should be teaching the material. She is extremely biased which kills her lectures for everyone that has not turned into one of her puppets.
I really had high hopes for this class, but was let down. Prof. Chang is cool BUT she was late to class EVERY SINGLE DAY. Waste of our time? Yes. & she got butthurt when we would walk out early. Maybe she should get to class on time... Section was pointless, learned nothing & TA was a sitting vegetable.
DO NOT take this class...she cuss the class out everyday and her lectures are about NOTHING! CHRISSY the T.A SUX...she is an extremely hard grader and chang cussin ass did not help! 3 papers(made no sense), in class pop quizzes (only reason why I went) and leading section(that was cool)
I loved her classes! No, she did not go on and on about her ex husband like other people here are claiming, and there was no "white bashing". She was late every once in awhile, but by what... like 5 minutes? She has to come all the way up from LA. Also, the sections were fun. You have to attend section, there are in class pop quizzes,3 papers.
She is always late, and her lectures are incoherent. She goes off on hate-fueled tangents more often than she lectures. Every class made me more frustrated with her and with the class itself.
hated this class. not worth it. she was always late. not worth my time at all
GRACE CHANG IS THE BOMB!!!! if you want a rebellious professor who is highly passionate in civil right equality and stuff TAKE CHANG!!! (everyone who doesnt like her is usualy white privileged males LOL) CHANG KEEPS IT REAL AND ISNT SCARED TO HURT EELING, OR CUSS!!!
Avoid this professor! She tends to teach according to her biases. Take this class if you don't want the chance to voice your own opinion.
Chang is incredibly narrow minded and pretentious. Her lectures will put you to sleep especially because they are poorly prepared and always started late. This was my least favorite class at UCSB by far, not because of the material, but because of Grace Chang's terrible teaching.
I really want to know why she was late every single class. she never showed up on time. I don't think her lecture was completely useless, there sometimes were interesting things to learn in her class. she was extremely stubborn and opinionated. she made the class feel like she did not like any other race, but Asian.