whole class was on the films, just skim the readings before midterm/final. lectures are just her reading from her paper and can be hard to take notes on but the tests are easy if you know anything about the historical context/film content. one research paper thats very easy. honestly a really fun class to watch movies and study 60s-80s hollywood

Prof. Felando is passionate about teaching she doesn't know how to. Can't communicate about what she wants on papers and exams. Grades hard w/ no feedback. Can't reach out of class. The whole lecture she will just read from a paper. Worst teacher I've ever had. Disappointing considering the class itself had the potential to be good. Don't take!

Took 101A and 155SW. Passionate about the things she teaches. Loves to assign a million readings and essays. Readings can be difficult to understand, and the essays for 101A were very tough. Got a B- in 101A. Needed 155SW to graduate but she refused to give me a grade for the entire course because I had a missing assignment and now will fail.

Frustratingly awful. Her lecture material isn't challenging, but the poor course structure, abhorrent lack of clarity of what she desires from her students on exams/papers, & lack of understanding of how to properly introduce films along with structure a reasonable amount of time for exams make for the worst professor (& grades) I've had at UCSB.

I'm taking the summer session and I really can not handle the workload. We have so much reading (200+ pages per week) plus two 30ish minute lectures/week as well as around 2 hours of films. Likewise, we're expected to write two 4 page papers and take a midterm and a final. No help/assistance through this process. Prof is inaccessible. Don't take.

Her class is the worst experience at UCSB. Not caring, tough grader and absolutely wasted time with her! Don't take her class unless you have to!

This class was just ok. The lectures were informative and so were the readings, but the papers were graded incredibly harshly. We were given very little, very vague feedback, and it was very unclear as to what she wanted us to include in our essays. I liked the material, but the grading made the class stressful and unenjoyable.

I had a good experience with Prof. Felando in FAMST163, but I will admit that her lectures are both a bit lengthy and hard to follow. I also wish that she was more accessible outside of class, as she mostly wanted to talk through Nectir instead of a one-on-one meeting. Other than that, this wasn't a bad class, just don't fall behind.

Felando does NOT cater to her students. Even during the troublesome time of COVID, she has assigned HEAVY lectures, on top of weekly lecture write-ups, weekly section discussion posts, two research papers, AND a midterm and final paper only after a week to two weeks of the research papers. If you want a caring teacher, she is not it.

She literally teaches this class every quarter for years and still literally reads from a paper for two to three hours, with occasional ramble spirts. She should just email us her notes and give us the readings, open book final anyway. Grading style makes no sense. My friends compared test grades. SAME EXACT ANSWER, different points, no expl. NO!

Take three classes with her, and she is a tough grader. Although I have spent a lot of time and worked hard in her class, I did not receive the grade that achieves my expectations. DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS UNLESS YOU HAVE NO CHOICE!

Unethical.

Exceptionally meandering lectures that go on for a ludicrous amount of time. Class could easily be shortened to an hour, learned almost nothing except how to bite the side of my cheek to stay awake while she was speaking.

Felando is a very organized teacher who knows what she's talking about, gives clear assignments, and assigns interesting films to watch in class. No textbook, lectures aren't mandatory, and you don't even have to come to class to pass if you want to just watch the film at home. 1 pop quiz, 1 paper, midterm, & a final. Midterm & paper are open note!

She's really passionate about what she teaches but the lectures can get pretty eternal, she doesn't use power points at all and there's a lot of info to grasp all at once. She's clear about what she expects on the assigned papers, open note exams; you can use your notes from class and print out the readings as well! Good at giving feedback!

Most stupid, soul crushing course I've taken in a long time. Arbitrary grading procedures, obscure, uninteresting facts, needlessly long lectures, pretentious, elitist rhetoric, and a professor who outright goes out of her way to be boring. The amount of work I put in for zero personal reward is just maddening. Makes me want to abandon film.

Just not good at this whole teaching thing.

I feel cheated. Hey style of presentation is so dull and difficult to follow, not to mention lectures are three hours!!! Totally unneeded, it often feels like a one hour lecture gets stretched to three just to leave room for her pretentious ramblings (we get it, you know about obscure film things, want a medal?) Learned nothing and left me pissed

Worst teacher Ever. Did not do any work on her part, just read off of a piece of paper for HOURS! No visuals, nothing. Graded so hard and even bragged about it, telling my class that nobody was getting As on the papers. Used pretentious and annoying language that just added to how obnoxious and unqualified she is. Has no rubrics or baselines. BAD!

Awful, boring, lectures and she takes things personal. I am in a dispute over my grade; she failed me over a problem from a prior quarter. I strongly suggest stearing clear of this woman unless you are willing to put your grades / GPA in the hands of a professor who does not even explain the grade that she gives you. Taken 3 classes w/ her. A,B-,D+

Prof Felando isn't bad, but if you've got the option then I suggest not taking a class with her. She went over all of the readings in lecture and then we watched the Star Wars movies. She doesn't comment on the exams/paper which was frustrating. She was accessible at office hours though and very friendly. I got feedback that way.

Extremely lecture heavy, make sure to do all the readings. All her exams are open note, but make sure you write more than you think you need and be very specific with details and examples. Fun to talk to outside of class, funny lectures, shares funny personal info. She loves questions and comments but doesn't always noticed raised hands.

The most writing intensive class you will take. Each paper is roughly 6-8 pages long which you will probably get very low grades if not fail the first few. understanding the terms is key to writing a good paper. doing the reading actually kind of helps in terms of knowing how to use the terms in context of writing. hardest class ever!!!!

She is a hard grader and if you do not keep contact with her or just I don't know, praise her, she may give you a bad grade. I feel like she is lenient to people she likes or talks to her rather than giving grades to actual good work. What a disappointment. Also, horrible lecturer.