My mind was constantly blown away with how much this professor feeds off of the trauma of her students. Speaking of, she has no qualifications to deal with any kind of trauma and needs to do some desperate healing. Like, ASAP before she terrorizes another group of students. With less than 48 hours until our final was due, she decided to send out a rubric for our papers despite saying on the last day of class that “the rubric is not important”. Turns out it was, because there were a bunch of new requirements that had not ever been mentioned throughout the class! And despite writing and turning in my final, she has not even graded it, but has given me a final grade? Speaking of, her grading is bonkers and despite telling us that there would be no extensions for this paper, since we “had all quarter to work on it” she barley submitted half my grades two hours before they were due. Again, I have a final grade, but my final itself has not been graded. She claimed that this class was a “safe space” but assigned us to read aTERF article to “bring in other voices” which is the craziest shit I have ever heard. It’s one thing to bring in different perspectives and another thing to be blatantly transphobic. A terrible professor that made me dread going to class all the time. I wanted to drop this class, but I didn’t and it was the worst mistake of my life. I can honestly say she traumatized me. Taking this class and being taught by her was the worst experience I’ve ever had in the history of my schooling. Her qualifications as an educator should be revoked. She might thinks she’s brilliant, but I can assure you that is definitely not the case.

Think very carefully about whether you want to take this class or even any course with her, because I cannot in good conscience recommend it. I was so emotionally exhausted after it all that it affected my physical health. She seems to think that writing is a substitute for therapy, which is highly problematic since she never once provided trigger warnings for numerous distressing texts. To not provide avenues to support us in the event we were triggered then dismiss our distress as a generational difference only further alienated students and made them feel less safe in her presence. She herself pats herself on the back for calling her class a "safe space," but that was something us students had to make for ourselves on our own away from her. We weren't allowed to be critical of the authors even when some of their claims were transphobic and exclusionary. My peers and I were often brushed off and invalidated. The assignment prompts were extremely invasive because we felt forced to share very personal things that we didn’t necessarily want to share--all for the sake of the grade. She only ever "cared" for our discomfort when we had views that contradicted her own, effectively shutting down any possibilities for discussion. And then there's the final: we started talking about it during Week 7, but during Week 10 she promised a rubric by the end of the week since many of us were still unsure of what she wanted to see in the final paper (her instructions were often vague and contradictory, encouraging informal first-person voice to make it personal but also requiring deep analysis of numerous texts that we already discussed in detail; considering the paper constraints, it was hard to fit in everything I thought she wanted). Two days before the final was due in Week 11, she uploaded a rubric that had widely different requirements, making many of us fear rewriting an 8-10 page paper in the span of 2 days while balancing other finals. Not only was she late in providing a rubric, she \ had us grade our own participation, telling us outright that if we didn't have our cameras on during lectures to fail ourselves without considering the uncontrollable factors that prevented us to do so. Then, she made sure to let us know she wouldn't be available for any other assistance after revising the rubric. However, isn't it the job of a professor to be available to her students, rather than shut them out and make them feel bad for reaching out? For the entirety of this course I felt like I was walking on eggshells. I should never feel intimidated to speak my mind in an academic setting or even speak to the professor, and yet that was my experience for the past quarter. This was without a shadow of a doubt the absolute worst professor I've had the misfortune to encounter.

This professor uses problematic language, shrugs it off as a "generational thing," and invalidates students feelings. If you voice yourself and present an opposing view point, she will dismiss you or unprofessionally invalidate your opinion. I, along with other students, felt the class was not at all a safe space though we were expected to speak on our traumas.

nothing has changed about this professor, i wish i would've trusted the reviews before i took her class. she is insensitive, calling students 'privileged' for wanting trigger warnings for the readings that we had to do. she was never clear on any of the instructions for the assignments we were given until week 8. when students asked for help with the papers during office hours, she did not give any constructive feedback and told them they deserved lower grades than what they were given.

She is a tough professor in that she will make you work your mind on both an academic and personal level. She is a brilliant brain with legs and is a wealth of knowledge. The reading load is heavy, but it is intresting and good reading. She is available and open to student dialogue. Her classes have been the only courses in which I have been asked to write my response papers using "I" statements. By far my most challenging professor, but also my favorite.