Professor De La Vega is a great lecturer and a very empathetic human in general. She is so passionate about her research and racial and ethnic politics, and it comes through very clearly when she is lecturing. The class was fun and interesting, as as long as you come to class you won't have to do the participation discussion boards, since she gives us a QR code (no she doesn't put it in the slides and its time stamped). A majority of our assignments were quizzes (best 3 of the 5), and preparation for our final research paper (10-15 pages). She lets us pick the topic within the context of American suburbia, so there's plenty to choose from. Overall, I really enjoyed this course and if I had the chance to take her again I would!

(leaving this here too as under 143C)

Professor De la Vega is the best I've had at UCLA. I didn't think I had to leave a review to reiterate this because I know everyone who takes her courses is always in awe of her, but I felt strongly compelled to advocate for her due to the awful reviews other students have left her due to circumstances out of De la Vega's reach.

Those crappy reviews you see of her are far from the truth about the sort of Professor she truly is. They were left by students who took her class last quarter, which I was also in, and were upset due to the lack of communication that their TA's had with Professor. Their TA's decided to take matters into their own hands when it came to due dates and other things, which led to a conflict that could only be resolved by leveling the playing field after some students got a greater advantage over others- because of their TA- without her knowledge. This is why some students got upset, but the reality is that she never cheated a student out of their real grade.

She is passionate about her job and is always thoughtful and caring, as well as communicative with everyone. That's why I, just like many others, took her class again this quarter, and plan to take her again next quarter! The students who wrote those negative reviews just didn't want to settle for the actual grade they earned, and got mad because of it. I would ignore those few outliers if I were you all.

Professor De la Vega is the best I've had at UCLA. I didn't think I had to leave a review to reiterate this because I know everyone who takes her courses is always in awe of her, but I felt strongly compelled to advocate for her due to the awful reviews other students have left her due to circumstances out of De la Vega's reach.

Those crappy reviews you see of her are far from the truth about the sort of Professor she truly is. They were left by students who took her class last quarter, which I was also in, and were upset due to the lack of communication that their TA's had with Professor. Their TA's decided to take matters into their own hands when it came to due dates and other things, which led to a conflict that could only be resolved by leveling the playing field after some students got a greater advantage over others- because of their TA- without her knowledge. This is why some students got upset, but the reality is that she never cheated a student out of their real grade.

She is passionate about her job and is always thoughtful and caring, as well as communicative with everyone. That's why I, just like many others, took her class again this quarter, and plan to take her again next quarter! The students who wrote those negative reviews just didn't want to settle for the actual grade they earned, and got mad because of it. I would ignore those few outliers if I were you all.

This is one of my fav classes I've taken. Im Latinx and found the content very interesting and relevant. I really liked the professor, she is very nice and offers a lot of extra credit. She is very accommodating to students and would often have memes on her slides. idek why people are lying and depicting her as mean, i don't think there is a nicer professor out there. like if I got an A so can you, i didnt do a lot of the readings. Not assignment intensive at all!!! join the groupme and youll be fine. I would 100% take this professor again

Second worst professor I have ever taken at UCLA. She is disrespectful, inappropriate, and unprofessional. She will manually choose which students to give A+s and who are denied the literal grade that appears on Bruinlearn and the Myucla grade book. Students of different sections were told by their TA that they could be given more time to turn in certain assignments, however, the day grades were due, students were told that the professor said "it wouldn't count on their grade." As a result, they were all given zeros on those same assignments despite being told otherwise. All the extra credit was not "considered" nor was the midterm curve for any students trying to get an A+(for the 4.3 law school GPA). She will scold, degrade, and embarrass you if you try to reach out to her through email about any issues in the class, so beware. She needs home training. DO NOT TAKE ANY CLASS OFFERED BY THIS HORRIBLE PROFESSOR.

This class was really not that hard, easy final project was a lit review and Infograph in addition to midterm and final. I did like none of the readings and got an A. Main annoying thing was the midterm questions felt like they were intentionally worded to throw you off. The average midterm score was a low C and we were all awarded curve points and potential additional extra credit points. Even though I finished the class with my lowest grade being a 98% on my lit review, I still didn’t receive an A+. After course evals were closed, she switched up and said only those who did exceptional on every assignment without the curve would be award and A+. On principal this doesn’t sit right with me but overall easy class.

She is incredibly rude. The workload appears easy depending on her mood swings. You might be told one thing but another will happen instead. So do all your work on time as she revokes extra credit, the exam curves, and assignment due dates depending on your TA. I would not recommend this class to anyone not looking to struggle for no reason.

Professor is chill. If you pay attention, or have any background in contemporary politics, it is not difficult.