This professor was a good, clear lecturer, her teaching made sense, and I did learn a good amount. It was also a very easy class, at least for me. Would definitely recommend.

I took Population Geography (Geog 158) with Professor Goodwin-White in Fall 2020. We met twice a week on Zoom and covered a chapter in one week. The lectures are PowerPoint slides and the professor explains the material very clearly during the lecture. I would advise using the slides she posts and the recording to take good notes for the exams. She allows to get the 11th, 12th, or 13th edition of the book and edition 12 is a free PDF. The grade is being determined by four factors: paper abstract (5%), research paper (30%), midterm (25%), and final (40%). The exams are multiple-choice and True or False (50 questions). She recommends short articles and adds a few extra credit questions on the exam about those articles. The exams are timed: 1 hour and 15 minutes. You will need to write a paper for the class. That is actually a fun assignment because I think you can learn a lot from it. Both the professor and the TA (Bryan) are extremely helpful, pleasant, approachable, and knowledgeable. The professor curved the grades at the end of the quarter and 90+ counted for an A, not A-. I really enjoyed the class and have learned a lot from it.

I really liked Professor Goodwin-White! I took ethnicity in American cities in winter of 2021 so it was online/ it was also geog 162 not geog 144 but it was still titled ethnicity in American cities! The course material was definitely not easy but if you watch all the lectures and do all the readings you will likely get a good grade. Her lectures were recorded and they were no longer than an hour lectures and sometimes they would be two one hour long lectures per week so not bad at all for a recorded lecture. The readings were relatively long but there was usually 1-2 readings a week (She posted the pdfs on ccle/there was no textbook) and they were fairly interesting! She does talk about the readings in lecture but I'd still recommend doing the readings because you have to bring them in on the midterm and final. The midterm and final (for the online version of this class) were both through ccle and there was a few day window to take it. Both the midterm and final were a few multiple choice questions, and short answer/ essay questions. There was also an extra credit question on both the midterm and final. The other part of the class was a research paper which had a research assignment before it. The part 1 of the research paper is where you had to pick a city and do research on it based on the guidelines she gave out and then you wrote a short research paper (I think it was approx 5-6 pages). The TA was also very helpful and answered all my questions about it. Overall, I'd recommend this professor and class but don't expect an easy A but rather like a doable A.

I really liked Professor Goodwin-White and I enjoyed this class! It definitely wasn't easy but it was doable as long as you watched the lectures and did the readings. There was a textbook that was required but I found the pdf version online for few and just printed the few chapters she assigned. If I remember correctly there was also a few other readings but she posted the pdfs on ccle. Since this class was online she recorded lectures and posted them under each weekly tab/it was asynchronous. She used powerpoint slides and her lectures were not too long which I think is important for recorded lectures. Both the midterm and final were multiple choice (with some true false) and you had a few day window to take them on ccle. There was also a few extra credit questions on both the midterm and final and they were based on a few extra credit articles that were short that she had posted. The majority of the questions on the midterm and final were from lectures but if you didn't do the readings you would probably miss a few questions. There was also a research paper that was pretty short (I think 6-8 pages or so) and you also had to do a short one paragraph research proposal early on in the class. The TA I think his name was Brian was also very helpful and had zoom office hours each week (and so did the professor).

Race and ethnicity are contentious topics, and the lack of agreement between "professionals" in the field makes this class' reading material onerous - and there is quite a bit of required reading. Jamie Goodwin-White is not a poor professor, though lectures can be a bit boring. I had one important class assignment (broken into two parts), a midterm, and a final. The grading for the assignment was vague and unhelpful; however, the midterm and final were fairly written and graded. BOTTOM LINE: if you enjoy sociology, or if you are interested in understanding US racial dynamics, then you might enjoy this class. Would I enroll again? Not a chance.

I strongly advise you NOT to take this class. Professor Goodwin was completely disorganized from the beginning until the end of the quarter. She often had technical issues which then caused her to rush though most of the lecture. Most of her slides were unhelpful and at times barely explained them with clarity. On top of also rushing through her lectures, she also found herself getting off topic very easily which took out time of the class. The midterm and final were honestly guessing games since they were nothing like the study guide she provided. The study guide composed of broad things to study and 3 mcqs for reference. The exams were multiple choice with the hardest questions ever and the same 3 easy mcqs from the study guide. Although at times she was kind, when asked questions, Professor Goodwin was a bit condescending and personally I felt more comfortable asking the TA questions. Please just save yourself the stress and take another class.