*NOTE: This is a review for Dr. Kim's ANTHRO 146 (Urban Anthropology) class that I took online over summer 2020 and posted my review here because ANTHRO 146 was not listed under Dr. Kim in Bruinwalk.*

As a human being, Dr. Kim is a very caring teacher who will do her best to make sure that her students both have a voice in the class and understand the material at hand. During the summer online class, she would post discussion questions in the zoom chat to make sure everyone understood the material and if someone didn’t, would repeat/go over the material she just explained.

As a presenter, her lectures were more structured on her talking rather than putting up key or detailed bullet points on a slide, which can be tough if you are someone who relies on visuals or key words to note what’s actually important.

During the 6 weeks, we had assigned readings (usually web articles) one 300 page response paper due every week and one 1,250 word Final Paper, which I think was doable.

So overall, Dr. Kim is a sweet, Non-BS caring teacher interested in your well-being and will do what she can to make sure you succeed. However, the loose structure of the class can make taking notes tough, especially when talking about more non-tangible ideas such as Urban Anthropology. So I would definitely recommend to take her as long as you are prepared for a more loosely structured class with more discussions and critical thinking involved.

If you're not in to the subject then the class can be very dry. There is also a ton of reading. Other than that the class is great. Professor Kim is a very good teacher and lecturer and is very helpful.

Not gonna lie, when I saw the syllabus and watched the first lecture I was intimidated and thought the class would be difficult, but it wasn't as bad as I thought. Overall it was a pretty good class. The lectures were pre-recorded and the instructions to assignments were all extremely clear.

The readings are a lot, but not too hard to get through. Personally, I used a text-to-speech website to help me read them faster. Some articles are very interesting whereas others are very dense and even when I re-read them I still didn't understand them.
There are assignments related to the readings that help you understand the material and honestly keep you from procrastinating.

The final essay instructions and rubric are very clear.

There were no quizzes/tests, just the assigned sources reading assignments, 3 reflections about COVID/personality/culture, and the final essay.

She's very straight-forward. Discussion was cool and helped breakdown the week's reading and overall main points. Ty was my TA and he broke things down really well and was super helpful.

I enjoyed Prof. Kim's class so much. I'm surprised she doesn't have any reviews so I thought I'd add the first one. I would definitely recommend taking this class. She teaches so much about food systems and how they came to be. She also isn't biased when she teaches about food. She always presents both sides. Definitely take this class with her!
Her tests are very detailed so take good notes. Also, participation matters so don't miss class. She gives a couple assignments during the quarter which are based on films. She also assigns a paper on a topic of your choice that is 1/3 of your grade so definitely start early and go to her office hours for help.

She is a great professor and her lectures are always interesting. There is a bit of reading necessary for the clicker quizzes, but in my opinion the readings are super interesting as they are about real accounts of how a disease like ebola, measles, etc. affected someone. There is no midterm or final, however there is one final paper and she is an extremely tough grader. I took that paper to her office hours, to the writing center twice, got it proof read by my grad school brother, and a peer, and I still got a B. But I know quite a few people got A's on it so maybe thats just my own fault, and she is a great professor so take this class if you get the chance.