Premilla Nadasen

Midterm and Final (questions are right off the study guide) 2 papers (generous grading)

Readings that range from 17 pages to one whole book per class One midterm: three terms that must be explained in 2-3 paragraphs and one long essay question; you are given a list of possible terms and essay questions. For our midterm, we were given about six terms to study and 6 possible essay questions (25%) Two six paged biographical essays (40%) Final Exam: identify 6 terms, 2-3 paragraphs each; two long essays out of three essay questions. You are expected to study 10 essay questions an 12-13 terms which is not reasonable given that you likely will have other exams to study for (35%) Got a B most others got B+'s

Weekly readings that ranged from 20 to 50 pages; 2 x 5-7 page papers (these will creep up on you so be proactive); Mid-term and Final consisted of 4 IDs and 1-2 essays (out of 10 total to prepare for each)

15% Literature Review, 40% Research Paper, 15% Reading Journal, 15% Presentation of Readings, 15% participation (Includes two rough drafts of paper, regular attendance *can't miss more than two classes*) A lot of components, something is usually due every two or three weeks.

Prof. Nadasen is a truly incredible teacher. Her lectures are fascinating and she is obviously passionate about her study. I am sad to be leaving her class at the end of the term and hope to take more from her in the future.

This class is great for anyone interested in gaining an understanding of the multidimensionality of poverty and how it intersects with race and gender. I enjoyed the readings more than the class itself since I felt that lecture was too broad. I'm not a big fan of Professor Nadasen's lecture style– she talks to the class, rather quickly, and without pause. It's important to take note of some of the statistics and historical facts she shares during a lecture to use as supporting evidence for the midterm and final short responses and essays. The TAs for this semester were really harsh graders; Molly graded fairly objectively but if you're aiming to get an A of some kind in this class, I suggest meeting with Molly (if she is the TA who grades your assignments) to meet her standards of good writing. This class is by no means an easy A and the workload seems unreasonable considering that the copious amounts of reading we are often assigned to do is only discussed for about 5-10 minutes in class. The midterm and final exams really should be take-homes because of how expansive and broad the terms and essay topics are. I, simply, do not recommend this class. Also, those six paged biographical essays are not as simple to write as they seem. It is difficult to create a historical subject and write about their lives in a historical context when limited to a short six pages. Also, Professo…

Professor Nadasen is an excellent lecturer and given the topic, it seems difficult to make a history lecture riveting, she did manage to make the topics interesting. She does however maintain a very liberal political point of view, which she does not attempt to hide, and it is evident in her lectures. I did enjoy this class and would recommend it to anyone looking to take an introductory American history course.

I had a very poor experience with Prof. Nadasen, and from my discussions with a few other classmates, I was not the only one. I dislike Nadasen not only as a professor, but also as a human being. This class is designed as a seminar, and so it relies on doing (most or all of)the reading. If you do not do the reading, or even if you do just a cursory scan, Nadasen will pick up on that and make a point of calling on you or passive aggressively go around the room and ask everyone in the class why they didn't do the reading or aren't speaking. I guess that really goes beyond just passive aggression, but whatever. I understand that this course is a seminar, but in my personal taste, I prefer seminars where a teacher speaks about the material for a chunk of time (20-30 minutes or even a little more...it is a 2 hour class), and the rest of the class is discussion based. In the six or so seminars I've taken in the past, this is the way they were set up. This is not the case in Nadasen's course, who assigns each week's readings to one student (or pair of students if you like), and are thus responsible for writing a list of discussion questions and sort of leading the class that day. Nadasen provides a slice of insight maybe every 15-20 minutes in the form of a brief comment. She is not an active participant in the conversation/doesn't frame the conversation/doesn't really provide any de…

- Somewhat heavy reading - Short paper on intersectionality (5-6 pages) - Super short Op-ed (600-800 words) - Research Paper (7-8 pages) - Final (IDs and essay) (we did not have a midterm, unlike what it looks like for previous semesters)

Midterm 25% Final exam 35% Two essays (6 pages) 20% each.