Carly Thomsen

I had this class with Professor Moorti Spring 2025. She had readings due each class which we were supposed to make public annotations on and reply to each others. We were also assigned a country in which to study their politics of reproduction (abortion laws etc) and analyze news articles to write a paper about. We did this four times with the last one being a synthesis blog summing up the first three. Although not what I expected from the class it was interesting and well-organized.

I had this class with Professor Moorti Spring 2025. She had readings due each class which we were supposed to make public annotations on and reply to each others. We were also assigned a country in which to study their politics of reproduction (abortion laws etc) and analyze news articles to write a paper about. We did this four time …Read more

She has left already so this might be too relevant, but she is an interesting instructor. The class was an intellectually transformative course that challenged conventional frameworks for thinking about gender, sexuality, and identity. The course asked us not only to engage with theory as an abstract body of knowledge, but also to consider how these ideas intervene in politics, culture, and lived experience.

She has left already so this might be too relevant, but she is an interesting instructor. The class was an intellectually transformative course that challenged conventional frameworks for thinking about gender, sexuality, and identity. The course asked us not only to engage with theory as an abstract body of knowledge, but also to co …Read more

I had such an unbelievably poor experience with this instructor. As others have pointed out, for scholar of critical theory, who admittedly is incredibly accomplished and knowledgeable in her field, she expects her students to uncritically reproduce the theory that is featured in the class in such a fashion that completely defeats the purpose of critical thinking. We were told to shoulder the entire burden of our projects, each a hole in a feminism-themed mini golf course, but when the actual exhibition debuted, none of our names were on our projects and we received no verbal recognition for our work. I felt so exploited and violated by this experience that I couldn’t stomach making art again for almost two years. I cannot imagine a person who does a poorer job of putting into practice the ideals and political projects which they espouse.

I had such an unbelievably poor experience with this instructor. As others have pointed out, for scholar of critical theory, who admittedly is incredibly accomplished and knowledgeable in her field, she expects her students to uncritically reproduce the theory that is featured in the class in such a fashion that completely defeats th …Read more