Ellen Oxfeld

Syllabus kept changing and felt disorganized - Oxfeld is lovely, albeit a bit of a boring instructor. The readings in this class were absolutely crazy though. At least 3 or 4 full books, plus a constant litany of dense papers.

Course was very interesting and approachable if you have no prior experience with food studies. It's a shame they got rid of the food studies minor but I would recommend this to anyone studying anthropology or looking for something different.

This course was excruciatingly boring, the lectures had no real structure, and for the most part it was unclear on what to take notes on. There was so much reading assigned every class, most of which was incomprehensible to a non-anthroplogy person. I thought this class sounded interesting based on the title, but we barely learned about different food cultures from around the world. this class also contained one short autobiography, two 5-7page essays, one 10 page essay, and two presentations, which verges on a lot for a non-CW class, also she took months to grade anything and the assignments were incredibly vague and unclear. Oxfeld was generally pretty nice, but a pretty dry lecturer. Overall this was a very boring class, and I wouldn't recommend if you want something engaging. Perhaps you would like this class if you like anthropology though.

This course was excruciatingly boring, the lectures had no real structure, and for the most part it was unclear on what to take notes on. There was so much reading assigned every class, most of which was incomprehensible to a non-anthroplogy person. I thought this class sounded interesting based on the title, but we barely learned ab …Read more