Gina Thomas

Professor Thomas is a great instructor, extremely understanding of students' accommodations and situations, and provides a hands-on learning experience. The class will need a commitment of at least 3-5 hours/week of community-based work, to gain hands-on experience with kids and apply concepts learnt in class to the real world. There are weekly open-note quizzes, and no exams. There are weekly discussions, where you present along with a group once during the semester. In general, one can do well in this course if you attend class regularly, do well on quizzes and commit consistently to your project!

Professor Thomas is a great instructor, extremely understanding of students' accommodations and situations, and provides a hands-on learning experience. The class will need a commitment of at least 3-5 hours/week of community-based work, to gain hands-on experience with kids and apply concepts learnt in class to the real world. There …Read more

One major aspect that made the class interesting was the fieldwork we did in groups at local childcare centers or schools in Middlebury. I think this hands on approach was valuable in observing the topics and themes we learned in class happen in real cases. Dr. Thomas was more focused on this aspect of the class and also chapters from an assigned book, which involved discussion in groups, so exams were easy as long as you studies the lecture slides.

One major aspect that made the class interesting was the fieldwork we did in groups at local childcare centers or schools in Middlebury. I think this hands on approach was valuable in observing the topics and themes we learned in class happen in real cases. Dr. Thomas was more focused on this aspect of the class and also chapters fro …Read more

I absolute love Professor Thomas!! I have taken 2 classes with her and she is my advisor and such a lovely human being and an excellent professor. I firmly believe that everyone should take this class just to become a more aware person and debunk the Western biases of Psychology. Also, this is such an easy class. There are quizzes, but she tells you what questions will come on the quiz and picks out the list she told you to study. Also, you can drop the lowest quiz grade or skip one quiz. She is also very very very flexible with deadlines if you have a good reason and has creative papers and presentations that don't require a lot of work. Definitely one of my favorite classes ever

I absolute love Professor Thomas!! I have taken 2 classes with her and she is my advisor and such a lovely human being and an excellent professor. I firmly believe that everyone should take this class just to become a more aware person and debunk the Western biases of Psychology. Also, this is such an easy class. There are quizzes, b …Read more