Hector Vila
I took this course to fulfill my CW and Professor Vila was highly recommended by my friends. He is clearly passionate about the subject and cares a lot about his students and how they are doing. We had 4 readings and 4 short papers throughout the semester and spent a good amount of time on each reading to really go in depth and have interesting conversations in class
Hector is great. He's passionate about the topics we cover in class and very encouraging of our writing. I enjoyed our analysis of various writers' styles in a range of texts and felt like it helped me better understand my own writing style better. We write a lot of essays, but the prompts are very flexible. The class is very casual and he loves athletes.
Vila is awesome, one of the best professors at the school. Very relaxed class but the material is very interesting. Even though the class is pretty laid-back, you still learn a ton. Overall, Vila is just a great guy and everyone should take a class with him.