Mez Baker-Medard
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Mez was really understanding and passionate about the subject matter. The discussion sections were really collaborative and she made time to answer all questions. We had a long research paper for our final where we got to pick the subject. We had a fair amount of reading but she covered it in the lectures.
Mez is one of my favorite professors at Middlebury, and is extremely caring about her students. Her class does involve heavy readings, but if you do well on two essays and participate often, you'll do well in the class. Her classes are about average difficulty, but she makes them more enjoyable than most Middlebury classes.
I think this topic is super interesting, and it is clear that Mez does as well. I enjoyed discussions in this class, but most of the class (myself included) did not do the reading in depth, probably because most of them are quite long and dense. I would have liked more lecture to cover concepts rather than huge readings.