Michael Sheridan

Michael Sheridan is ultra-informed about this topic, so he's hard to please when it comes to midterms, papers, and discussions. But he's a super nice guy and the course readings are mostly quite interesting, for anthropology people and also for anyone interested in political science, development studies, or environmental studies.

I really wanted to like Mike. He's clearly deeply knowledgeable and passionate about the subject material and would always bring artifacts to class. That being said, I found myself overwhelmed by the quantity of reading and couldn't seem to connect in office hours. There are three midterm papers and one final paper. On the first midterm, I asked him for an extension before the prompt was assigned and was told it "wouldn't be fair to my peers who have their own stress." The content is super interesting, but it kind of felt like drinking from a firehose in lectures. That being said, if you're not super passionate about anthro or planning to major in it, you might want to skip this one.

I really wanted to like Mike. He's clearly deeply knowledgeable and passionate about the subject material and would always bring artifacts to class. That being said, I found myself overwhelmed by the quantity of reading and couldn't seem to connect in office hours. There are three midterm papers and one final paper. On the first midt …Read more

The class was not boring at all. The professor encouraged us to use different mediums instead of writing research papers to express our interests. The grading is very fair, and the professor is very passionate about the subject.