Natalie Chwalisz

This was the professor's first semester teaching this course, and she was in the third trimester of her pregnancy, so I try and have a little grace, but I would not recommend this class. There was far too much reading that dry and unnecessary. I had a tough time determining if this was an intro or advanced class because we would start with a basic introduction to the frameworks and then jump to complex applications. Each class ended with the last half hour led by students. We had to do a presentation and lead a class activity or discussion. She was a very tough grader as well. I took the class for an IGST global course, and I'm glad I took a class on IPE, but I do not think I learned as well as I could have in the way this class is organized and taught.

This was the professor's first semester teaching this course, and she was in the third trimester of her pregnancy, so I try and have a little grace, but I would not recommend this class. There was far too much reading that dry and unnecessary. I had a tough time determining if this was an intro or advanced class because we would star …Read more

Her teaching was a bit disorganized, and I think I would have gained more from this class if I had taken it with a different professor. Overall, the class was easy, except discussions were not properly facilitated.

A largely discussion based class this course engages with very interesting topics and the readings can be very interesting. That is to say, there is a lot of readings assigned but she often tries to change it up with podcasts and videos. The class follows a half lecture and half discussion format, the second half is student led which makes it interesting I think. She also expects you to go to a lot of events outside of class and writing them up.

A largely discussion based class this course engages with very interesting topics and the readings can be very interesting. That is to say, there is a lot of readings assigned but she often tries to change it up with podcasts and videos. The class follows a half lecture and half discussion format, the second half is student led which …Read more