Reviews of professor Kiran Jayaram

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
In the beginning, his lectures were cool and all, but it was hard to understand his expectations for us for his essays; it felt like it was never enough. He gave me a chance to improve my essay after scheduling an appointment during his office hours which helped increase my grade. This class gave me anxiety. I would not take again. He is a nice guy

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Overall Prof. Jay seems like a nice guy just not a great teacher. Very strict, doesn't give good instruction, and left for a whole month during the biggest project in the course which is worth 20% of our grade. Overall there's just too much reading involved for an entry level course and I would not recommend taking.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Gives SUPER vague feedback and instructions on assignments.  Lecture heavy and tends to go off-topic a lot.  Tough grader.  Would not take again!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
The worst teacher in the world.  He knows the final paper is the most important one. But he did not care about students' success. Waiting for the last minute to grade it then submit the score without giving an opportunity to redo or fix the problem. He never cares about your score as well. NEVER STUDY THIS SUBJECT AND NEVER CHOOSE HIM.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I took his course over the summer, so to be fair the lectures were very long and crammed. The class itself was very interesting, he makes lectures kind of funny but will never answer questions straight forward, he'll answer with another question to make you think. He IS willing to work with you but cultural anthropology required a lot of effort.