Reviews of professor Anthony Fontes

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Fontes is an incredibly knowledgeable professor who pushes his students to do well but is also incredibly easy going. I recommend going to his office hours as they are tremendously helpful and he will often times outline or give you key phrases for your project. He really tries to connect with his students and treats them with respect.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Fontes is a wonderful professor who operates with genuine care/charisma seldom seen in a research class. His work, focusing on relationships with incarcerated persons & gangs in Latin America, provides a great backdrop for an ethnographic research class . Class is tough, no surprises there, but he provides a lighthearted spin on a serious field.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof Fontes made 306 enjoyable. He is super knowledgeable and did fascinating research. I appreciated how funny and relatable he was and it was easy to contact him outside of class. Sometimes feedback on work was vague but he got specific in meetings. Work was not very hard and he gave assignments that were helpful in leading to the final project.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Honestly a great option for 306. Class sometimes ambled on but office hours were super helpful. Passionate about students' projects but also realistic abt what you can do in a semester. Very flexible and fair grader. 306 is a lift, but Fontes made it enjoyable. Do the completion activities, they are part of the participation grade!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
If you can, take Prof Fontes for 206! He makes a notoriously hard class easy to navigate. All the assignments have clear instructions and his feedback during office hours is very good and helpful. He is also very understanding and was willing to give extensions occasionally, overall definitely recommend

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Fontes is a qualified speaker and instructor, and I learned a lot in his classes. He can be a tough grader, and good grades won't come easy. But if you take his advice and use the resources he provides, you'll definitely pass. Go to his office hours frequently; don't wait to ask questions.