Reviews of professor David-James Gonzales

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. G is a great professor. His lectures are a little dull sometimes but I learned an incredible amount in his class. The reading load is insane, you kind of have to pick and choose which readings you'll actually do. Overall I enjoyed the class but found it more difficult then I thought it would be.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Why is everyone is talking about how political Dr. G is? I never got that vibe. He was very respectful to both conservatives and liberals. Overall, the class requires work, but getting an A is achievable. 4% points of extra credits. Essays were graded a little harshly. The Wiki project is fine as long as you meet with Dr. G. Great class!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Gonzales is nice and loves history. The classes were great and there was not a ton of homework besides reading. However, there was A LOT of reading, sometimes 100 or so pages a day. He does provide a lot of extra credit opportunities. The final was writing a wikipedia article and the quizzes were just written papers responding to a prompt.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Gonzales is really chill, flexible, and passionate. That being said, the class is pretty unexciting if you aren't interested in race, immigration, etc. in US history. If you are, it's great - the lectures aren't usually tied closely to the readings, so he talks about a lot of interesting things that you don't normally cover in a history class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Honestly didn't love the way the class was structured, the lectures could be boring and didn't correlate well with our readings and assignments. It was a lot of reading, but if you're into history, it's all really interesting. He gives a refreshing perspective on US history.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I don't write reviews, but this class was so rough I had to. It wasn't a US history class, instead an immigration/social justice course. I felt underprepared for every assignment, lectures did not match the coursework, and the semester-long Wikipedia project was never explained, but instead we had to figure everything out on our own. Overall poor.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Good guy, valuable material, and helpful, but relies heavily on lectures (which are pretty dry) and enormous amounts of reading. He made a large project due over thanksgiving break and shows little consideration for his students' time. His material also seemed blatantly biased to me. I'm far from a history major, but i couldn't stand this class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Took for my A HTG GE. Here's the deal. No exams or tests. Only papers and a final writing project. That means a lot more engagement with the texts and writing skill is needed, and a lot less memorization and traditional history studying. If you're looking for a class that diverges from the traditional, dry history course then take this class.