Reviews of professor Kaitlyn Goldsmith

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
slides were terrible, contained very little information and she does nothing to make the class interesting. course is graded through three 33% exams. learn everything yourself if you want to do good

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Goldsmith is knowledgeable and conveys information in a clear way. Tests do tend to focus on details, so make sure to take notes on everything she says, as well as the textbook! I would've appreciated to get more feminist/intersectional perspectives on certain topics (e.g., sex work) but we mostly got a pro-sex view, which was disappointing.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
As much as she says she won't test on percentages, SHE WILL TEST ON PERCENTAGES do not be fooled. I'd say reading the textbook was more important than the lectures purely because there is no way to know half the test answers if you don't. The guest lecturers added a lot to the course and she was very knowledgeable. I'd still recommend her class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This class is interesting but it is dense. The lectures are all online and uploaded after class so that's nice. Everything in the lectures and textbook is testable so the exams are difficult with lots of memorization. You can tell that Dr. Goldsmith is really passionate about the material and she responds to emails quickly if you have questions.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
too hard, no hsp