Reviews of professor Zozan Pehlivan

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She needs to organize her lecture and make the structure clear. The tension she builds inside and outside the class is a big issue. And you usually won't get any response after reaching out to her.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Lectures consist of powerpoints with no organization--just rambling about grains and colonialism for an hour or more. Almost impossible to take notes, as there is no subject or main point of her lectures. Does not respond to emails, and kind of rude in person. Avoid!!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She assigns a great deal of reading that doesnt connect with her teaching in class. She will not give any specifics on what to study for exams. She is poor at explaining topics/assignments. She will belittle anyone who asks a question, while simultaneously not understanding or answering it. I see no way someone could have a positive experience.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
DO THE READINGS. In this class, I was one of two students in the class that actually read each assignment, and the flow of class is difficult when Zozan only was able to call on us. I found the content more interesting than my other classes. If you are a good writer, you won't have difficulties with this class, as there are multiple essays.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Gets mad when asked questions anytime regardless & ignores emails. Get ready not to understand lectures/assignments & read. Gives little/no info on what is expected for writing assignments & gets mad when not done correctly even when asked for help/clarification. Will tell you to read the syllabus where the info for a 4-page paper is 2 sentences.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Not accessible outside of class and very rude. Assigns about 70 pages of reading per week. Gets very defensive when students ask clarifying questions. Assignment descriptions are really only in the syllabus and are extremely vague. She also sprung 2, 1500 word "essays" on us for the final with only a week to work on them. Avoid at all costs.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Pehlivan is a great teacher imo. Every student's experience with her classes is valid and different. I had a background in env. sci before taking her class and that's helped me to be successful so far. It can be confusing at times but she responds to emails quickly if you have questions and is very approachable and likes to hear from students.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I had a depressive episode during my time in this class and sent her many, many emails explaining my situation. When I could finally get myself to go to class I was publicly ridiculed by her for missing class. 
Even before this, the classes were disorganized and hard to follow. I would recommend that people avoid Professor Pehlivan if they can.