Reviews of professor Daanika Gordon

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Gordon is one of the smartest and most thoughtful professors I have had at Tufts. I have taken both her more introductory classes where I gained essential foundational understandings in race and ethnic studies and her more advanced seminars. She is a truly brilliant scholar and incredibly kind person.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
SOC 11 was a really awesome class overall! Prof Gordon is very knowledgeable and gives really great essays and readings. Sometimes she reads off of sheets for lectures which can be bothersome but she has so many experiences and lots of information that I wish she would have adlibbed more. Really awesome person and professor!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She broke down complex and charged topics around race, in a racially diverse classroom, in a quite skilled way. As a white student with an open mind but little prior knowledge, this really changed my perspective deeply on race. Her heavy emphasis on small group discussion really brought home the personal aspect of the material in an immediate way.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Gordon is incredibly knowledgeable and great at explaining complex ideas super clearly. She is also a very kind person and seems to really care about her students. Her classes aren't easy but she is completely fair about grading. Taking one of her classes will likely be a great experience

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I was in Professor Gordon's class "Sociology of Race and Ethnicity" and loved it! The subject matter is very interesting, the grading is fair, and the class structure varies to include lectures, discussions, and group work. She is also a great teacher! I would recommend going to her office hours because she is very sweet and always ready to help.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I took Sociology of Race and Ethnicity with Professor Gordon and she was absolutely amazing! Super accessible outside of class and very sensitive when the material was difficult to learn as a student of color. She's the reason I'm majoring in Sociology and will for sure be taking Criminology with her next semester! :)

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof. Gordon is one of the smartest people I've ever encountered and she is one of the most kind and caring professors! Not only was her class super informative, it's not very difficult and you learn how to think critically about the carceral state. 10/10

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Brilliant, maybe Tufts's best mix of researcher/teacher. Must take from sociology.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Daanika is passionate about the criminal justice system, the readings (2-3 short a week+ 1page weekly reflection) 2 long papers that give you opportunity to research a major criminal case of your choice- attendance every class sign in sheet. really made me reevaluate the US justice system and I learnt a lot.