Reviews of professor Xochitl Ruiz

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I'm a bit torn with this Professor. Although she is really nice and a sweet person, I get really annoyed when she constantly tries to relate to the students by claiming that she is "from the hood". She is extremely pc and pushes a liberal narrative, which I'm fine with in general but not when she actually ignores facts and makes. up things.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Like others stated very disorganized. Due dates change frequently. Quiz and essay prompts are very strangely worded and confusing. Some essay prompts required summarization instead of using application of concepts. Impossible to reach outside of class. If you or your family aren't international makes it significantly harder. Get on her good side

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The things she teaches are everywhere, very unorganized and random. She never announces when an assignment is posted. She always claims that she does not understand Blackboard and a lot of things are delayed. Her lectures are boring and useless. A lot of quizzes (though simple and short), fieldwork assignments, 2 long essays, and 2 exams.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Xochitl is clearly very knowledgeable about her field, but her demeanor can be a bit sophomoric. I enjoyed her class and discussing readings, but never had to make real points. 20-50 pages assigned every class for a discussion post, but if you turn SOMETHING in for all her assignments I can't imagine getting anything lower than a B+ in the course.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof Ruiz is simply a ray of sunshine - really cares for her students. Such engaging and interesting discussions in class and office hours. Made seemingly long and boring readings quite interesting! Heavy workload but thankfully she's a generous grader (and no exams!). We only got 1 grade back the whole semester, which was stressful.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Ruiz was incredibly nice and understanding this semester. Everything was online and seemed to move so fast, so she made sure that her GESM was there for more education rather than stress. She shortened assignments, gave extra credit, and even extended deadlines when students felt overworked. She honestly was such a cool professor!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Such a great professor; loved her class! The class was mainly graded by a midterm, paper on "Black Panther" and "Get Out", and final. Just study the slides ahead of time - she even sent out a 'key points' powerpoint before the midterm and final. If you show up to lecture most of the time and participate occasionally in discussion, you'll do fine.