Reviews of professor M.P. Fairbairn

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Overall I do not recommend this course for anyone outside an environmental studies or sciences major. The required labor and overall course is really geared towards those students. Professor Fairbairn was an amazing lecturer- her guest speakers not so much. Damian Parr was the worst, and I would not take the course again.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Fairbairn is an amazing lecturer and researcher. Her lectures are so engaging and well thought out. I took Intro to Agroecology with her and really liked the field section system where students volunteer for three hours once a week at a site somewhere on campus. Easy class overall, if you do the work you'll pass.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Madeleine is a well versed sociologist whose enthusiasm for teaching and keen regard for environmental justice planted a deep seed of interest in the subject for me. Midterm/final involved defining key terms, connecting them, and writing a short essay in a blue book. Go to class and try to participate and you will find this class to be wonderful.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof Fairbairn was an incredible teacher for an incredible class. Her lectures are so straight forward and the information is presented an engaging way. She put in so much effort to this course, bringing in many guest speakers and working organize our field sections- We had mandatory volunteering sessions working on farms on campus!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Professor Fairbairn is highly passionate and engaging. 
There was one reading for each class meeting, usually 5-40 pages long.
The quality of work that I submit typically receives an A grade, but I received a lot of B's from her. Be prepared to work extra hard to earn your A. Rigor aside, I still really loved this class.