Reviews of professor Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This class was a joke. Don't bother going to discussions because it's everyone's opinions and stories the whole class. You basically have to teach yourself the whole semester. There are only a few things graded and the tests were extremely hard for no reason. She was happy the average was C for the exams. WHAT???!! DO NOT TAKE

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Natalie is alright. She's very passionate about social movements and is well versed on how to navigate them elementally. But her exams are unnecessarily difficult. Their difficulty seems to be because of the general uselessness of social justice classes. Making a difficult exam that most people can't grasp doesn't mean its that important to know.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Natalie is very educated and holds great discussions. Rubrics and assignment instructions are unclear. She is not an easy grader. She has high expectations for social movement projects, and they were not communicated clearly, since they were "anything goes," and a were new project she had never tried before. Fun class to talk about current events.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Fixmer-Oraiz is one of the best profs I've had. She has so much knowledge and experience, and is so passionate about the subject. I know many people don't like buying a textbook for a class when it's a) written by the prof, and b) the newest edition, but I promise it is so important to have the newest info, since the info is always changing

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Natalie is one of the best professors I've had at the U of Iowa. She is very knowledgeable and passionate about social movements. She was willing to work with us during the pandemic and listened to our feedback about assignments/tests and altered the syllabus to fit our needs. 10/10 would recommend her & this class to everyone.