Reviews of professor Anjuli Fahlberg

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Fahlberg has incredible anecdotes about her ethnography work, and she gives great lectures. Lots of readings and discussions. She really listened to feedback and tweaked class structure and readings based on how we were feeling. Challenging, but worth it!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She is the worst communicator she doesnt respond to emails she has no empathy for her students and will not give extensions no matter the circumstance and then take 3 weeks to grade The tests are insanely hard and they are not graded by her they are graded by her TA who grades with check+/- which is awful the tests long reading comprehension essays

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Two years later, she stands out as the best prof in my memory from my time at Tufts. She bridged complex social topics with care & kindness, while still challenging students on their preconceived notions. Her research base outside the US gave the course a very special perspective that was invaluable for US students. Also wonderful in office hours.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Shocked she has this high of a rating. She is kind of abrasive and unresponsive via email even about important issues. I don't find her to be an engaging lecturer and her exams are unnecessarily difficult given that they are essentially reading comprehension. She is an easy grader on ethnographies but I don't like the class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She is super cool and I personally found the material interesting. However, participation and reading is essential to this class (she definitely assigned her share of reading) so only take it if you are prepared for that. I also thought she was an easy/fair grader

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Interesting material with mostly interesting readings. The readings vary from short to substantial, but the longer ones are usually easier to read and interesting. Test is all long answer on the material and isn't super hard. I turned in a steaming pile of garbage for my first ethnography essay and got an A-! This was my favorite class this sem!!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Shocked her rating is this high. I don't take SOC classes but I've taken anthro classes I've really liked but disliked this. Some dated sources/movies & even tho she's taught the class before she couldn't decide what books to use so you couldn't order them from the Bookstore. I did well with little effort but she's kinda bad vibes

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
An intense but informative class. Prof. Fahlberg really makes you think and facilitates great in-class dialogue. Lots of reading but of interesting material. Papers aren't too bad and she's accessible and helpful to talk to about assignments, class material, or anything else.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Urban Soc has been one of the better soc electives I've taken at Tufts. Professor Fahlberg is an excellent lecturer and really cares about students. While the exams are hard, they aren't graded too difficultly. Really interesting and engaging course material.