Reviews of professor Diana Negrin Da Silva

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Diana is really sweet! She really cares about her students' learning so she doesn't make her classes stressful. She assigned a lot of reading, but would always go over it in class. Class assignments consisted of 2 short midterm essays and a final project. Attendance was mandatory.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Negrin is amazing! She always made class very interesting and engaging, and encouraged students to speak on their own experiences and ideas. You can tell how passionate and knowledgeable she is on the topic during lectures. The class mostly consisted of weekly readings -- some were long but they were all still interesting. 110% recommend!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
So many classes at Cal can be too stressful to enjoy and actually learn. Not Border Geographies with Professor Negrin Da Silvas. She uses many mediums of teaching to immerse students in the realities that she is teaching. 100% would take this class again!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Diana is a wonderful lecturer who keeps class content incredibly down to earth and digestible. In class discussions augmented her lectures to make an interesting, tight knit class environment. There are many small-medium assignments but she has clear criteria and gives you enough time to complete them, and most are unique and engaging.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
amazing lecturer who fully understood concepts and was able to connect concepts and in class learning with current world issues. the readings were very helpful and she did well at explaining their importance and connecting the reading to overall class by the end of the semester

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Da Silva is one of the most genuine, compassionate, and kind professors I've had. She is able to lecture and conduct class conversations around incredibly heavy content, while still imparting students with hope and positivity that a better future is possible. She doesn't bombard students with work, and offers an amazing class playlist!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Really great class at surveying key issues in environmental politics/EJ with global case studies. Material tends to represent Latin America more than other regions. Moderate reading, no tests, minimal homework; grade is mostly one big case study that is very manageable. Prof is a really cool person with a lot of good irl experience to draw from.