Professor
David Russell
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Spring 2024 - I LOVED this class and this professor, by far one of my favorites that I've taken at UCLA thus far of not my favorite. The professor is extremely engaging, funny, and insightful and cares about students grasping the material. I really enjoyed the novels and only wished there was more time.
Spring 2024 - I LOVED this class and this professor, by far one of my favorites that I've taken at UCLA thus far of not my favorite. The professor is extremely engaging, funny, and insightful and cares about students grasping the material. I really enjoyed the novels and only wished there was more time.
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Spring 2023 - 118A ("Psychoanalysis in Film and Literature") was the best class I have ever taken in my life. In addition to being kind, welcoming, funny, and a great speaker, Professor Russell is truly an expert on the material. He was able to answer almost any question, no matter how obscure, no matter how tangential, with supreme rigor. I am emerging from this class on Freud and Psychoanalysis a better learner, a better reader, and most importantly, a better person, with a greater understanding of myself and the people around me. Taking this class furthered my interpersonal growth, slowly but surely helping me unravel the curtains to my unconscious.
Spring 2023 - 118A ("Psychoanalysis in Film and Literature") was the best class I have ever taken in my life. In addition to being kind, welcoming, funny, and a great speaker, Professor Russell is truly an expert on the material. He was able to answer almost any question, no matter how obscure, no matter how tangential, with supreme rigor. I am emerging from this class on Freud and Psychoanalysis a better learner, a better reader, and most importantly, a better person, with a greater understanding of myself and the people around me. Taking this class furthered my interpersonal growth, slowly but surely helping me unravel the curtains to my unconscious.
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Fall 2024 - I was so sad that I had found out about this professor during my last quarter. One of the most memorable professors ever. His lectures are engaging, profound, insightful, and respectful too. He's extremely intellectual and I learned something new every class. A few classes were cancelled due to personal reasons and for the first time, I was actually bummed that I couldn't attend lecture - his class was that AMAZING. The entire course shifted my perspective on poetry, literature, and the arts and the way I view them now. Every student - especially English majors - should take this professor AT LEAST ONCE. TAKE HIS COURSES TWICE IF YOU CAN. YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT. Even if I failed his class (which I didn't - thankfully), I believe that I would have still enjoyed it and taken his class again.
Fall 2024 - I was so sad that I had found out about this professor during my last quarter. One of the most memorable professors ever. His lectures are engaging, profound, insightful, and respectful too. He's extremely intellectual and I learned something new every class. A few classes were cancelled due to personal reasons and for the first time, I was actually bummed that I couldn't attend lecture - his class was that AMAZING. The entire course shifted my perspective on poetry, literature, and the arts and the way I view them now. Every student - especially English majors - should take this professor AT LEAST ONCE. TAKE HIS COURSES TWICE IF YOU CAN. YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT. Even if I failed his class (which I didn't - thankfully), I believe that I would have still enjoyed it and taken his class again.