Entering UCLA as a freshman, my private-college friends all told me that all the professors at UCLA were more concerned with their research than their teaching. However, not until I took a class with Hindery did I ever feel this was true. Hindery was completely immersed in his research, to the point that he put no effort into lectures and made no effort to be available for students to consult. In fact, I dont even think he knew what the class was about: in a course titled "Natural Resource Use in Developing Nations", we spent a whole lot of time reading about the United States.
With that said, his research was interesting and it was fun to hear him talk passionately about it in class. That, combined with the fact that I earned an easy A in this class, makes me cautiously reccomend him to anyone who loves easy once a week classes as much as I do.