I really liked Professor Goodwin-White! I took ethnicity in American cities in winter of 2021 so it was online/ it was also geog 162 not geog 144 but it was still titled ethnicity in American cities! The course material was definitely not easy but if you watch all the lectures and do all the readings you will likely get a good grade. Her lectures were recorded and they were no longer than an hour lectures and sometimes they would be two one hour long lectures per week so not bad at all for a recorded lecture. The readings were relatively long but there was usually 1-2 readings a week (She posted the pdfs on ccle/there was no textbook) and they were fairly interesting! She does talk about the readings in lecture but I'd still recommend doing the readings because you have to bring them in on the midterm and final. The midterm and final (for the online version of this class) were both through ccle and there was a few day window to take it. Both the midterm and final were a few multiple choice questions, and short answer/ essay questions. There was also an extra credit question on both the midterm and final. The other part of the class was a research paper which had a research assignment before it. The part 1 of the research paper is where you had to pick a city and do research on it based on the guidelines she gave out and then you wrote a short research paper (I think it was approx 5-6 pages). The TA was also very helpful and answered all my questions about it. Overall, I'd recommend this professor and class but don't expect an easy A but rather like a doable A.

I really liked Professor Goodwin-White and I enjoyed this class! It definitely wasn't easy but it was doable as long as you watched the lectures and did the readings. There was a textbook that was required but I found the pdf version online for few and just printed the few chapters she assigned. If I remember correctly there was also a few other readings but she posted the pdfs on ccle. Since this class was online she recorded lectures and posted them under each weekly tab/it was asynchronous. She used powerpoint slides and her lectures were not too long which I think is important for recorded lectures. Both the midterm and final were multiple choice (with some true false) and you had a few day window to take them on ccle. There was also a few extra credit questions on both the midterm and final and they were based on a few extra credit articles that were short that she had posted. The majority of the questions on the midterm and final were from lectures but if you didn't do the readings you would probably miss a few questions. There was also a research paper that was pretty short (I think 6-8 pages or so) and you also had to do a short one paragraph research proposal early on in the class. The TA I think his name was Brian was also very helpful and had zoom office hours each week (and so did the professor).

Not a hard class at all. Tests are all multiple choice and Goodwin-White prepares you well in advance for all of them. The tests are curved and have a hefty portion of extra credit questions. The paper is as easy or as hard as you make it and is pretty open-ended in terms of topic choice. Goodwin-White is fine, she's nice enough and her lectures are fairly engaging but I wouldn't say she's a stand out for the department.

The class itself is not that difficult. There are a handful of very straightforward pop quizzes with 2-3 questions based on the readings, a midterm and final that also contend with the readings, and a research paper. The midterm and final were pretty straightforward as long as you did the readings or paid attention to what the professor said about them in lecture. We were also allowed a notecard cheatsheet for both exams. The research paper was also pretty simple, although the prompt is very loose so the rigor and depth expected were unclear. Not a difficult class by any means, but required a bit more effort than you would expect. The professor herself was not a very interesting lecturer, most classes were very boring and dry and she's somewhat ramble-y, and overall I don't feel that I've learned much from this class. I would not recommend this class.