I really enjoyed taking this class with Professor Steinberg! She is very bubbly and cares a lot about her students. Throughout this really challenging quarter, she made sure to prioritize her student's safety and mental health and I really could not be more thankful. To start, the content of the class was very interesting. As a Chicana myself, I really enjoyed learning about how research has been conducted in the past about the Chicanx experience and what changes are being made to ensure we are being represented truthfully. This class introduced me to data collection methods that, in my opinion, are not traditionally regarded as valuable but deserve more credit than they have been given. For instance, we learned about the information that is often excluded from strictly quantitative forms of data collection and how ethnographic research can inform data and provide context. Needless to say, I learned a lot and grew an appreciation and respect for ethnographic research. As for the structure of the class, it was mostly comprised of reading responses, presentations, and the final paper. The readings were not very dense (for the most part). At some point, we were asked to read an entire book, which I actually found to be really emotional and which didn’t really feel like I was doing homework. It was split up into two weeks so it was not bad at all. There are two presentations. The first is your group presentation where groups of students present on the readings for the week. I would suggest forming a strong group at the beginning of the quarter and presenting early to get it out of the way. Everyone in the class has to present so it helps to take the pressure off. You also have to present on your own towards the end of the quarter when you introduce your final paper topic. Honestly, the individual presentation is more for you to let everyone know about the ideas you have and the rest of the students in the class help you brainstorm/provide feedback on how you can improve your paper. The professor encourages students to not look at their notes while they are presenting and just say whatever they are working on without too much expectation. She knows that everyone is nervous and lets us know that it is “ok not to know” and that it is ok to make mistakes. I really appreciated this as it made me feel less intimidated going up and talking about my topic. There were still a few things I needed to figure out for my project when I presented but I got some good feedback and was able to connect with another student, which helped solidify all the details for my project. Lastly, we had an 8-10 page final paper where we had to use an ethnographic research method (interview, participant observation, listening to archives, etc) to collect data and summarize it in our essay. The essay was not too bad and the professor offered a lot of support throughout in case we needed help. I will say, for all of the assignments, there was a bit of a delay in grading. For example, most of the reading responses were not graded until much later. I did not really have an issue with this considering she offered quick feedback and grades for time-sensitive assignments or for assignments used to prepare us for the final paper. Overall, I really enjoyed this class and I would definitely recommend it! Professor Steinberg is a gem too and I would definitely take another class with her if the opportunity presents itself :)

Professor Steinberg can be very engaging and you can tell she has a kind soul. Participation matters you need to be there and sign your name for credit and also be engaged during the class discussion which tends to be easy because it's always interesting. I will admit there were a few times that she really upset me by not showing up to class or being like an hour late and as a commuter student it really felt disrespectful to me and my peers' time. There was no midterm or final exam, your grade here consists of essays and weekly posts but none of them are too long I think the longest paper was the last essay which was 6 pages long. She takes forever to grade so that can be stressful, you won't know what your grades are until the class is already over, I mean she did not grade a thing throughout the whole quarter. There are weekly assignments to find an immigration article and summarize which was super easy because she just required a few sentences for those. I am not sure if I would take her again because she is not very organized, and she assigns a lot of reading most of which interesting but it is just a ridiculous amount and they are all so long, it doesn't feel like you need to actually do them to succeed imo.

Dr. Steinberg is so sweet! She was a very lenient grader. There are no quizzes or midterms, but a group presentation, final paper, and other small assignments here and there. This was an easy A and I learned so much :)