I find it so ironic that this woman is teaching a BIPOC justice class, as she had an active issue with people of color when she was in school. Her entire community of friends is white.

I loved this class a lot. It was very interesting and actually convinced me to go vegan. The discussions were annoying though and more work but my TA was great I had Paul. Overall Moana is a great professor and great class.

I have genuinely never met a group of more flexible and empathetic educators. The food cluster was a wonderful experience all 3 quarters of my freshman year; workload is manageable, exams are fair, and the writing assignments are explained very well and spaced out over the quarter, so as to make sure it's not being done at the last minute. I found the material to be interesting and engaging, and I think if you have an interest in sustainability you will find the same. What sets this cluster apart from any other class I've taken is how much the professors and TA's care about their students mental health, physical health, and overall well beings. Whether it was giving me an extension when I had a fever the night before a major assignment was due, or constantly doing mood check ins at the beginning of lecture, I honestly believe this team would go above and beyond to accommodate the needs of their students no matter the circumstance. I am so glad I took this class, as it gave me an amazing impression of UCLA and a ton of GE credits!

Also shoutout to Carlin, the best TA ever!!!
- Sara Cortes

Extremely down to earth type of person. Ms. McClellan knows the material well and every topic/example she described relates back to the course: environmental justice. She is extremely well organized and has a reason for why she mentions/uses what she does in slides and lecture. Flexible in grading, tests are direct, she tells you what to expect on the test, and always accepts feedback on what she can do better and ACTUALLY implements it. There's also a field trip and group presentation/paper that you won't dread because it's interesting. Also guest speakers come in. You use iClickers for attendance participation. Would take a class with her again.

Professor McClellan is very knowledgeable in her topic and classes are interesting. However, the workload for this class is very very heavy and she is pretty harsh on grading. Her tests are very straightforward.

This is seriously one of the best classes I've ever taken. I haven't completed it yet but Professor McClellan is always gracious to help you and always asks the class for our feedback for improvements. She breaks it down nicely so that even though it is a heavy workload, you have a lot of different opportunities to perform well. I would absolutely take this class again.

More organized than the first quarter and the lectures are engaging. We have one midterm and 2 papers. Lectures are interactive and the readings generally pertain to what is addressed in class. However, I would suggest reading because anything is fair game for midterms. I have learned a lot in this class thus far and it helps you understand the food system.

Although the readings and the guest speakers organized through this class were interesting, I was overall a little bit disappointed in the subject material in part due to some things that were said by Professor McClellan and her handling of the situation. Light workload, easy grading based on completion and heavily group project based finals and final project.

I recommend this class to any non-environmental majors who are interested in the environment because it is a great way to knock out science GEs and it is pretty interesting. What I liked most about this class was that all professors were extremely accommodating during covid and made each student feel like they mattered. This cluster felt like a real community :) Professor Levi and Professor Moana each taught for half of the quarter and Professor Moana was my favorite from this class, but Professor Levi was the easiest. The class is more focused on environmental topics as opposed to food, but food is still a focus. The first quarter of this cluster is more challenging than the second because students are introduced to college-level research and writing for the first time. Group in-class activities every week are good because you can make friends, and often they were pretty easy and graded for completion. TA Aaron Montenegro is very chill and mostly gives grades for participation.

I give all 5s to this class. Interesting, easy, never stressful. I never didn't want to go to this class, I actually enjoyed it. Moana's section was about water for us, and the exams were easy.