Shanna Shaked is one of the top 3 best professors I have had at UCLA. She is so understanding. For example, one lecture my class didn't really do well on one specific question on a quiz (which isn't even worth that many points in the first place), so right after we all finished the quiz she told us we could redo the entire quiz next lecture (same questions and everything) and she would give us the grade of the average of the two quizzes. In addition to this I genuinely just enjoyed learning about what she was teaching, especially functional units. She really tied together the math and science aspects of the course in the most efficient and least stressful way. Loved this professor so much.

Dr. Shaked was the first lecturer of the course who was able to make the math/science component of the class make sense. She breaks things down in a clear and concise way, is consistently transparent in her instruction, and encourages engagement in meaningful ways. I've really liked her portion of the course.

Favorite class. HIGHLY recommend. Don't be scared of clusters. Taking this was the best decision I've ever made. Chill, and most of the professors are engaging. Loved Shanna, not as engaging as the professors last quarter, but she's great and you can tell she really cares about what she does. I was never bored in lectures if I had a friend next to me to talk to lol. Homework was just one reading to comment on every week, and we had one Letter/Op-Ed that was long (10 pages) but honestly very manageable if you started early and enjoyed what you were writing about (I very much did. I actually enjoyed that assignment). I wouldn't change a thing.

Professor Shaked teaches in the 2nd quarter of the food cluster and she does a really good job making sure her presentations are organized which I appreciate and her teaching style was very clear and to the point. I also liked how she would use example questions in the slide so we would know what to expect when we got to the test. Overall this was a really good portion of the food cluster! (and overall, i would highly recommend the food cluster, very interesting material if you are interested in sustainability and not way too much work like some of the other UCLA cluster classes).