I agree with the review below. Winter is amazing, passionate and fair. The work load is definitely manageable; he only requires two short discussion questions a week, and then there is a midterm take home paper and a final take home paper. Plus, he's a fairly easy grader. There is a lot of group discussions which a lot of times is just fluff, but the class is what you make of it. I definitely recommend it - Winter is an awesome professor.
PLAP 4140
Gender and American Political BehaviorLast taught: Summer 2026
4.2 Rating
2.5 Difficulty
3.69 GPA
Instructor
4.0
Enjoyability
4.0
Difficulty
2.5
Recommend
4.5
Reading
2.0
Writing
0.0
Group Work
0.0
Other
0.0
Total Hours / Week
Hours 2.0
Grade Distribution
Average GPA 3.69
Students Measured 262
5 Reviews
4.33 Average
Instructor 4.0
Enjoyability 4.0
Recommend 5.0
Difficulty 2.0
Hours/Week 4.0
4.00 Average
Prof. Winter is a great lecturer who's totally into his material - he tries his hardest to involve everyone in discussion, although this means you'll probably spend a lot of time BSing stuff with everyone else in the class in "small groups." If you're not into that sort of thing, this isn't the class for you - the reading is manageable, a book per week, and a discussion essay per week as well of one page. Overall, one of the easier higher-rated politics classes out there, and Prof. Winter is a great professor (and young, too!) so I'd recommend this class if you're interested in gender studies.
Instructor 4.0
Enjoyability 4.0
Recommend 4.0
Difficulty 3.0
Hours/Week 0.0