This was an awesome class. Professor Bair is the light of my life. I was not quick to take this class because it is her first year here, but after doing some research, I discovered that she was well-loved by students she taught at Yale and Colorado. She made the subject very understandable and the reading was not too extra or too long. I cannot wait until she teaches an upper-level course so that I can enroll in it as well!

I had no idea how this class would go because Professor Bair was new to UVA but she turned out to be awesome! I looked forward to going to this class because Bair's lectures were fun, entertaining, and interesting. Bair is lighthearted and doesn't just go on on in lecture. There's two not so hard or long papers, 4 one page reading memos whenever you want in the semester, and article readings for homework. Would definitely recommend!

Professor Bair is perfect. She is entertaining, and you can tell she knows and cares about the subject. Nothing in her class is too hard to understand, and the material and assigned readings are all very interesting. Each day we go through a power point explaining the readings that were assigned for that day, which makes the material very clear if you did the reading, and understandable if you skipped it.
There are four one page reading memos, and two short papers (4 pages). The midterm isn't too hard and the grading isn't tough either. Would recommend.