One of the most kindhearted and helpful prof I have ever had in the 3 yrs I have been here. I love her open discussions in class.

Awesome lady! She is so strong and very inspiring. She actually changed my mind on the death penalty, and believe me that, you can't change my mind easily. Also enjoyed her upper level classes.

She's tough but still fair. You work hard in her classes but you learn so much. I think this class should be required. I like that she requires more than multiple choice exams in her classes

I can't believe that I actually love research because she is such a great teacher. She makes a difficult subject easy to learn. You can;t miss her class though and you have to read the material.

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BEST sociology class i've ever had...and I'm a senior.

awesome teacher!

She is such a funny teacher. I would take her again ANY day. Just read the material and pay attention and you'll do great. Didn't do excessive studying just listened and took notes. VERY FUNNY

this is a great prof. drama queen, but great. do the reading, open your mind, and take notes, and you'll get an A. if you goof off or skip class, you're in for trouble. she's fair and always ready to help.

Easy class. Did not provide a safe environment for students to voice opinions. She dismisses opinions different from hers as wrong auomatically. Contradicted herself on many occasions including on stereotyping. Assumes every student is uber-enthused about the class. Can be difficult to listen to...

Awesome professor. I took her for intro. and decided to take her for an upper level course on disability just because she's so awesome. Pay no attention to anything negative said because she's really cool and sincere...absolutely not a drama queen and knows her stuff so very well. I learned so much in both of her classes

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She is super awesome and a great proffessor. She goes off on tangents that may or may not be related to the class, but they are still very interesting. Plus she is a great personal friend and there to listen if you need.

Good teacher, she knows her stuff. She also allows you to do extra credit. To me the book has noithing to do what we talk about in class, just take good notes and pay attention.

She is really easy. The lectures got kind of boring but she shows videos that are interesting. She got us involved with polls and class discussions too. All you have to study for the tests are vocab. from the book and read over your notes.

Good, interesting, helpful---She gives good examples to help you understand the material, but you better read too.

Easy A if you read, do the work, and listen in class. Easy F if you don't. She expects you to learn the material. That's what you're there for. Gives a lot of real life examples from her own research and experiences that helps the abstract stuff in the book make sense. Her classes are interested, but make you work.

Very nice, calm, and outgoing lady. Her tests are easy if you skim the designated chapters, memorize the vocabulary from the chapter and understand them. There is extra credit. You get to skip the final if you average an A on her tests (she later changed it to A and B).Book important ant start of semester, lecture notes at the end of the semester.

Great teacher. Calm and loves to help out her students. Notes dont really matter too much. but are still important. most important is the textbook. skim through it and learn the vocab. study notes. If you study, you will do fine. she gives TONS of EC. esp if you come to class everday so dont skip!

Dr. Stiles is fabulous. She cares about you whether you are a Sociology major or not. She's the best. Tests come straight from textbook. Offers a lot of bonus work.

Stiles is a great prof! She tells fun stories and keeps the class interested and participating. There are only 3 exams and she gives plenty of extra credit. Stiles knows her stuff and wants to do everything she can to help the student learn rather than just to get grades. Very friendly and helpful.

Dr. Stiles is inspiring, motivational and the best instructor I have ever had in a class room. Her class is not easy but you will leave with a wealth of knowledge.

She's a good teacher that occasionally goes on tangential topics to prove a point. Makes uninteresting material interesting through real-life examples of sociological occurrences in daily life.

This was a great class (Gender and Society). She is very passionate about this subject and her goal is to make you passionate as well. Don't be scared to take this class because of the title (even if you're a guy!). She makes it interesting and enjoyable. ATTENDANCE and READING are absolutely necessary to succeed, though, so be warned!

I have her right now for Intro to Sociology, and I would say she is the best professor I've had at this school. She is extremely passionate about sociology and is willing to help you one-on-one. Instead of just lecturing, she makes sense of everything by putting it into stories. You'll need to read your textbook to do well though.

She is very talkative and caring about her students. I am still shocked that I feel totally comfortable going to the chair of my department for anything I need, and she isn't even my advisor! She took time to talk to me for hours multiple times throughout the semester. She is not is. You do have to read the book and attend class.

Go to class!! She appreciates it when you attend and participate. The tests aren't bad as long as you read. Very few assignments that aren't very difficult and are well explained. I would take again!

Dr. Stiles is one of my favorite teachers here. She is incredibly helpful and willing to work with you if you go to her with problems you might be having. I highly recommend taking any (or all) of her online classes. Not only were they engaging, but the tests were fairly easy as well. Just read and participate!

I really loved Dr. Stiles. She's very understanding if you come to her with an issue. Her lectures were really interesting to me, I learned a lot. Attendance is VERY important. Her tests are straight from the book so make sure you read!

Doctor Stiles was my favorite sociology professor! I just loved her to death because she's real and up front about everything. You have to read for her class because she does pop quizzes, Essay tests, and will give extra credit when you attend class sometimes. Her lectures are always good and her students have the opportunity to express themselves.

As a class about family violence, it is very heavy at times. Stiles does a great job covering it. It's a fairly easy course if you read and attend class. OCCASIONALLY, the content gets too personal and feels like a therapy session rather than a lecture. Thankfully, this doesn't happen very often.

Love this class. I might even major in sociology because of her

The disability class is the best sociology class I have had. She really helps us to understand and cares that we learn. She goes above and beyond, but you have to read too.

Dr. Stiles is the best professor I have ever had. She is taught me to see things differently than I had been "programmed" to see. I have since taken many classes, sociology and otherwise and I always go back to the way she handled our class with dignity and respect and she got that in return. She was tough but fair and expected you to study.

She is straight up honest with us. More professors should be like her. She really helps us to learn the material. I love her classes.

I think she is the best professor that I have had so far (second semester). I may even change my major

I recommend taking every class she teaches, but especially the gender class

I absolutely love having her as a professor. She is willing to go the extra mile for you. I have literally called her 3 days before a term paper is due and asking if she would mind reviewing what I have and she would call me back and discuss it with me over the phone. Her Gender class and Deviance class are amazing. I have taken 6 of her classes.

Best Prof. in sociology.

She was a really good professor and knew what she was talking about. So honest, I wish other professors were like her.

You have to read but she does show good videos and youtubes to help. I learned so much in this class

Dr. Stiles is a wonderful professor who wants her students to do well by earning the grade they deserve while also learning valuable information. When she says to read, you read. Every reading assignment will have a quiz for the next day. If you read and show up to class you will pass. She even gives bonus points randomly if you show up!

Love the way she teaches! She loves telling personal stories and connects the material to real-life situations. She made me look at everything through a sociological lens.

I just loved the class. Im thinking of switching my major to sociology now.

Hands down my favorite professor!! She does have pop quizzes, but tells you ahead of time to expect a quiz over the readings. You will be required to read articles or a book outside of class depending on the course. She is very clear and upfront on her grading policies. Her classes are rewarding and her teaching fits me well! Such a smart woman..

Dr. Stiles is one of the best professors I have ever taken. Her class does require a lot of reading but at least you learn the material. As long as you go to class and read, you're fine.

I have taken multiple classes from Dr. Stiles, and it is fascinating how she tailors each class for the resources she can leverage. In Consumer, she uses much more visual media than in her other classes. Rather than filler (as videos have been for other prof's), they are a fully integrated components, adding significant depth to the lectures.

Dr. Stiles' classes are always interesting and challenging! She ensures that students have multiple means of understanding the course material through readings, lectures, short videos, and films. It's clear that she is interested in the material she teaches, and that she cares about her students. Best professor I've ever had!

Dr. Stiles is beyond one of my favorite teachers at MSU. Shes always there for the students, even when shes busy she still makes time to help out. Ive learned more from Dr. Stiles in the few classes ive Taken with her than I have my whole time at MSU because she is just so thorough with her teaching. Definitely will be taking her again.

Shes super nice and caring! really gets into depth about all of her topics and has class discussions after videos that help you have a better understanding of what your learning. She allows opportunities for extra credit too. Overall one of the best teachers ive ever had.

As long as you are okay with reading you will LOVE her classes, great material and great teacher - she really cares about teaching what is important to our society and is more than understanding to students, put in the effort and you will get so much out of her classes, highly recommend!

She has a world of experience snd really works to help everyone do well.

This was my best class. This class has made me rethink my major. I liked how she made examples of her own life and experiences to help us understand the class material. She is humble and honest too.

Great classes. I try to take every class she teaches. I learn so much and I feel like everyone should know what Im learning.

Shes the most helpful sociology professor. You can tell that she loves it too. Shes really fair. If you just come to class and read you will do great.

She is a great professor who knows her stuff! Super interesting class and you can't help but learn a lot about our society we live in. Very accessible after class hours and is very upfront and honest with you.

Dr. Stiles is a great professor and especially for incoming freshman. As an upperclassman taking this course I was able to see how caring she is and how she is to new students. Guiding them about college life while still showing them the ins and outs of sociology was really nice to see. I highly recommend taking this class.

I loved this class. Stiles is very well practiced with teaching and she shows in in all of her classes. The one thing that she did that confused me was she should get off topic very easily in class and I would be unsure what I needed notes on or not. Also good to note that she is very clear that if you miss any classes at all you might not pass.

This is what I liked about Dr. Stiles, her discussions made me think about topics for weeks afterwards. She is a fair professor but this isn't an "easy A" class. You are going to need to put in some effort. I really look up to her, she is an inspiration for the students. I wish that all of my professors were like Dr. Stiles.

I've heard that she's terrible to take online, but in-person she's not all bad. Her lectures can be a bit annoying, repetitive, and get off track, but as long as you take notes you'll do fine in her class. You don't need to buy the textbook; she'll tell you that everyone that fails didn't read but honestly I didn't read at all and still got an A.

She's super nice and grades everything pretty generously. She made me really interested in sociology when it's not something I would have usually looked twice at.

I love Beverly. She is awesome!

I overall did enjoy her class but it was kind of hard. You HAVE to go to class but she does make the lectures engaging and interesting. You do have to do well on the tests to pass bc she doesn't have much other grades. If you like to read and take good notes I'd say to take, if you're a bad test taker I'd suggest finding someone else.