This professor Sucks....Do not take his class you will fail the course. He doesn't explain the material well. Worst ever!!!

This professor does not teach but makes you sit through video and that is suppose to take the lecture. Notes and lectures are unclear. If you want to fail and have you GPA lowered then I recommend him.

This man is the absolute worse. He is unclear, unorganized, unhelpful, and a bit of an a**. Please choose someone else for this course

I had this guy my first year of college- what a jerk! Then, the grading system was awful, but I guess its ok now. The only reason I'm rating him is because I repeated the course with Dr. Rowe and he had the nerve to come in as a 'guest' speaker. Whatever, hes still a jerk. Dr. Rowe is much better!

The worst prof ever!! Talks at 800wpm, gets an attitude if you as him to repeat and not very helpful. I compared my tests t another students and they were almost identical...i got a C she got a B. When I asked him about it, he snatched my paper and wrote B on it...A JERK might i add. Please, do yourself a favor and stay away from his classes

We had class "discussions" during which he would present a question, and if what we said wasn't the answer he was looking for he would say, "hrm..well, no, I don't think...hrm...let's try someone else--" Obviously no room for free thinking in this potentially very interesting course. AVOID.

You go into anthropology thinking it will be a really interesting class, but Brooks ruins everything about it. If you miss one class your letter grade is dropped, 3 and they say they will withdraw you and you are failing. He does not go over material in class, when he does it is limited and it was usually his T.A. Tests are straight out of the book

NOT FAIR AT ALL! How is it fair that almost the entire class recieves D's and F's on an exam and nothing is done. Then he has the nerve to say he wants people to pass and he cares about our grades. His grading is unfair, and when you bring it to his attention he refuses to help you and suggests that you withdraw from the class. GRRR!!

he basically doesn't teach. just poses a question and allows the students to voice their opinions. it's interesting, but totally irrelevant to what we need to learn. and his attendance policy is so strict. miss one day, your grade drops a letter. miss 2, and you're notified to the admin or whatever. harsh.

he hardly teaches, shows a movie EVERY class then does discussions about the movie, totally irrelevant to test info. if you want to pass this class go to the SI sessions before the test. the TA's go over ALL the info on the test and pretty much hand you the answers. I have learned more from the TA then i have from him.

i am an A/B student overall. i took this class because it was a 100 level class and i needed a GPA booster. NOT. this class is extremely interesting. he does alot on HIV/AIDS which i strangely found interesting, but the tests are not on lecture or reading. alot of filler during lectures, alot of irrelevant discussion.

Worst Professor in the world. He is extremely vain and ****, all he does in class is show films, he never teaches and is very rude to his students. His test aren't that hard if you read but he will drop you a letter grade if you miss a class!!!

By far the worst Professor I have ever had. Dr. Brooks is incredibly vain. He expects his classes to be the center of students lives and cares more about them texting than learning. I was excited to take Anthropology but he completely ruined the experience. He makes his TA do everything, its as if his Anthro 103 students aren't worthy of his time.

Incredibly rude to students.

In my three years as a full time college student, Dr. Brooks is by far the worst teacher I have ever had. He does not teach. He requires you to buy his own book (that has nothing to do with the class), and tests you on it. He is extremely rude. Some of his behavior can be classified as harassment. Exam averages for all of his classes fall at a D.

Dr. Brooks is by far one of the worst teachers I've ever had the misfortune of having. He's extremely rude and handles situations poorly. He takes attendance every class and drops you a letter grade for each class you miss - DO NOT SKIP. His class grade is based off of 3 exam grades (30% e) and attendance (10%). AVOID AT ALL COSTS.

Disrespectful to students, plain and simple. He makes you pay for and read HIS book which is meant for African Studies class and not for Anthropology,and only cares about Africa. Makes you read his book and the Anthropology book. The test questions focus on confusing questions from his book. Awful professor, and not a good person.

On most occasions when I have had a bad experience with a professor I let it slide but, I found Professor Brooks to be awful. His discussions are boring and have almost no use on the test. He relies heavily on the textbook and the supplement book he wrote. I would suggest taking anyone other than him for Anthropology.

WORST PROFESSOR AT VCU, avoid at all costs. He bases your final grade in this class on 2 things only. One grade being an essay style exam that he expects you to have exact answers for questions that are majorly subjective. The other grade is a 15pg research paper due at the end of the semester. He grades horrifically and is entirely unfair.

Brooks is awful. We had to read a book he wrote that was about HIV totally irrelevant to Anthropology. I'm an art student and had a restrictive schedule so I couldn't attend any of the extra credit and review sessions, if you can't do extra time you'll fail. If you miss a class your grade drops, I missed 2 classes and FAILED.

Confusing, often contradicting the textbook in the exams themselves, asking vaguely defined questions that could be answered in multiple ways, or sometimes are not adequately addressed by any of the answers. I don't know how he is with smaller classes, but he is not suited to teaching large classes.

dr. brooks is pretty condescending and usually insists you have the exact answer that he would give although most questions are subjective. also the wording and context in which he asks questions on tests are beyond confusing and meant to trick you.don't take dr. brooks.

This is a a hard and very boring class. You hardly do anything with anthropology, almost all of the class is listening to Dr. Brooks go on and on about his book. The tests and quizzes are hard as well with no direction. He also comes across on the rude side. Overall I would not recommend this class

I am a senior taking this class as an elective & he is hands down the rudest & WORST professor I have ever had. Whenever anyone speaks out of turn instead of just saying 'excuse me' or just turning silent, he will repeat what he was saying louder & LOUDER until they stop talking. I regret taking this class & I advice you not to take it.

By far the worst teacher I ever have taken, had to speak to the world studies dean and have things addressed. I have dealt with culinary school with chefs yelling at me and much more stress, but professor Brooks should no longer teach or handle anything with students. He doesn't post grades or even let you know where you stand academically. He also

Horrible class. Horrible professor.

I found him to be very condescending an rude about a lot of small things that weren't even course related. I wouldn't recommend taking this with him.

How on earth does VCU allow this piece of garbage to teach? I'm convinced that any of the positive posts made on this site are done by Brooks himself. Something is wrong with this condescending, arrogant creature and he deserves to be canned ASAP. VCU simply shouldn't tolerate his demeaning, condescending attitude.

Dr. Brooks is not made for lecture. One of the mandatory text books was one he wrote himself, he was never clear in his lectures, he just kind of rambled the entire class and then gave a quiz at the end. Best part is my first exam was "lost" and wasn't found until I questioned my grade. His TA basically did everything for him but lecture.

Honestly the worst professor I have ever had. Impossible to understand, incredibly squeaky, loud, rude, obnoxious, off-topic. Makes you buy his book so he can make money off of the class, repetitive, will start a sentence and then half way through, "rephrase" and completely contradict what he had begun to say. Never gave extra credit as promised

This man scares me, he always randomly calls on people in class to answer questions. Even if you answer the question correctly, he will make mumbled reply and say it's wrong in front of the entire class. He also hands out exams individually in alphabetical order, which takes FOREVER. He also doesn't articulate well or go over definitions.

He seems like an intellectual guy; but he comes off as arrogant a lot. Also he makes the class way harder than it should be. Its 100 level not graduate school for crying out loud.

This is the first time I've ever rated a professor, he's genuinely that bad. AVOID IF POSSIBLE

Awful professor. Absolutely terrible at furthering discussions, only accepts answers if they are exactly what he had in mind. The tests are far harder than they should be for an elective at this level. He is arrogant. He may be intelligent in anthro, but I do not believe he is adept socially as he would be better at making students comfortable.

STAY AWAY! Worst online class! Random pop-quizzes. Exams asking for typed definitions, fill in the blank and essay. Very few multiple choice. No feedback for why you loose points for discussions. Blackboard technical difficulties that result in an impact on my grade. Trust me, stay away from this professor! Especially his online class!!!!!!

One of the worst professors I've ever had. In this class, he didn't teach or lecture at all, so I barely learned anything. All the classes are either a group discussion based on the chapter(s) read or a debate. He grades as if this is a grad school level course and he is disrespectful to students.

Absolutely avoid!! He is arrogant and terrible at teaching. He grades the class like its a phd program.

he is the worst professor i have ever had in my whole life. he is so rude and arrogant to the students, please avoid taking him for anthropolgy.

Do not take any class with Dr. Brooks. He treats students like they are inferior, talks over them, takes over the conversation when they're supposed to be leading it, and more. His grading is awful, he doesn't give any feedback on papers, and he doesn't post grades until the end of the semester. Unless you're an Anth major, do not take this class.

Professor Brooks does not teach. All the classes are either discussions led by the students or debates, LED BY THE STUDENTS. I'm taking class in the time of COVID so it could easily be different in person but I found professor Brooks so condescending and made me cry many times after class. Would absolutely NOT take his class again.

I was fine with keeping up with the due dates (During COVID) online and making sure things got done, but Dr. Brooks' syllabus was not updated to the current year, and this led to confusing moments where I'm not even sure if I've done all the assignments. He doesn't respond to emails and doesn't update grades. Don't take this class

Do not take unless you want to feel terribly about yourself. His expectations for students to answer questions that are informed when he refuses to teach anything but his outdated opinions and tooting his own horn are beyond me. How he expects students to succeed in his hostile environment astounds me. He will laugh at your responses w/o explaining

have never struggled in anthropology classes but I would not describe this as a class, more like an arena where Dr. Brooks shoots you down for funsies. He never mentioned administratively withdrawing students from class until randomly he decided to with out any warning. It is not worth wasting your time or money to teach yourself this hard material

Professor Brooks is extremely disrespectful to his students. I was in his survey class and all of the class material was gathered from the internet. I did not learn anything from this class. It is a class with "ok" difficulty however his attitude is hard to work with.

Horrible professor, was very disrespectful and unprofessional. Was not easy to communicate with outside of class. Do not recommend anyone take a class with this professor

I took his Survey of World Pandemics class and 100% would not recommend this prof. We taught ourselves the whole course. Participation is 40% of the overall grade. He gives extra points to his favorite students. He seems to enjoy belittling his students and putting everyone down. My therapist thinks he's a narcissist, and I think that sums it up.

Nothing positive I can say about this *man*. I'm confused as to how he is allowed the power he is given. He is arrogant and disrespectful. He needs counseling and dismissed from his position. It appears that he gets away with his demeanor toward students. He gouges students by making them purchase his textbook.

He harassed and demeaned our classmates. He will have to answer to God regarding his behavior. His book was written by an uneducated child.