A horribly awful teacher. Read her power-points word for word, often times she just took them from someone else. When asked questions about the material she would often not know or jut repeat the power point slide. A crazy amount of weekly discussions. I would not recommend her. Most of the stuff was graded by the TA who was even less helpful.

Don't get me wrong, I learned a lot from this class but mostly through guest speakers and my own research. If you are looking for an easy A class, search somewhere else. My biggest pet peeve was that 99.9% of our work was online. Why not make the class fully online or a hybrid. Waste of time to come to class but you MUST come for credit.

The class itself is very interesting and I learned a lot. However, she is an extremely tough grader and hardly gives you even a 9/10 despite putting effort and time into each of her many, many assignments. There's up to 4 discussion posts and 3 quizzes each week. Four books to read, about 4 essays, and a cumulative final, no notes.

Her directions are incredibly vague. She also anticipates that you are going to read over 100+ pages over the weekend (one of those teacher who think you aren't taking other 400 level classes) beware of her online quizzes they're incredibly difficult. Tons of little time wasting things to do a long with 2 big papers. Only teacher who teaches this.

Worst online class ever! Doesn't give you full credit for discussions and there's 5 a week. Makes you watch her videos of her talking and they're terrible! Extremely painfully boring. Do not take her!

Do not take this class if you have the chance to avoid it. She has four different syllabi and every single on of them is extremely vague. She also has you read four different books. Her TA's grade everything and leave vague feedback. She was extremely unhelpful, belittling, and rude when confronted with concerns and critiques on her class.

She has so much homework and expects you to go above and beyond for that 10/10 score if you do no show that there is no way you will get 10/10. DO NOT take her class.

Debbie is really strict on any little thing. She will mark you down if you are 5 minutes late and will knock off your participation point. She also has you create a "name tag" and passes out endless amounts of papers that you dont even use in class longer than 10 min. Her quizez are timed short and takes a lot time to do. I would NOT RECCOMENT HER!

I don't recommend this professor because she is boring and will take off points off your attendance when you arrive late or leave early. I felt like she was very entitled when speaking about public health and that we (as a class) weren't in the "group". Her quizzes are tough and won't budge when giving you a better grades on any of the assignments

Debbie is one of the worst professors I've had during my years in college. She gives points off if you're even a bit late regardless of whether or not you let her know ahead of time. Her lectures are boring and lengthy. She gives unnecessary handouts and makes you have a nametag every class. Only take her if there is no other option

I only made an account specifically to rate this professor. Hardest professor I have ever had in 2 universities that I have been to. Never take her unless you have to. HARSH grader, does not give second chances if any mistakes are made. Only 1 bonus assignment at the end of term. Just DO NOT take her.

Repetitive and redundant lectures. There are a lot of readings for each week but the assignments pertaining to the material are not difficult. Kaufman will also have students write a Switch Application paper and the instructions are poorly written; despite your understanding of the book, she will reduce points. Just another average professor.

Do NOT take her class. This professor seems as though she has a good heart, but clearly doesn't understand that students are taking other classes besides her own. If you are full time and work prepare to not have a life. She assigns up to 115+ pg of reading for just one week, along with homework from the readings every day and more hw's and quizzes

DO NOT take this class if your are a full time students and are also working. There are 4 whole books she assigns to read along with paper reflections on each one that require more than 1000 words for each one. On top of all the readings there are assigned discussions weekly. Absolutely regret taking this class, save yourself the stress-headache.

requires you to read 3 different books for the class, write a paper on each of them at the end of the term that are at least 4+ pages long each. discussion posts every week, along with 3 other posts required each week as well. midterm and final paper on top of the other papers for the class too. most reading/homework for any class ive taken so far.

Took this as a summer class in 2019. Read 3 books with 1500 word essays on each. Discussion posts literally every other day. Midterm and final paper. If you work full time like me, do not take this as a summer class. A lot harder and more work than other 300 level classes. Concepts are interesting but instructor by far shouldnt be teaching this.

I took PHE 275 online. The workload is fairly average for an online class. However, the main issue with the class is how Kaufman will shave off points on every assignment, making it difficult to get an A. She offers 12 points of extra credit and you will need all of them to have a chance. EXTREMELY tough grader.

She's a really tough grader for no reason, even in the middle of a pandemic. This is a 200 level class and its harder than any 400 level class I've taken. This class is about stress management yet shes caused me the most stress this term out of all of my professors. I wont ever take another class from her.

She is a tough grader, and her feedback on your work is awful.

Im sure shes a nice person, but never before in my 4 years of college has a professor made me complete so much pointless homework. She forces you to answer questions with a minimum of 10 sentences and some of these questions are simple yes or no questions. Steer clear if youre looking for something easier.

Pretty amazing how much little consideration she has for us and our time. She treats the class like it's the only one we're taking. Lots and lots of writing and repetitive work. It's very unrealistic for how much time we should be spending on this class. It's all easy work, but if you have a busy life, you're not gonna do well.

This lady is nuts.  Assigned 1 switch paper that required 2000-2500 words, a final paper that has repetitive questions.  Outdated articles 1994-1999 to read. Asked for a recorded lecture, refused, told other students weren't interested so no. I felt she withheld information for being a teacher.  Advertise that she teaches other courses. DO NOT TAKE

You have to read a book that you will write a paper on at the end of the term. You also have to read/watch hours of other information to do weekly discussions (5 post minimum). Zero feedback given. No lectures, which a lot of this stuff could have been taught to save time for students who are also taking other courses. Do not recommend.

This is the second course I have taken with Debbie. While I'm typically a student that receives straight A's, she won't give you more than 80-90% unless you go above and beyond. She grades harshly and gives limited feedback. None of my papers received more than a C, and I've never experienced that with any other professor in my 3 years at PSU.

Debbie provides little to no feedback for homework yet grades very harshly and expects you to go above and beyond for assignments. Having to read 4 books while watching videos to write reflections on. The workload isn't the main concern, it's more the style of teaching and expecting students to figure out where they went wrong on their own.

Her workload is absolutely obscene and unrealistic for a student who does ANYTHING besides her one singular class. 3 required books (400+ pages each) and one extra book/video assignment in a term with addition. Her grading is unreasonable for good work and her midterm was completely unrelated to the study guide she provide.

unprofessional, unethical, illiterate sums up deb

Debbie has shown throughout this course that she is completely unqualified to teach. In fact, she doesn't teach at all, it's all self learning. She docks points for anything and doesn't provide any rubric for her assignments. Avoid this class at all costs, even for an elective. I recommend a professor that is actually competent at teaching.

This class had so many writing assignments with little to no instructions or rubrics. I rarely received full credit for an assignment because she always had some sort of feedback for everything. At the end of the term you have to write a final paper and each section should be 300 words but that it difficult when you are asked the same thing.

It just goes to show that portland state university cares nothing for their students, as long as they employee this person.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS UNLESS YOU LOVE LOVE LOVE READING. We read 4+ books over ONE term. Easy to pass if you literally have all the time in the world and aren't taking other classes. Luckily I only had 2 others (had to drop one thanks to the workload). Grading seems to be on a whim instead of based on rubrics. Good luck.

I suggest that no one take a class from this professor. There are no clear grading criteria (even though she claims there is) and the grading is based on interpretation. For example, one discussion where I missed 3 requirements I received a 7.5/10 and another discussion where I missed only 1 requirement I received a 3/10. No feedback is ever given.