He's an elitist and is only pleasant w students who speak a lot. In a class of over 50 students he expects EVERYONE to participate A LOT. If you don't he ices you out. You need to listen in class because a lot of the exam material comes from what he says only, not the cheat sheet or the book. Also, its what he says, or the highway.

EXTREMELY TOUGH PROFESSOR! He is unapproachable. He doesn't explain how he grades your exams and then we lost points if we didn't have the exact points that he wanted (exam was 3 short essays and a doc. analysis). AVOID AVOID AVOID

Boring class. His lectures himself everything was just so boring. FTB I think mostly the fact that he calls you out for taking notes made no sense to me.

An EXTREMELY tough grader. It's worth mentioning that on any assignment you are NOT allowed to use sources other than the textbook and his lectures otherwise it will be considered plagiarism.

Possibly the worst proffesor I have had during my college experience. Gave me an extremely hard time when it came to my office of accessibility needs. As alluded to, any outside source is considered plagiarism. Doesn't allow students to take notes by computer which was a huge issue for me, considering my handwriting disability. Awful all-around.

WORST PROFESSOR EVER. HE DOESNT SEEM TO CARE AT ALL IF A STUDENT NEEDS HELP OR NOT. WE TAKE HIS EXAMS THINKING IT WILL BE COVERING WHAT WAS LEARNED IN CLASS AND HW. INSTEAD, THE EXAMS ARE NOTHING THAT GETS COVERED IN CLASS. HE WILL TRY HIS BEST TO GIVE U A HORRIBLE GRADE ON HIS EXAMS, DOES NOT GIVE THE STUDENT THE RIGHT TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS.

He cant teach whatsoever. Extremely tough grader without any concern for his students. Even his TA admits that he is very strict and dont have any wiggle room. I tried my hardest and got to the point where I completely gave up and stopped caring.

He cannot teach. Idk why hunter bothered hiring a professor who does not connect with students at all. Should get fired honestly.

He rlly doesnt care about his students at all. Cannot teach and doesnt prepare us for any of his papers.

Even though I did learn a lot from him and put in many hours of work, my essay grades do not reflect this. I am accustomed to writing heavy classes and my papers have been used by past professors as examples for their current students. I have never received grades this low on assignments I worked so hard on. Take literally any other class or prof.

save yourself time and find a better prof. This person grades very harshly and is very bias against students . Very rude and always sounds like he's threatening you if you disagree with whatever feedback's he gives you . His rubric for grading is very bias and if it doesn't fit his standards he's just gonna give you a low grade. worse Prof. ever .

Honestly the worst professor experience I've had. Biased against students deplorable grading. Someone fire him.

Professor Contreras is one of the worst professors I have ever had. He has a very specific grading criteria that he does not inform you of beforehand so even if you understand the material and reflect on it accurately you can still get a bad grade if it does not meet his specific standard. He is also incredibly rude and unnecessarily strict.

This was the hardest class Ive ever taken in my life. Save yourself and do not take a class under this guy. If you even look like youre not paying attention he will dock points. I was accused of bad grammar and I used Grammarly and had a professional journalist of 20 years give me feedback before I submitted my paper. Run while you can.

WAY too tough for a 100 level history class. Me and my homies HATE his arrogant and obnoxious ways. I got C's on paper because of "bad grammar". His TAs are basically his slaves, do and say as professor says. This dude needs to relax, he wants to be called professor 247 365 but is only an associates professor soooooo

Avoid, avoid, avoid! He spends about half the class time scolding students in a condescending tone. Don't expect to use your own writing style, he grades harshly if it doesn't conform to his style. Stickler for small details, higher level history courses are not as harsh as he. Take another professor if 290 is required for your major. AVOID.

He concentrates way too much on making sure EVERY single student speaks. This takes away from any actual flow of discussion and makes it incredibly difficult to get through the readings (which there are tons of). You will only be allowed to speak up once in class then will be left to sit uncomfortably while he reprimands everyone. Do not take him.

I have gotten As my entire life and I will get a C in this class. He calls people out in class if he thinks you're not paying close enough attention to him when he talks. He is a harsh grader and pitches a fit (yes really) if you don't do it how he wants you to. Talks to students like they are children.

Please to all students that are required to take this class. Take a different professor. He takes away your first amendment and will implement a dictatorship in the class. He wants everything the way he wants it without informing us how he wants the set up to be like. Very rude and he discriminates people that are Asian Ethnicity. AVOID AVOID PLS.

This professor hands down is one of the worst professors in the whole of my adult life. Taking his class and being in the environment that he is in is like getting hit by a two by four every other second. Imagine students crying and failing his class just because of a few words that were accidentally plagiarized. Anyways, you get the idea. AVOID!

This is honestly the worst professor I have ever experienced. I would not recommend

I have never met a professor who is more arrogant and full of himself, He once yelled at me for checking the time on my watch in front of the entire class. He only cares about himself. Truly a horrible professor, I am going to school to become a teacher and its people like him who make me want to change the school system for the better.

This professor is a no-no don't even think about taking any of his classes. I attend college for six years and that professor is the worst teacher I ever see. Seeing him makes me feel uncomfortable he treats students like high school. If any of you arrive late he will call you to talk to him after class. His behavior is not suited to a teacher.

He induced fear among classmates and would publicly shame you for the slightest reasons.If students are unable to engage/looking @clock,isnt that telling of what class is like?He has told me and others that perhaps immigration &e class is not for us. There is some odd correlation between gatekeeping a class and immigration policies of U.S.

Unprofessional, inappropriate, and nasty. I hope CUNY/Hunter sees these reviews and investigates/reviews his teaching skills.

This is one of the worst "professors" I've had in a very long time. He comes to class not prepared, reads off slides robotically, and cant answer simple inquires about his own material! He's inappropriate, and treats his students with little to no respect. His class is easy and the material is interesting, unfortunate he as a human has to ruin it.

One time I was opening my google doc notes in the first five minutes of class and he came up to me, accused me of texting someone on my computer. I explained I was opening my notes and he forced me to close my computer. He is hostile. As someone who did not grow up in America, I struggled to keep up with the material despite it being a 151.

As a freshmen, I am always looking for constructive criticism that can help me become better in the near future, and I have gotten some good criticism from other teachers at this school that are beneficial, but with professor Contreras I think that his supposed "criticism" on my writing had more of a malicious intent rather than helpful criticism.

I have enjoyed 4/5 of my classes that I have taken this semester as a freshmen but the one class I truly despise is this class and not because of the material, but because of the professor himself. He chooses to treat his students like high schoolers by calling them out if they decide to check on a missed phone call or text for a split second!

Professor Contreras was all alright. The class is graded on three quizzes and two writing assignments. I am not sure what he looks for in papers, you can meet the criteria to a T and he'd still have something to say about it. He was big on participation and attendance and he HATES electronics. Take his class only if you HAVE to.

He is the worst Professor that I have ever had. His attitude is unbearable and grading seems arbitrary.

He is definitely the worst Professor I have ever had. I usually get along with low rated professors, but I have extreme animosity towards him even after graduating.

He talks a lot

Scholars beware! This professor is all rules without any actual academic rigor. He will shut down your ideas only to read from a book in a rote manner. Feels like working with a bot who malfunctions any time his feelings are hurt (aka when his intelligence is challenged.) Pass up on the needless torture & take a someone who will actually teach you.

I don't know how else to tell you...AVOID AT ALL COSTS. He will make you pay $100 for a moldy McDonald's sandwich (metaphorically speaking.) He makes things more complicated to protect his ego. You can honestly learn more by reading any course books on your own. Just do that and save yourself the trouble.

I wish I would have actually listened to all these bad reviews before taking his class.

One of the most self obsessed egotistical professors I've ever had in 4 years.extremely rude and condescending to me in multiple email and exchanges. The way he spoke to students at times left me in genuine shock. He's ok at teaching, but it's completely override by him being a horrible human being. Also showed blatant favor to Latinx students.

Contreras is the worst professor I have ever had. He talks to us like we're five years old then grades like we're in a graduate seminar. He'll talk the entire class then flunk your participation grade. If there is ANY OTHER CLASS that is available and not being taught by him, take it. If there are no other options, take an extra semester.

This professor was the most difficult one I've had so far. He was overly critical and rarely acknowledged our efforts positively. Participation was mandatory yet responses that didn't match his expectations were often met with a condescending tone. It felt like this man did everything in his power to prevent us from being successful in his class

He is a extremely hard grader. With pop quizzes non stop thru semester and they see work like .5 for every question he will say your participation is great but won't give beyond full credit for participation. It's not graded fairly you show up for all classes participate and you won't get an A this class stressed me out the most he grades tough

Beware no one gets an A. Even if you participate everyday you won't get full credit for class participation no one does the highest grade anyone got was a B+. Ten people dropped the class during the semester. I thought o was doing great he even said I had great class participation and still got a bad grade for class participation smh. Beware

The only thing you'll be graded on is the midterm, final, essay and participation. A lot go your grade goes to participation which is annoying. he's very rude and makes you read so much pages. He says it's only 10 pages max but towards end of sem it's like 20+ pages. he's strict grading essays and makes you write it in class in one period wtf??

He is the worst professor at Hunter college. Please do not take him.

All around terrible professor. Lectures are a summary of the reading, what passes for participation is just him looking for you to regurgitate a summary as well. Surprise quizzes on very specific details make it hard to do readings ahead of time. Not discussion based, with a bland and uncritical view of historiography around any topic.

He is the worst professor I've ever had. I think he's insecure about his own intelligence and he lets that affect his teachings. He is overly arrogant and dismissive. I really hope he is not tenured because Hunter should fire him. I received an A- in this class, so I'm not being vindictive. He's just an insufferable person and professor.