Talks in circles a bit and somehow makes everything she says sound profound. Nevertheless, she was enthusiastic and kind to her students. Tests were extremely fair. Some of the readings were okay, but others were really boring. Probably a good class to take with a few other challenging courses. Pretty minimal time commitment.

This is one of my favorite classes at UNC. She is so nice and the material is fascinating. She also gives very constructive feedback on assignments and provides helpful resources for your research/projects

Besides her apparent obsession with Russian culture, the class is very interesting. It is not a huge time commitment and Dr. Rivkin-Fish is a great teacher. She is very passionate about class material.

I really enjoyed this class! Classes are mostly lectures or movies so you don't really have to show up to class. Even though she posts Powerpoints, beware of skipping class too much because she goes into a lot of detail in class. The readings are interesting and the grading is pretty fair. She doesn't post any grades on Sakai.

Dr. Rivkin-Fish is incredibly passionate about Russia and anthropology. Sometimes it gets a little dull, but it's not too difficult of a class and is interesting too!

I really enjoyed this class. Very interesting and minimal effort required. She's a super nice professor, and grading is pretty easy depending on your TA. Definitely would recommend this class.

Rivkin-Fish is really passionate about what she teaches. If she doesn't explain a topic clearly enough, she will go over it until you understand. I learned a lot in her class through lecture and readings. Unlike other classes, the books that we had to read were fairly interesting.

Rivkin-Fish brings a lot of new, interesting, and engaging material! Her lectures sometimes got a little boring, but overall ANTH 147 is a great class & the ethnography we read was eye-opening. Tests are usually matching, definitions, and short answer. As long as you do the readings and pay attention in class you will learn a lot!

Fish is an awesome and passionate lecturer, but sometimes it can get pretty boring. Good news is even on tu/th classes she only goes for 50 minutes. While the class is not "hard", you will have to read the material to get a good grade. It also highly depends on what TA you have and how they grade.

This is my first anthropology class and really got me to love that subject. The issue is attractive and you will be reading different passages focusing on it throughout the semester. Assignments are not heavy but lecture and reading material can make you overwhelmed. But as long as you study, you are fine.

Professor is really great and exams are easy as long as you pay attention in class. She does not make them tricky and you go over all the articles in recitation so make sure you take notes on them because they are on the exam. 6, 250 word essays, 3 graded, 3 as participation. Two midterms and a final. Definitely recommend taking this class.

Rivkin-FIsh is such a good and caring professor. The exams are very fair and as long as you keep up with the reading you should be fine. She gives amazing feedback and is altogether a pleasant professor.

She is absolutely amazing. She is a caring professor that has these fascinating lectures that depict so many different ways in which people look at the world and medicine in particular. I learned so much that is useful to me far beyond the classroom and more into my medicine career in the future. If you listen to her, you will succeed.

The most amazing professor/class I've taken at UNC! She's incredible inspiring and gave such relevant and thought-provoking lectures. 11/10 recommend her and this class! It is extremely powerful/meaningful to me as a premed student and it's not difficult at all.

Most interesting & easiest class I took all semester. I actually really found her lectures fun to listen to. Honestly, as long as you just show up to her lectures and listen you will make an A on her midterm & final, they were incredibly easy and basically common sense. The midterm average for the class was 90+ if I remember correctly

It was her first time teaching this course. The material was really interesting and a good intro to cultural anthropology

Absolutely loved this class. Took it first semester freshman year and loved it. Rivkin-Fish is an amazing professor and makes the subject interesting. your grade does largely depend on your ta. Did an excellent job explaining the topics and the deeper meaning of the concepts.

I think she could have been a lot more organized but she really was doing her best and the class was good. A lot of students took advantage of her kindness during the pandemic (ex. some people didn't see the second page on a test (their fault), complained, and we got to retake. Then they found problems with the retake.) She was accommodating though

She was a really great prof to have this semester! She received feedback really well from us about unclear emails, difficulty of exams, etc. She was also really good about extending deadlines and understanding student situations. She likes student engagement during lectures & her lectures were p good. Everything in the class is graded by your TA.

Students were extremely rude to the professor and took advantage of her kindness. The class was pretty standard and not difficult. Super interesting too. The TA's were awesome and my TA graded super fast. Literally EVERY midterm, students had something bad to say about the test and made her remake it etc. This is an easy A for gen eds if u need it.

I have taken multiple anth classes with prof R-F and her lectures are absolutely outstanding. I think its unfair for people to say that she goes off on tangents in class - she gives relevant examples that allow you to see how anthropology can be applied to real life. She is very inspiring and her lectures are very meaningful. Highly recommend.

She is super passionate about the class and has great lectures. There are extra credit opportunities and she explains things in great detail. The midterms were graded easy as long as you understood the main idea. There is a lot of reading but you discuss it in class and recitation so you understand.

Prof. Rivkin-Fish is an incredible lecturer and you will not regret taking this course. I've learned so much this semester with her and I can't wait to take more Cultural Anthropology classes with her in the future.

I had her in person this semester and thought she was a super good teacher who is very passionate about this material. If you pay attention to the lectures, do your readings, and somewhat participate you will get an easy A. Tests are not hard and she really wants you to succeed.

AMAZING TEACHER. So passionate about she talks about. Her lectures are so interesting although you can get bored at time. You will have to read 3 books and you will have to write about 6 papers in this class. Tests are that bad as long as you pay attention to the readings, lecture notes and books. Really fun class, extra credit offered.

I really enjoyed the course with Professor Rivkin-Fish. She is very knowledgeable on the subject, and her passion is clear in her lectures. There is 6 writing assignments and three exams that are graded by your TA, but my TA was great and very helpful. If you pay attention and take good notes in lectures, you will do well in the course.

There are six 250-word writing assignments and three exams. PPTs are semi-useless, as the important information is what she says. Lectures can get boring at times. There were a couple extra credit opportunities too. If you read the books, pay attention to lecture, and take good notes, you will do well in the course.

This was my second time taking her but through a 400 class. She is absolutely caring and very passionate about her fieldwork on health and gender in Russia. Readings are required to do well on papers and presentations. She is a picky grader, but her feedback is very thorough and supportive of your success in the course.

Though lectures can be a bit boring, the tests were not difficult (as long as you attended recitation/read everything) and the readings were actually very interesting. I never really talked to her outside of class but she definitely shows that she cares about her students& wants them to get something from her class!

Professor Rivkin-Fish does everything she can to help students learn and succeed. She has clear guidelines, offers extra credit, and checks with TAs in order to design the exams so that students succeed. I will say that sometimes the lectures can get boring or muddled, but that's only because she wants to make sure everyone understands.

Professor Rivkin-Fish is an incredibly intelligent, caring, and accommodating teacher. The readings for this class were fascinating but quite difficult, but worth taking the course all the same. Discussions were inclusive of all voices and I felt safe and respected. Anyone interested in anth, health, or Russian culture/history will enjoy.

R-F is awesome. She gives great lectures with such interesting material. While attendance is mandatory as participation is a grade, I promise it is worth it because the class is so enjoyable. There aren't many assignments and she is a very fair grader. Love her would 100% take again.

Professor Rivkin-Fish is an overall amazing professor. Gives very constructive feedback and will help you develop ideas for any papers she assigns. While lectures may get a little boring from time-to-time, they were overall very interesting and informative, with a lot of discussion on lecture topic. I would definitely take this course again.

Lecture/readings are sometimes boring but topics are interesting. Pay attention in class and complete most of the readings to do well in the class. Grades completely based on exams and recitation attendance/reading responses that must be completed for recitation. Recitation isn't every week which is nice.

Amazing professor! Even at times when the lectures could get a bit boring, it was her passion for what she was teaching that always kept me engaged. Attendance was required for recitation, not lecture (but throughout the year we only had six recitations). Definitely take her class if you can, I never met a professor that cared more!

Prof R-F is one of my favorite professors at UNC! This was her second time teaching ANTH582 so she seemed unsure about assignments, course load, and semester schedule. You do need to complete 2 hours of fieldwork per week and write time-consuming fieldnotes. However, it is a very worthwhile course and you get to know your peers very well.

This class was super interesting, except the lectures can sometimes get boring and word-heavy. There is weekly reading that you have to do but it is not bad at all. It is an easy class to get an A in as long as you do the readings and pay attention in class.

Paired with amazing TA (Alfredo), my favorite professor so far. 4 grades in recitation and 3 in class BUT she actively ensures students understand assignments and feel comfortable with exams. Incredibly caring and passionate. Incorporates her own work, but it adds to the lecture. 10/10.

Amazing class and an amazing professor! If you do the readings and pay attention in lectures (which are very interesting) you will do well in the course. Learning about such diverse perspectives of healing was an eye-opening experience that I think every pre-med student should have.

Amazing professor! Her lectures are great, as she incorporates her own work too, and I enjoyed the books for the class. She's very passionate about her work and truly wants to make sure students understand the material. As long as you pay attention in lecture and go over the study guides, the exams aren't bad.

I love Prof. Rivken-Fish, but the structure of the class is not clear at all. We made up assignments as the semester went on, she is currently restructuring it, but I still wish there was more clarity on expectations. The class itself is not difficult, there are a few reading responses and 1 paper, as well as two group projects.

I LOVE her. she is such a queen and is so passionate about her teachings. it really shows and makes the class so much more interesting and engaging. love her so so so much

She is so entertaining! She is clearly passionate about her lectures, which engages the class. You will have to buy 2-3 books for the class, but if you buy them within the first week, you can find them online for $5-6 each! Highly recommend for med anth minors, or for a gen ed class.

She is so nice but I thought this class would be focused on a variety of different cultures healthcare systems but it really only focuses on 3-4 different cultures. There is a lot of reading which you need to do for the exam. We only had recitation 6 times all semester. Make sure you do the discussion questions! She is very helpful in office hours

Pretty average professor to be honest. Class was probably more miserable than it should have been since it was an 8AM.

Dr. RF is very knowledgeable and passionate about the content, but extremely unorganized. Readings are not discussed in lecture at all and barely discussed in recitation, but tested in great detail. Success in this class 100% based on your TA and their grading. Dr RF offers multiple extra credit opportunities and keeps tests the same format.

I enjoyed this class so much! The content was very interesting, especially the content covered midway throughout the course. It is a very reading heavy class though and some readings show up more on the exams than others. Overall great class!

I would reccomend Anthropology 147 to anyone its a great class.

I love Dr. R-F! This is my second class with R-F and I recommend her to everyone.This class is time consuming but it's appropriate for a 500 level course. She is super flexible and cares a lot for her students. There is a good amount of reading and grading is slow but she gives great feedback. If you want to learn more about ethnography take this!

ANTH 272 is extremely reading heavy and there are random pop quizzes in class that are based on very niche things in the readings. I did really enjoy the actual books that we read and professor Rivkin-Fish is very nice. I found the class to be somewhat frustrating because of how disorganized it was and sometimes it was unclear how topics related.

Dr. R-F is a super interesting person and she seemed to really know what she was talking about, however, she tends to be unorganized and can be difficult to reach outside of class. She is willing to be flexible and work with you once you contact her and is very understanding. Tests were easy if you actually read the material and reviewed slides.

Dr. Rivkin-Fish is probably my favorite professor at UNC so far. She is so kind and it is abundantly evident she is passionate about her work. She gives good feedback and I love that the lectures are more conversation based, rather than a true "lecture." Very loose "deadlines" and will have your back if you participate in lectures! I love her

Prof RF is pretty good. Make sure to use the study guides and read the books she assigns. The class isn't too hard if you read and attended lectures. She records lectures. Make sure you get a good TA. She has medium-difficulty exams but studies. I recommend making flashcards. She can be a bit long winded at times but the class was interesting.

Dr. RF is very knowledgable and engaging during lectures. The lectures were also recorded and attendance was not required which was nice. There is a decent amount of reading, but I found all of it very interesting and not too difficult to apply to exams. In general, I did not feel overwhelmed by the workload or exams ever. Super interesting course.

I took this class sophomore year, and it was a great gateway into Med Anth. There are a lot of excellent readings, Rivkin-Fish's research is so cool, not too many exams, heavy focus on group discussion during recitation, this class is not an easy A but it is achievable if you do the readings, look over lecture slides, and go to most lectures

She is a great lecturer, and there is no such thing as a dumb question with her - a safe lecture environment. Grades depend on the TAs, there's a bunch of short 300 word essays you must do and "essay reviews" as well. The exams were a pain, but not too bad. Advice: KEEP UP WITH THE READINGS!!

I took this class because professor Rivkin-Fish was teaching it and she is so fascinating. Attendance is not required, but I would reccomend going so you can ensure you take good notes. What is on the slides is less important compared to what she says. Tests are high percentages but she gives a clear study guide and if you use it you will be fine.

Prof. Rivkin-Fish was a good professor in a badly formatted class- all three of the professors for this class were kind and caring with students, but the class style is just not good in general. Her lectures were interesting and she LOVED hearing students' perspectives.

Rating for all 3 teachers here. Class itself is manageable in terms of readings and class structure. There are reading quizzes each week that are simple and a few lowest scores are dropped. Midterm and final were literally based off the guide provided. There were some issues with grading throughout the semester, but emailing the teachers fixed it.

I am saddened that Professor Rivkin-Fish's association with the terrible gen-ed that is IDST has given her a lower reputation. She is a phenomenal lecturer and an incredibly insightful person. The way she formulates her words is so thoughtful and expresses a deep level of reflection. The course itself was very easy as long as you did your readings!

I am currently in this class and I have made above a 90 on both midterms. Rivkin-Fish is an excellent professor who truly cares about her students. Attendance is not mandatory, however, make sure to keep up with the recordings and readings. There is a lot of readings but the midterm focuses on the concepts. tip: KEEP UP WITH READINGS AND LECTURES

Don't use her IDST class reviews to sum her up as a professor. ANTH 147 with Dr. Rivkin-Fish has been my favorite, most eye-opening class this semester. As long as you do the readings, the assignments and exams are completely manageable. Lectures are recorded and only recitations are mandatory. She's very caring and knowledgable. No regrets!

Super interesting class, a great lecturer, and the exams were very fair and reasonable. Lecture is optional and they are posted online, but you should go because they never run over 45 minutes in length, and they are super interesting.

Very easy and manageable class. Tests are designed to be doable. Lots of reading assignments but a manageable amount of work. Reading responses and recitation are annoying but chill. Lectures are optional and recorded.

Lots of reading, but incredible lectures!!!

Loved this class. Super interesting and the class was chill, exams are chill if u do all the readings and watch the films. Fw Fish fr

This is the 2nd class I have taken with her and she is an amazing professor who cares about her students and provides engaging, passionate lectures. It is relatively easy, but you definitely need to be prepared to do all the readings and know the terms for each exam. If you can understand and remember the analysis of the readings you will do well.

Pretty interesting class. TAs grade leniently for assignments (just follow directions). Even though its easy, exams can be a bit specific when asking about the material. Best way to study is to find a friend and talk through all the disc q's covered for the unit. Dr. Rivkin-Fish is very nice and accommodating!

Great professor, boring class, Didn't attend or watch a single lecture, just study lectures and reading and you will be fine. Grading is heavily dependent on TA's though, pray you get a good one

Go to lectures, she appreciates students attending, and overall such a more engaging experience. She is charismatic and really just a wonderful professor. Honest and very well-versed. Passionate above all. Highly recommend