I have never felt the need to write a review until I took this class. Professor Anderson is quite hard to work with, both from student and TA perspective. She is very rigid and is unwilling to comply to outside factors that can impact a student's focus and school engagement. Understandably, she is against A.I. (which I had no qualms with), but the fact that she teaches about mental health and has so empathy or sympathy is crazy to me. I had a lot of personal things going on while taking the class and she did not care at all. Her class is structured with mandatory discussion sections, one Persuall assignment due on Wednesday's, and on Thursday's you submit a discussion post and take a quiz. YOU HAVE TO DOWNLOAD A LOCKDOWN BROWSER FOR THIS CLASS. This wasn't a deal breaker for me but it is crucial information for some. Also she uses Google Docs and needs you to include it in a specific spot or else you just loose credit, even if the work was 100% yours or if it was submitted in a different spot. If you want to do well in this class, know every material front and back as if you were the author. It's bad when the TA's think the way she operates, makes decisions, and grades is literally robotic. The course material is very interesting but genuinely just find a similar class or different professor if the subject matter interests you. Save yourself the hassle and protect your peace. I really enjoyed the course if it wasn't for how the professor is dismissive of her students and the efforts they put in, especially if it is their first time taking a class in this department with no prior knowledge of the subject matter. It makes students not want to try and/or exploring the material further.

Horrible teacher, never take her classes. All the bad reviews here about her are true. At first TA gave me all the best grades, and at the end of the course the professor reviewed all my grades and gave me F. Too many assignments for the summer course.

Do not take this class if you are lazy. Yes, the professor is a bit of a crazy woman, she demands that everything be written in google docs first and you will not receive a grade if you do not provide the google doc link with your assignment. You cannot wait till sunday to turn everything in, the due dates are spread out throughout the week. Normally, all of this would deter me from a class, but I have been genuinely enjoying it. There are so many assignments, that it does not feel so high stakes, and the topics are truly interesting. My warning is this: if you want a class that you can do the bare minimum in, keep looking. But, if you feel as though you can handle the quirks of this professor and are interested in the topic, you should go for it.

DO NOT EVER TAKE THIS CLASS OR THIS PROFESSOR IF YOU ACTUALLY LIKE YOURSELF! This is by far the WORST class I have ever taken at UCLA. I was so excited for this class but found myself EXTREMELY disappointed by how disrespectful and inconsiderate this professor was. The reading is insane, the lectures are dated, the essays KILLED ME, and overall, I just hated everything about his course. Do yourself a favor and never take any professor other than this one

This course was an absolute nightmare. I felt unsupported by the instructor and to add insult to injury, my TA did not even read my midterm or offer any insightful feedback. This course was deeply problematic due to its workload and pace. As a result of living in a pandemic and taking three other courses, a dramatic election cycle, and a plethora of family issues arising, I found that Dr. Anderson was of no help. At multiple points during the quarter, she would assign an essay, discussion posts, and quiz in one week; surpassing every other course that I have taken at UCLA, in terms of difficulty, rigor, and ease of learning. During one of her alleged info sessions for an essay, Dr. Anderson continued to boast about how she has taught this course at a variety of institutions, in which students are currently enrolled in. My advice to Dr. Anderson would be to possibly consider withdrawing from some of those institutions so she can provide a better focus for the ones she has at hand and those to follow. Class is composed on 5 quizzes (1 she drops), weekly discussion post (500+words+2 replies), 3 essay (1,5-7pgs. 2,6-8pgs., 3,9-10pgs.)

Save yourself - do NOT take this professor!!! I want to start off by saying that this class had SO much potential. Learning about emotions was great!! BUT there are many things that made this class horrible. To begin with, the professor only held 2 live meetings throughout the quarter - both times she only talked about herself. In addition, Anderson was extremely insensitive to the circumstances students were going through during the pandemic. That is, she repeatedly told us that she was in her "cabin in the Rockies, finally catching up on Netflix shows" while we were literally dying here in Los Angeles due to wildfires and the surge in covid cases. She believed that we should be using "all this time we have inside to better our assignments." The privilege and classism poured out of professor Anderson's mouth. Furthermore, during one (of the two) live meetings this quarter, she told us that a student tried confiding in her that “they felt extremely under pressure because they were taking 4 heavy classes this quarter” - her response was "ha, try doing 9" because she is teaching 9 courses at different universities. This goes to show that not one of those classes is getting quality education from her. To make matters worse, Anderson admitted to recycling lectures she's used in past quarters. Frankly, we pay way too much in tuition and are going through different times for her to reuse lectures. In all, Professor Anderson is the most insensitive professor I have ever encountered in my life - she does not care about her students, not one bit. Extremely disappointed.

If you want to be constantly accused of using AI and sent to the dean, take this class... :) This was by far the worst professor I've ever had - I'm about to graduate and have never been accused of using AI in any of my classes. Tell me why I was accused TWICE in this class!? More than half the class was sent to the dean which has literally never happened before. When I was writing my midterm paper, I didn't even use Grammarly to double check punctuations. Even before submitting it, I ran it through 3 different AI checking softwares because of how stressed I was and all of them came back 100% human written. When I got my grade back, I was stunned to see that Anderson gave me 0% because according to her, "I see high likelihood of AI use." Aside from how unprofessional Anderson is, the workload is INSANE. Each week, you have to write a super long discussion post and the citing is super strict (e.g. you have to put time stamps on everything), and you have to respond to two students discussion posts. Then, you have to write 4 long Perusall comments on weekly readings and there's a weekly multiple choice quiz. The Midterm and Final essays are 7-8 pages long, which will likely send you to the dean. I have absolutely nothing positive to say about this class. Seriously. Please don't take Anderson.

This professor needs to be fired due to her unprofessionalism. The most rude and unprofessional lady I have ever come across in my life. She will falsely report the class to the dean's office without a real reason. My mental health issue has dropped after dealing with this lady. She is AI checker obsessedddd. She is in love with her "accurate" AI checker that she pays for monthly. The funny thing is she didn't even teach she would just throw the assignments at us along with quizzes with useless information. Take this class if you want to be tortured. I had to see my therapist ever week because of this lady and had to drop the course. Oh, and she will wait 4-5 weeks and regrade your work by changing it to zeros. UCLA please stop her!!

DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR! The course itself is fine. The professor is absolutely insane. I took her Sociology of Mental Health course during the summer (2024) and it was fine. The workload is a load but manageable. The TAs were VERY nitpicky and you have to be a good writer to get a good grade. All of these things are fine. It was the same this quarter and I retook her because I liked the layout of two pages and weekly discussion posts/quizzes. But this quarter, she seems to be on one and is accusing everyone of using AI. Is taking 2/3s of the class to the dean's office. You have to submit your Google Docs history and even then she might not clear you. Save the trouble and anxiety of getting things graded. You may be thinking well that's fine, I just won't use AI. But you'll still get accused and have to prove your work. Good luck if you end up taking the course, the material is interesting at least.

I hate this evil rat. Accused more than half of the class for using AI using her own app. Newsflash dumbass, there isn’t a single AI detection service that is 100% accurate.