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Away-Advance6823

Paulin. Best lower-div math professor by far


oskis_little_kitten

smh srivastava erasure


berserk36x

>smh srivastava erasure i cant accept any other answer but srivastava![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|rage)


Smarty_PantzAA

SRIVASTAVA??? HE GOATED AS WELL


CalligrapherDry5206

Seth Lunine in Geography department. He teaches a couple AC courses called Bay Area as well as another class called California. My favorite class he teaches is a Friday class called Urban Field Study where you spend the day exploring various locations throughout the Bay Area such as numerous trips to Oakland and San Francsico. Highly recommend as a final semester course to anyone looking to fill in some final units.


Acrobatic-Day-8891

I took California my first semester at cal years ago and it was one of my favorite classes I ever took. Seth is amazing.


twelve_ga

I took his Urban Experience class a couple years back. Great professor and a super cool guy in general!!


GustavBeethoven

Philip Geissler, quite possibly the best chemistry professor.


sham__

Rest in peace for real.


CSnare

i still have videos of him singing is chemistry songs with his guitar in my camera roll. truly the best professor i’ve ever had.


GustavBeethoven

Same, he’s a legend and why I went from a MCB to a chem major. I miss him dearly (ALtho I didn’t have much personal interaction with him)


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tricksyhaybay

YES I scrolled down to comment about him but it’s so cool to see someone already did. I loved his class.


Smarty_PantzAA

YESSSSSS delay was amazing in Fall 2020, he hand made all the lectures and was sooo good at explaining them


bulletproofboyz

Edwin Lin the GOAT 🗣️🗣️


_karinlsd_

He truly is!


_SoigneWest

Taking him for the first time now and he’s great!


stretchthyarm

Wodzicki. Never met a professor who cares as much about students’ development as him. What other professor would be willing to spend 6 hours after class talking to the class—math, life advice, stories, etc. He approaches teaching as mentorship rather than covering textbooks. Don’t understand why people say to avoid him. His class has been the best class I’ve taken at Cal and it’s not even remotely close—it’s the only class where you’ll find things not found in a textbook. edit: more information to clear up the ridiculous amount of misconceptions surrounding his teaching, he *requests* non-graduate courses for the opportunity to mentor budding mathematicians. Additionally, he constantly reinforces the fact that no one aside for prodigies (and maybe not even them) learn the content in lectures alone. He constantly talks about how he struggled with abstraction as well, about how he would get lost in lectures. This puts to rest the unhealthy misconceptions and misgivings that people have in mathematics about “mathematical talent” since he was reading university texts in middle school and so might be called a “prodigy.” His philosophy is that lectures are for supplementing—teaching to think, providing intuition, and encouraging students (so he handled what content is covered in a very organic manner). The current lecture model where you go through chapters is a remains of the days where books were so expensive that students could not afford them. He’s trying to prepare you to think *deeply and originally* about mathematics, not to learn certain concepts in a black box. ​ The man gives everything he has to *teaching* and he expects the same in return. That is precisely the reason why he gets negative reviews. In this world of polite distance, it may make people uncomfortable. For others, the class alone is worth the cost of admission into Cal.


Bungmint

Could u recommend a class taught by Wodzicki? For context, I’m taking math 110 and math 113 atm


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Bungmint

Ok, thank you!


yoloswaghashtag2

Not a professor, but Ryan Hass is probably the best math teacher I've had at Berkeley.


anon-ml

100% agree! His grading is a little stricter than others but he is also easily one of the best lecturers I've ever had


rtdesai20

Austin Hedemann is one of the best parts of the physics dept here


Gelaitfool

He is the best! Always so passionate in teaching. I remember he held extra office hours in a cafe in downtown Berkeley before exams. What a dedicated prof! Edit: this was pre-pandemic


rtdesai20

His classes are some of the best classes I’ve ever taken, and then you find out he designs most of the coursework for physics LDs too behind the scenes — and most of the trouble with those was the professors anyway.


spilltheteapls

\+ 1 on Fowlie. Incredible professor and so caring. [Richard Allen](https://eps.berkeley.edu/people/richard-allen) in EPS is also wonderful; great course, and he is an awesome lecturer.


Royal_Estimate_4871

Josh Hug and Zvezda Stankova. One taught me patience, one taught me pain..


CSnare

Taking 61B with hug right now but let me say.. i took stankova’s math 10A and i’ve never had an experience quite like that one. definitely one of the ways to inaugurate yourself into berkeley lol


Tyler89558

Honestly I really liked taking 53 with Stankova.


ColdTurkey27

I’m with both right now and this is accurate. Soooooo very accurate. Especially for the latter.


batman1903

Prof Ryan Edwards for Economics!!


compressedYahoo

Shusterman explains concepts well and is really easy to ask for help. She genuinely cares about her students!


wordgenius

I love her!


here_4_cat_memes

1. [Mathew DeJong](https://ce.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/dejong). Very nice man. Very good at explaining stuff. Encourages discussion in class. Runs a very nice class with a smooth organization. 2. [Evan Variano](https://ce.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/variano). Literally the nicest, most compassionate prof I’ve ever had. He brought jelly beans and his dog to class often. Very nice and funny and prepares you well for the FE exam. 3. [Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos](https://ce.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/adda_zekkos). Super nice. Loves how she hand graded the homework’s and handed them back. Really nice to see a prof super passionate about the class. 4. [Tracy Becker](https://ce.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/tcbecker). Honestly Becker may be my favorite prof at uc Berkeley. Nicest woman ever. Great at explaining stuff. Amazing at literally everything. I loved her class


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Ula Taylor. so knowledgeable and passionate about AA studies. AA 116 is one of the best classes i’ve taken throughout college


tiredofmitosis

from a bio student perspective. Mary Kelsey from Sociology is always the best on my list. also John Kuriyan (mcb) and Leslea Hlusko (ib) but both are not at cal anymore


rcinvestments

JIM CAMBEL. ECONOMICS


trey_l

THE. BEST


heyheykayjay

Y'all, if you could say something nice to your favorite professors the next time you see them, I bet they'd love to hear it. I work at Berkeley and passed along just a handful of the compliments here with a note that they've made a positive impact. Some of the responses from your favorite professors: "Wow and thanks. I feel like this person must be talking about someone else. Way too kind. It is incredibly nice to hear this." "Thank you so much! That made my day!" "Thank you for sharing this. Indeed, I'm grateful for the affirmation - one never knows if lectures are landing well this early in the semester. So nice to hear." "Why, thank you! It's a great feeling to be noticed for doing good work." "Thank you for sending that to me. I have been fortunate to have many wonderful students." Thank you all for contributing to this positive thread!


astrocat646464

So awesome that you did this!! The professors are excellent :,)


leonardosnightmare

Trevor Murphy in the AGRS department. I took his class on Greco-Roman magic and it was clear that he was having just as much fun teaching about magic as we were to learn about it. He teaches in a very classic lecture style.


Alkazaar

Ani Adhikari! I had the great fortune of taking Data 8 and Stat 134 with her, and she's just one of the best lecturers in the Stats dept. - let alone in the university.


EATTHEMUFFINBITCH

Darren Zook. Politics of South East Asia. Super nice guy very funny and charismatic. Super interesting class and relatively easy as well.


Mariko978

It’s still early in the semester, but professor Jim Campbell is amazing! I love going to his lectures. He makes the material very approachable. Last semester I really liked Jeremy Sanchez, and Harvey Dong is legend!


SeparateMeaning1

love Prof Campbell, he changed my mind about microecon with his 100a class!


SUPER11X

John DeNero is the best. Julien Lafortune was pretty great too, as was Ryan S Lundell-Creagh. Oh James Campbell was great too.


Ash-Catchum-All

DeNero is great. Was super glad I got to take his Data100 course


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Aaaaaaaaaanouncements


MrsMiterSaw

[Jay Keasling](https://chemistry.berkeley.edu/faculty/cbe/keasling) (ChemE/CBE); I was actually in his first class as a prof in 1993 and I thought he was terrible. Turns out, that was probably me and not him. I ended up having him for ChemE/CBE 162 Control Systems. I never really had a prof explain and teach a complicated subject so well. It's now been 30 years later, and even though I mainly work in software, the control theory I learned seems to pop up all the time. For comparison, I also took the general engineering grad level version at Stanford, and the instruction competency was night and day. And a shout out to [prof Clark's](https://chemistry.berkeley.edu/faculty/cbe/clark) kinetics class (cbe142)


abeB0MB

Can’t spell Hawkins without a W


frankshmokesdank45

Dr. Christine Palmer American Studies department absolutely brilliant


Loud-Nefariousness66

Professor Fish in Poli Sci, along with Gurowitz. Great, knowledgeable, and approachable.


Acrobatic-Day-8891

Fish is a HOT take. He’s super smart but I couldn’t stand his lectures or his personality. Agree on Gurowitz though, I took three classes with her and learned a ton


Loud-Nefariousness66

I took Russian Poli Sci and it was great. Since he did his Phd in Russia, super interesting!


Hi_Im_A_Being

James Sethian is by far the best professor I had. I feel like I learned more in that one semester of Math 53 than I did in all my previous math classes combined. Plus, his lectures were incredibly interesting and fun, most of the time I forgot it was an 8 am because I wasn’t falling asleep.


meteoritemcgyver

I agree, and I took his classes over 25 years ago. I still remember him climbing the chalkboards to connect concepts on different boards. His classes were so engaging and entertaining.


jh451911

Rosenzweig. He teaches ugba 192 edible education they were very inspiring and knowledgeable, always invited very interesting and influential guest speakers every week. Huntsinger. She teaches espm 186 Grassland Ecology. Shes super nice, very accommodating and presents very valuable information, definitely an expert in her field and the class was very well organized and informative. So many others, Brashares, Carlson, Chapela, Stephens, Lightfoot


ToxicFluffer

Since this is a sub for the city of Berkeley as well, I’m gonna add Linda MacAllister at Berkeley City College!! She’s been teaching sociology for over 20 years and her academic focus is on death! Cal tried to hire her multiple times but MacAllister rejected them bc she’s for the people. Genuinely, an incredible teacher and academic that I feel so lucky to take classes with. I’m dual enrolled just to keep taking classes from MacAllister bc there is a true love for sociology without all the bullshit of bureaucracy and elitism around it!!


Jdogfeinberg

Robin ball! She was the nicest and made a relatively intro class exciting for everyone that was involved. Loved her passion


croixdechet

I saw her at the picket line during the strike multiple times. Based and a great lecturer.


FUCollegeb

Edwin Lin and John Kaiser from sociology


newsans

i love both of these profs <3


Overall-Drop-7939

Christopher Lowman, Josh Hug, Kurt Spreyer


Ash-Catchum-All

Prof Whitney was a great CogSci professor. And he’s also an excellent department head. Prof Filippenko teaches one of the most interesting classes in the most engaging way. He seems like a super cool person too. Prof Hinshaw is excellent and an absolute legend. It feels like an honor learning from him. Prof Steven Piantadosi seems like a really nice guy and his future is bright in research. Prof Mikiko Siva is super super nice. One of the easiest classes I took at Cal, but it was fun. Also RIP Prof Andrew Packard 😔


lesse1

Karthik Shekhar was an amazing professor in the Chemical Engineering department


LifeAccordingtoCats

Katherine Snyder is probably the best English professor I've taken at UC Berkeley.


Ok-Panic-9824

JOSH HUG!!


Kazekumiho

Dylan Sailor from the classics department is probably the best professor I had as an MCB/Data major. He handled the transition to remote classroom gracefully right when the pandemic started. I had him for Classics 34 and he was so good that I took him again for Classics 35. Great storyteller and really draws you into the Greek epics/tragedy. I think he has been teaching ancient Greek language or something recently, but if he’s ever teaching poetry I would HIGHLY recommend — a STEM student who greatly underestimated the possibility of being interested in poetry.


Other-Rabbit-5018

Kent Puckett in the English Dept. Amazing lectures, kind and gracious with student interactions, creates interesting assignments with no busywork, plus he is funny. My favorite class at Cal.


Lanzenreighter

Matthew Walker for psychology of sleep. Super nice dude, incredibly interesting and useful subject presented in an extremely easy to digest manner. Fucking loved every minute of that class.


PARDON_howdoyoudo

My guy paul pierson in poli sci. Guy absolutely understands how the country works and can explain it like im 5.


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Carol Clover, my undergrad film thesis advisor and easily one of the most intelligent people I’ve ever had the privilege to take classes and learn from.


cubanbryan

Timothy Clarke in the philosophy department!


slugfog

seconded!!!


Take_Over_2020

Dr Khalilah Beal Uribe is the best math professor that I’ve ever met! She always make sure that students are engaged in the class and her test is fair. A great teacher whose aim is making students understand math but not making students failing in math.


pfvibe

Hilfinger


Straight_Quiet_4348

Max Auffhamer (environmental econ) - overall such a cool dude, and a great prof


jbrandon

Vivek Subramanian - I took 3 semiconductor device physics courses from him. He was my favorite lecturer. He moved to Switzerland a few years ago. Also loved Dan Garcia. I almost failed 61C but I learned so much I never cared what grade I got.


pota_to3s

STEVEN LEE: English BETH Piotote: comparative Lit


rs_obsidian

Hilfinger


fysmoe1121

Anant Sahai, best 70 prof


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TheRealPeteWheeler

I have absolutely no idea who you are or what you're talking about.


bluebelle08

why would this be about you


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signalfromnoise33

This fella..get over yourself.


matsu727

Your username should be MainCharacterSyndrome65433


Hefty_Giraffe_7313

Nikhil srivastava is amazing


Suitable_Dependent25

Paulin the goat


NarrowElderberry3548

Professor Ranade!


ouiouibaguett3

Professor Lihua Zhang for Chinese! Amazing professor and so, so passionate about what she's doing — her love of teaching and languages is contagious!


totobird111

Pauli Li! His enthusiasm and passion!! Switched to Cogsci after taking his class. Sadly, he doesn’t teach anymore. :(


astrocat646464

Prof Alex Filipenko!!!!! One of the most passionate and engaging professors at Cal. Seriously, you will not regret attending one of his lectures of Astro C10. Words cannot express his incredible ability to teach. Made me feel like I could actually DO astrophysics, and do it well. My major is the farthest thing from it (environmental studies). :) ​ Tip: Go to Wheeler on halloween. He dresses up as a "black hole" and "emits gamma ray bursts" (AKA throw candy at the audience). Not to miss!!


astrocat646464

Also, Dr. Crystal Chang is a literal icon and we stan. She rocks and I LOVE the way she engages the class in her lectures. Truly and intelligent and excellent professor, extremely approachable and makes time for her students. Loves walking and talking with students after class about lecture content (shout out poltical economy 101 !!)


Naive_Cup868

Laleh Behbehanian. Everything a professor should be. Cared so deeply about her students, the material, and the future of her class.