“The professor was super nice!! He not only understood our perspective as students but connected with us on a human level and I felt very comfortable in class because of this. He is super helpful with brainstorming for the drafts, such as when I scheduled a session for help with finding scholarly sources to engage in.”
“Take this course if you are at all interested in celebrity culture and social media! There are so many intersections between the field and sociology, technology, and more. I am happy to say I learned a lot.”
“I'm pretty much the only person I know (outside of my classmates) who enjoyed their writing seminar. Professor De Oliveira did a great job teaching this course and completely transformed my academic writing.”
“Prof. De Oliveira did a pretty fantastic job teaching this course and making the content very interesting and engaging. I would also add that along with learning more about writing, I really enjoyed our discussions and learning about things not so related to writing such as college in general and life in academia.”
“Professor De Oliveira's comments were incredibly clear, with examples and suggestions throughout. I frequently looked back at his comments when writing to try and improve my essay. During conferences Professor De Oliveira did a great job of narrowing in on what aspects of the essay were ‘strengths in the making’ and generating conversation among students.”
“The professor was very clear in his critiques and was always very patient. I really appreciated that instead of expressing confusion upon reading my drafts, he sought to ask specific questions to better his understanding of my argument. I found that encouraging.”
“I learned a great deal about all aspects of the writing process. I learned that I need to take more care in finding and developing a motive, and I need to plan out my argument more effectively before diving into the actual writing. I really appreciated this course (even if I think I probably could have been better at starting my own work farther before the deadline) and think it will truly help me going forwards.”
“Peer workshops were awesome.”