PUBPOL-645
GLOBAL INEQUALITY RESEARCH
Not in Fall 2026
Term
Instructor
Overview
Feedback is mixed. The clearest upside is that the readings, films, or examples carry real weight. Best for students who will engage with the materials instead of skimming everything.
DepartmentPPS
Terms offeredFall, Spring
Typical enrollment8–16
Semesters of data3
6.8
Hrs / week
30
Responses
52
Enrollment
58%
Response Rate
Evaluation Scores
Overall quality
Teaching, content, and experience combined.
3.6
Intellectually stimulating
Challenges students to think deeply.
4.2
Instructor effectiveness
Explains concepts and facilitates learning.
4.0
Difficulty
Higher means harder.
3.4
Feedback Analysis
Feedback Analysishigh
Analysis based on student evaluations
Based on 29 comments across 4 sections
Feedback is mixed. The clearest upside is that the readings, films, or examples carry real weight. Best for students who will engage with the materials instead of skimming everything.
Student Reports
How hard is the A?
A is doable but not automatic
The signal here is more do-the-work-and-you-should-be-fine than easy-A chatter. Students do not describe the A as automatic, but the evidence also does not paint grading as punishing.
Homework Load
Moderate homework load
Homework load looks moderate. The recurring signal is steady weekly work, but not a course that turns every assignment into a grind.
Lecture Load
Lighter lecture burden
Student comments describe this as more discussion-, seminar-, or workshop-driven than lecture-dependent. The lecture burden itself does not sound like the main source of friction.
Strengths
• Readings, films, or outside materials come up repeatedly as a real strength rather than filler.
• Discussion is a clear strength; students repeatedly describe the class conversation as engaging and useful.
• Students repeatedly say the course teaches something concrete, whether that is content mastery, research skill, or a strong foundation.
Tradeoffs
• There is no single dominant complaint theme, but the feedback is not uniformly glowing either.
Best fit for
Best for students who will engage with the materials instead of skimming everything.
Watch out for
• A large share of the evidence comes from one instructor's version of the course, so this may not generalize cleanly.
Student Responses
Process for writing academic journal articles Knowledge about many types of gender inequalities
Spring 2024 · Darity, William
Read a lot about care labor, learnt about what to write a research paper , critical thinking
Fall 2025 · Darity, William
I have learned a great deal about feminist economics and gender inequality. I had a surface knowledge about the scholarship but now I feel confident talking about feminist economics.
Fall 2025 · Darity, William
Personally, this class is one of the best classes that I have ever taken. I am mostly familiar with classical economics only. The course helps me understand the heterodox and feminist economics from various angles. The design of the class, the highly research based learning, reading - I like almost all the components of the course.
Fall 2025 · Darity, William
I learned to think about time-use data, qualitative vs. quantitative methods, and stratification economics.
Fall 2025 · Darity, William
Rating History
Rating history
Error bars show \u00B11 std dev
| Term | Instructor | Overall | Difficulty | Hrs/wk | Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | Darity, William 3.6Rate My ProfessorsQuality3.6Difficulty3.3Would retake33%Based on 6 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 3.8 | 3.3 | 6.8 | 32 |
| Fall 2024 | Darity, William 3.6Rate My ProfessorsQuality3.6Difficulty3.3Would retake33%Based on 6 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | — | — | — | 12 |
| Spring 2024 | Darity, William 3.6Rate My ProfessorsQuality3.6Difficulty3.3Would retake33%Based on 6 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 3.2 | 3.6 | — | 8 |
Instructor
Also teaches
PUBPOL-435 GLOBAL INEQUALITY RESEARCH4.4