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Demar Lewis CCJS370 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 06/12/2024	Although there were a lot of readings for the class, you would only need to skim through them, participate, and show up to class in order to succeed. Dr. Lewis is very passionate about what he is teaching, which makes the course more interesting in my opinion. The class focuses on how race, class, and gender all intersect within the country and how they play a role in the criminal justice system. He also explains the assignments if you are stumped on what they are supposed to be about.
Demar Lewis CCJS370 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/19/2024	Dr. Lewis is a great person who is very passionate and knowledgeable about the topics of this class. Despite the name, this class isn’t super related to criminal justice or criminology; the majority of the class is focused on racism, sexism, classism, and other inequities in society. These topics are loosely tied back to criminal justice through two class debates. Dr. Lewis was very open to feedback and reconstructed the process of the second debate after the class agreed that the first one could have been tweaked. Overall, it was an interesting and valuable class, but it involved a lot of group work and did not really involve a whole lot of crim related topics. Dr. Lewis had a lot of guest speakers throughout the class, and most of them were engaging. Also, the final project is unique as it consists of a policy paper, 3 minute informational video, mock twitter thread, and infographic. Do not leave it to the last minute if you have never written a policy paper before; it is a lot of work. It’s rewarding through when you finish it.
Demar Lewis CCJS370 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/08/2024	Don't take CCJS370 with Dr. Lewis if you expect to talk about the Criminal Justice system. We only did this when we did 2 in-class debates during the semester and for our final projects. However, the assignments are not hard, and the workload is 100% manageable, minus the 100+ pages of reading per week which I simply did not do a lot of the time. You can tell that he is very passionate about the topic he is teaching which makes it more interesting. He can be a bit confusing at times though and often avoids giving straight answers to questions. He's not quite understanding when it comes to making accommodations, but he is a nice person in general. He brought us cookies.
Demar Lewis CCJS370 Anonymous 04/25/2024	This instructor is very well accredited, but when it comes to his class I do not recommend it. The class is called Race, Crime, and Criminal Justice when have never once talked about crime or the criminal justice system. His lectures are boring and have the same slides every week. There are 2 debates and are super disorganized and adds in instructions last minute as the debate is happening. Not to mention the final project has 3 components with very little instructions. There is also a group podcast, but fails to explain expectations. I wish the class discussed the correlates between race and crime, which I expected. Overall, would NOT recommend this class with this professor.
Demar Lewis CCJS370 Expecting an A Anonymous 03/13/2024	This course was way more work than I was expecting with little to no instruction about the expectations. Also, do not take this class if you are expecting to talk about the criminal justice system or specific problems pertaining to race, because you won’t. For each class (so twice a week) there are readings, usually 2-3 that are around 30 pages. Often times, these readings are briefly mentioned in lecture, but you don’t need to read them to understand what he’s talking about. The entire class so far has been about realizing the social constructs in place in this world. Dr. Lewis is very nice and passionate about his work though which does help. There is a group podcast assignment that is briefly explained and he does not give you any time to even find your group members in the class, which multiple classmates agree would have been helpful. There is also a paper to go with this. He neglects to mention when this assignment is due because it was only talked about one time. There was also criminological debates and the same thing applies to this as well: he expects you to find the instructions and does not give you time to meet your group members. Finally, there are in-class assignments, but he does not give you time in class to work on them. Overall, I would not recommend this class because we never talk about the criminal justice system directly and there is an overwhelming amount of work.

Demar Lewis
CCJS370

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
06/12/2024

Although there were a lot of readings for the class, you would only need to skim through them, participate, and show up to class in order to succeed. Dr. Lewis is very passionate about what he is teaching, which makes the course more interesting in my opinion. The class focuses on how race, class, and gender all intersect within the country and how they play a role in the criminal justice system. He also explains the assignments if you are stumped on what they are supposed to be about.

Demar Lewis
CCJS370

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
05/19/2024

Dr. Lewis is a great person who is very passionate and knowledgeable about the topics of this class. Despite the name, this class isn’t super related to criminal justice or criminology; the majority of the class is focused on racism, sexism, classism, and other inequities in society. These topics are loosely tied back to criminal justice through two class debates. Dr. Lewis was very open to feedback and reconstructed the process of the second debate after the class agreed that the first one could have been tweaked. Overall, it was an interesting and valuable class, but it involved a lot of group work and did not really involve a whole lot of crim related topics. Dr. Lewis had a lot of guest speakers throughout the class, and most of them were engaging. Also, the final project is unique as it consists of a policy paper, 3 minute informational video, mock twitter thread, and infographic. Do not leave it to the last minute if you have never written a policy paper before; it is a lot of work. It’s rewarding through when you finish it.

Demar Lewis
CCJS370

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
05/08/2024

Don't take CCJS370 with Dr. Lewis if you expect to talk about the Criminal Justice system. We only did this when we did 2 in-class debates during the semester and for our final projects. However, the assignments are not hard, and the workload is 100% manageable, minus the 100+ pages of reading per week which I simply did not do a lot of the time. You can tell that he is very passionate about the topic he is teaching which makes it more interesting. He can be a bit confusing at times though and often avoids giving straight answers to questions. He's not quite understanding when it comes to making accommodations, but he is a nice person in general. He brought us cookies.

Demar Lewis
CCJS370

Anonymous
04/25/2024

This instructor is very well accredited, but when it comes to his class I do not recommend it. The class is called Race, Crime, and Criminal Justice when have never once talked about crime or the criminal justice system. His lectures are boring and have the same slides every week. There are 2 debates and are super disorganized and adds in instructions last minute as the debate is happening. Not to mention the final project has 3 components with very little instructions. There is also a group podcast, but fails to explain expectations. I wish the class discussed the correlates between race and crime, which I expected. Overall, would NOT recommend this class with this professor.

Demar Lewis
CCJS370

Expecting an A
Anonymous
03/13/2024

This course was way more work than I was expecting with little to no instruction about the expectations. Also, do not take this class if you are expecting to talk about the criminal justice system or specific problems pertaining to race, because you won’t. For each class (so twice a week) there are readings, usually 2-3 that are around 30 pages. Often times, these readings are briefly mentioned in lecture, but you don’t need to read them to understand what he’s talking about. The entire class so far has been about realizing the social constructs in place in this world. Dr. Lewis is very nice and passionate about his work though which does help. There is a group podcast assignment that is briefly explained and he does not give you any time to even find your group members in the class, which multiple classmates agree would have been helpful. There is also a paper to go with this. He neglects to mention when this assignment is due because it was only talked about one time. There was also criminological debates and the same thing applies to this as well: he expects you to find the instructions and does not give you time to meet your group members. Finally, there are in-class assignments, but he does not give you time in class to work on them. Overall, I would not recommend this class because we never talk about the criminal justice system directly and there is an overwhelming amount of work.