Professor Beiyi is a wonderful professor and clearly cares greatly about her students. She’s not afraid to push the boundaries of what one would expect to be doing in a sociology class, which results in memorable and informative sessions. I can honestly say this class and what I’ve learned about being anti-racist will stick with me decades
from now.

Global Perspectives on Race & Racism

Students from Oberlin College

She had a unique perspective on the course, from her personal and academic background and I thought that was really neat, and I appreciated when she incorporated her research.

I learned so much from in-class discussions in which Professor Hu gave personal advice pertaining to social issues/justice—I could see the passion and wisdom in her face, and it was inspiring.

I really liked the assignments and projects in this class (like the neighborhood demographic profile project), and especially the interactive activities that we did in class (like the one with the workers and people who owned the means of production).

General Introduction to Sociology 

Students from Oberlin College

Professor Hu understands how to prioritize BIPOC immigrant experiences without belittling others or putting BIPOC experiences on a pedestal. She knows how to tell stories that were previously untold, and does not do so in a glamourizing or special way.

Contemporary International Migration

Students from Oberlin College

She teaches in the kind of way that is contagious.

I still think about the film we watched in the class daily.

I have come away from this course with technical mapping and statistics skills (QGIS, GeoDa, RStudio), and more knowledge on geospatial analysis that I will utilize for the rest of my life.

I loved the way that she went past just teaching about topics such as segregation and gentrification, but pushed us to think about our role and the power we have to make a difference.

Mapping Inequality: Spatial Thinking in Sociology

Students from Oberlin College

Professor Hu is such a sweet professor, and she really wants her students to do well and be successful. Her class structure was much different (in a good way) than a lot of the classes I have taken, but that could also be due to the unusually small class size. I really enjoyed this methods class, even though I do not love quantitative research.

Quantitative Digital Research Methods 

Student from Hunter College, CUNY 

This class was helpful because it will assist me and my classmates in future data analysis, using graphs to show data, and the program R Studio, which is something I never knew how to use before.

I would recommend the professor since she tries her best to answer every question that the students ask and addresses the general confusion that most students have when it comes to difficult topics.

Introductory Analytics 

Students from Queens College, CUNY