Drama, Film and the Law

Nothing short of amazing! Provocative, thoughtful, funny, compassionate. She says things you wish you could own; she repackages confused, muddles comments into sheer brilliance. A beautiful person, all around. I have taken many incredible professors here, but I don;t think I shall ever be so fortunate again as this semester, when I had Prof. Peters to look forward to each week. We built a great community in the class as well. Only at the Biosphere had I ever seen university education achieve that. She is magical.

Hands down the best class I have taken at Columbia (I'm a senior). Professor Peters is brilliant, kind, thoughtful, funny...The reading is very carefully selected, extremely interesting, and put together so that the readings for each week speak to one another in unpredictable ways. Professor Peters is always prepared for class, and keeps the seminar moving. The discussion is always interesting, and she is intellectually fearless, always willing to ask us questions regardless of their implications. She is also infinitely available by phone, e-mail and in her office, and is interested in her students and eager to help them. She is genuinely interested in the course material, and genuinely interested in what her students have to say. If you ever have the opportunity to take a seminar with her, you shouldn't think twice about it.