Calvin Lai
2 courses · 12 reviews
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I loved Professor Lai's class. He was very excited to teach and gave great lectures. The class was also pretty easy, though interesting.
5/7/2025
Rutgers Criminal Justice Research Methods. CJ majors are not math focused individuals so the fact that this class was just a stats class in disguise was BS. Professor Lai is a very sweet man but he is not cut out for teaching CJ majors who have enough trouble with math as it is. Very disorganized, unclear lectures, poor assignment management
4/23/2025
2 or less hrs/week
little to no work outside of class and content was easy. sad lai is leaving
5/21/2024
Dr. Lai is young, sweet, and pretty funny. Grade is very straightforward, 3 (easy) homeworks, PollEverywhere participation every class, and easy multiple choice exams (average is usually 90%). Can attend class on Zoom. Lots of content overlap with Consumer Behavior (FYI for marketing students), and similar to other psych classes.
12/14/2022
Awesome course! Professor Lai was engaging and the workload was light. Take this class!
5/18/2022
Very engaging lecturer and deepened my interest in social psych!
5/6/2022
so funny and entertaining!! uses funny/captivating examples to help us understand concepts. wants everyone to do well. textbook reading not necessary to do well, but supplemental readings show up on tests
10/20/2021
He is the best teacher I have ever had at WashU. He is the kindest, most understanding professor and his lectures are consistently interesting. It would be a loss for students to graduate without ever taking one of his classes. He is the reason I want to major in psychology now. Take his class and you will forever be happy that you did.
12/1/2020
I have never rated a professor here before, but I had to say something about Prof. Lai. He's so sweet and very understanding and compassionate, makes the lecture materials very easy and accessible and is incredible at answering questions. Definitely my favorite professor in my time at Washu, and he has made the online learning experience smooth.
10/15/2020
One of the best lecteurs at WashU. He explains the concepts well and made the class extremely interesting. His tests are fair and the class average is around 84%. Definitely take his class.
4/13/2020
Dr. Lai is one of the BEST lecturers I have ever had. He breaks down really complex social psych concepts down so you understand every part of them. That said, his exams are absurdly hard. Take pass/fail if you can.
5/2/2019