Other professors, however, don't place much stock in humor.
Harvey C. Mansfield Jr.'53, Kenan Jr. professor of government, says "My style is somewhat formal...[though] now and then I'll formally tell a joke."
Mansfield cautions against humor for the sake of being adored by students.
"Above all, don't try to be popular. If it happens, let it happen. If you try to be popular, the students will see through you," he says.
Martin S. Feldstein'61, Baker professor of economics and teacher of Harvard's largest class, the 802 person Social Analysis 10, "Introduction to Economics," also doesn't put much stock in the CUE Guide, which gave him a 3 out of 5 for the class in its last book.
"I've heard from a lot of students who like [the class]," he said.
As to humor in his lectures, while Feldstein says he "occasionally quotes jokes," he adds a lot of humor is "just not my style," he says.
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