diff --git a/rails/app/controllers/api/v1/classes_controller.rb b/rails/app/controllers/api/v1/classes_controller.rb
index 524a2ab30..0eaf1b4e7 100644
--- a/rails/app/controllers/api/v1/classes_controller.rb
+++ b/rails/app/controllers/api/v1/classes_controller.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def show
       return error('The requested class was not found')
     end
 
-    # NOTE: these checks are set so only one of these can be true and researcher access is checked before teacher access
+    # NOTE: these checks are set so only one of these can be true and teacher access is checked before researcher access
     student_in_class = user.portal_student && user.portal_student.has_clazz?(clazz)
     teacher_in_class = !student_in_class || (user.portal_teacher && user.portal_teacher.has_clazz?(clazz))
     researcher_in_class = !teacher_in_class || (role[:is_project_researcher] && user.is_researcher_for_clazz?(clazz))
diff --git a/rails/spec/controllers/api/v1/classes_controller_spec.rb b/rails/spec/controllers/api/v1/classes_controller_spec.rb
index 66f023368..ed04181b0 100644
--- a/rails/spec/controllers/api/v1/classes_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/rails/spec/controllers/api/v1/classes_controller_spec.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe API::V1::ClassesController do
-  let(:teacher)           { FactoryBot.create(:portal_teacher) }
+  let(:cohort)          { FactoryBot.create(:admin_cohort) }
+  let(:teacher)           { FactoryBot.create(:portal_teacher, cohorts: [cohort]) }
   let(:clazz)             { FactoryBot.create(:portal_clazz, name: 'test class', teachers: [teacher]) }
   let(:runnable_a)          { FactoryBot.create(:external_activity, name: 'Test Sequence') }
   let(:offering_a)          { FactoryBot.create(:portal_offering, {clazz: clazz, runnable: runnable_a}) }
@@ -9,10 +10,18 @@
   let(:offering_b)          { FactoryBot.create(:portal_offering, {clazz: clazz, runnable: runnable_b}) }
   let(:runnable_c)          { FactoryBot.create(:external_activity, name: 'Test Sequence 2') }
   let(:offering_c)          { FactoryBot.create(:portal_offering, {clazz: clazz, runnable: runnable_c}) }
+  let(:learner)              { FactoryBot.create(:full_portal_learner, { offering: offering_a }) }
 
   let(:other_teacher)       { FactoryBot.create(:portal_teacher) }
   let(:other_clazz)         { FactoryBot.create(:portal_clazz, name: 'other class', teachers: [other_teacher]) }
 
+  let(:project)         { FactoryBot.create(:project, cohorts: [cohort]) }
+  let(:researcher_user) {
+    researcher = FactoryBot.generate(:researcher_user)
+    researcher.researcher_for_projects << project
+    researcher
+  }
+
   describe "GET #show" do
     before (:each) do
       # initialize the clazz
@@ -20,20 +29,49 @@
       offering_a
       offering_b
       offering_c
-      sign_in teacher.user
     end
 
-    it "returns a 200 code for a valid class" do
-      get :show, params: { id: clazz.id }
-      expect(response.status).to eql(200)
+    describe "as a teacher" do
+      before (:each) do
+        learner
+        clazz.reload
+        sign_in teacher.user
+      end
+
+      it "returns a 200 code for a valid class with non-anonymized student info" do
+        get :show, params: { id: clazz.id }
+        expect(response.status).to eql(200)
+        expect(JSON.parse(response.body)["students"].length).to eq 1
+        expect(JSON.parse(response.body)["students"][0]["first_name"]).to eq learner.student.first_name
+        expect(JSON.parse(response.body)["students"][0]["last_name"]).to eq learner.student.last_name
+      end
+
+      it "returns only non archived offerings" do
+        get :show, params: { id: clazz.id }
+        json = JSON.parse(response.body)
+        expect(json['offerings'].size).to eq 2
+        expect(json['offerings'][0]['id']).to eq offering_a.id
+        expect(json['offerings'][1]['id']).to eq offering_c.id
+      end
     end
 
-    it "returns only non archived offerings" do
-      get :show, params: { id: clazz.id }
-      json = JSON.parse(response.body)
-      expect(json['offerings'].size).to eq 2
-      expect(json['offerings'][0]['id']).to eq offering_a.id
-      expect(json['offerings'][1]['id']).to eq offering_c.id
+    describe "as a researcher" do
+      before (:each) do
+        researcher_user
+        project
+        learner
+        clazz.reload
+        researcher_user.reload
+        sign_in researcher_user
+      end
+
+      it "returns a 200 code for a valid class with anonymized student info" do
+        get :show, params: { id: clazz.id }
+        expect(response.status).to eql(200)
+        expect(JSON.parse(response.body)["students"].length).to eq 1
+        expect(JSON.parse(response.body)["students"][0]["first_name"]).to eq "Student"
+        expect(JSON.parse(response.body)["students"][0]["last_name"]).to eq "#{learner.student.id}"
+      end
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/rails/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/rails/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index 4e513da4a..2d04c26f7 100644
--- a/rails/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/rails/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -1044,6 +1044,38 @@ def create_user(options = {})
     end
   end
 
+  describe "is_researcher_for_clazz?" do
+    let(:cohort)          { FactoryBot.create(:admin_cohort) }
+    let(:teacher)         { FactoryBot.create(:portal_teacher, cohorts: [cohort]) }
+    let(:clazz)           { FactoryBot.create(:portal_clazz, name: 'test class', teachers: [teacher]) }
+    let(:project)         { FactoryBot.create(:project, cohorts: [cohort]) }
+    let(:user)            { FactoryBot.create(:user) }
+
+    subject { user.is_researcher_for_clazz?(clazz) }
+
+    context "when the user is not a researcher for the class" do
+      it { is_expected.to be false}
+    end
+
+    context "when the user is a researcher for the class" do
+      let(:user) {
+        researcher = FactoryBot.generate(:researcher_user)
+        researcher.researcher_for_projects << project
+        researcher
+      }
+      it { is_expected.to be true}
+    end
+
+    context "when the user is a researcher but not for the class" do
+      let(:user) {
+        researcher = FactoryBot.generate(:researcher_user)
+        researcher.researcher_for_projects << FactoryBot.create(:project, cohorts: [])
+        researcher
+      }
+      it { is_expected.to be false}
+    end
+  end
+
   # TODO: auto-generated
   describe '#is_project_researcher?' do
     it 'is_project_researcher?' do