Fall 2026

Food, Culture, and Society

Examines the social and cultural dimensions of food production and consumption through historical and cross-cultural lenses.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Rebecca Laurent3.7/5

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Historical reviews of Valerie Stull: Students report that quizzes are difficult and specific, often requiring full attendance and reading all assigned articles in their entirety to avoid failure.

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Prerequisites

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C&ESOC/SOC 222

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Fall 2026
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Raw average: 5.00/5 from 1 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Rebecca Laurent is not listed in the provided reviews. Historical reviews for Nan Enstad describe her as making the course interesting and empathetic, though some students found her grading tough and the workload heavy with busywork.

JACK KLOPPENBURG is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

NAN ENSTAD is recorded teaching in Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

VALERIE STULL is recorded teaching in Spring 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction18 / 420
LEC 001Classroom Instruction24 / 420

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Student experience

the class

Historical reviews of Valerie Stull: Valerie Stull's course generates polarized reviews, with students describing her as either caring and flexible or an extremely tough grader who makes attendance mandatory for success.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.41 GPA, 72.2% A/AB (n=90 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.47 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=30 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.64 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=45 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Valerie Stull: Students report that quizzes are difficult and specific, often requiring full attendance and reading all assigned articles in their entirety to avoid failure.

Historical reviews of Valerie Stull: Frustrations include opinionated lectures, text-heavy slides that omit key details, and a final exam that differs significantly from previous quizzes.

Topics

  • Indigenous, racial, and ethnic foodways
  • Industrialized food systems
  • Sustainable agriculture
  • Movements for food justice

Skills

  • Applying historical and cross-cultural analytical frameworks

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Fall 2026.

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1283 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
C&ESOC/SOC 222 · Fall 2026

Food, Culture, and Society

Recorded 2026-09-07
C&ESOC/SOC 222 · Fall 2026

Food, Culture, and Society

Recorded 2026-09-07
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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Model & dataset provenance 
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