Topics in Race and Ethnicity in the Information Society
LIS 665 examines information service provision and institutional roles in multiethnic, multilingual societies.
Summary
Historical reviews of Ethelene Whitmire: One reviewer described the class as super easy with an easy grader, contrasting with other reviews that rated the difficulty higher.
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Prerequisites
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- Sophomore standing
Professors
Fall 2026No instructors recorded for this selection.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews of Ethelene Whitmire describe her as dismissive and uninterested in teaching, focusing instead on her own research. Students reported that lectures were disorganized, often consisting of her reading from handouts or discussing her personal work rather than providing structured guidance.
ETHELENE WHITMIRE is recorded teaching in Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
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Student experience
the class
Historical reviews of Ethelene Whitmire: Ethelene Whitmire's LIS 665 reviews are polarized, with some calling the course a waste of time due to poor engagement, while others found the readings insightful and the grading lenient.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2017: 3.54 GPA, 78.6% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Fall 2019: 3.70 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Ethelene Whitmire: One reviewer described the class as super easy with an easy grader, contrasting with other reviews that rated the difficulty higher.
Historical reviews of Ethelene Whitmire: Critics found the lectures unorganized, consisting of the professor reading from handouts or discussing her own research, with little guidance for student discussions.
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Model & dataset provenance
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