Fall 2026

Inequality, Race and Public Policy

Examines how public policy shapes inequality across racial and ethnic groups in areas like labor, education, and housing.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Denia Garcia3.8/5

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.77 GPA, 86.7% A/AB (n=30 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.87 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=26 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.48 GPA, 78.3% A/AB (n=23 letter grades).

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PUBAFFR 520

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 3.50 GPA, 79.3% A/AB (n=29 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.77 GPA, 86.7% A/AB (n=30 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.48 GPA, 78.3% A/AB (n=23 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

DENIA GARCIA is recorded teaching in Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.77 GPA, 86.7% A/AB (n=30 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.87 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=26 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.48 GPA, 78.3% A/AB (n=23 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Racial and ethnic disparities
  • Income, wealth, and opportunity distribution
  • Policy areas: labor, education, taxation, health, housing, criminal justice

Skills

  • Measurement of inequality and poverty
  • Analysis of policy impacts on inequality

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PUBAFFR 520 · Fall 2026

Inequality, Race and Public Policy

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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