[{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:57:15.960866+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1NTYwMzM3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:581060","instructor_name":"Alan Rubel","course_label":"LIS461","course_id":"LIS 461","course_uid":"course_e0809224294be28ec62cda00","review_date":"2021-12-16 19:11:46 +0000 UTC","comment":"I routinely forgot that this was supposed to be a class about ethics. For a class about the moral implications surrounding the use of data mining and algorithms he sure does love talking about legality. A lot of the readings are dense and long, but if you just get the jist of what they're saying and watch his online lectures, you should get an A.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/581060","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:57:15.960866+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM0MjE3NjAx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:581060","instructor_name":"Alan Rubel","course_label":"LIS461","course_id":"LIS 461","course_uid":"course_e0809224294be28ec62cda00","review_date":"2020-12-30 20:13:50 +0000 UTC","comment":"His knowledge about law and related materials is really good and he does a great job of communicating that to students. He is really helpful and accessible outside of class. Overall he's a solid choice and I'd recommend you take a class with him.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/581060","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:46:45.227076+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM5NDk0MjEw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1966167","instructor_name":"Clinton Castro","course_label":"LIS461","course_id":"LIS 461","course_uid":"course_e0809224294be28ec62cda00","review_date":"2024-05-20 00:24:34 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Castro is an extremely nice person to talk to, and very passionate about the subject matter. I didn't pay much attention in class towards the latter half, but the workload is very manageable, at least for non-Comm B. While attendance was mandatory, many students ended up not coming with time. But that's not really Clinton's fault.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1966167","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:46:45.227076+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM5Mzc3MzY3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1966167","instructor_name":"Clinton Castro","course_label":"LIS461","course_id":"LIS 461","course_uid":"course_e0809224294be28ec62cda00","review_date":"2024-05-06 16:06:17 +0000 UTC","comment":"Great guy. If you wanted to, you could totally scrape an A in this class without going to most of the classes, but if you have the time, I highly recommend that you attend lecture every day. They're super interesting, and it'll make the papers a lot easier. Also, find something to nerd out about and then go to office hours whenever you can.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1966167","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:46:45.227076+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM4OTEyODMz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1966167","instructor_name":"Clinton Castro","course_label":"LIS461","course_id":"LIS 461","course_uid":"course_e0809224294be28ec62cda00","review_date":"2024-01-22 23:06:01 +0000 UTC","comment":"I absolutely love Prof. Castro and highly recommend him. His lectures are engaging (if you're into ethics) and he cares a lot about his students and their experience. The class is graded on 3 papers and several in-class assignments. All are very easy. Each paper was returned promptly with specific and detailed feedback for improvement. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1966167","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:46:45.227076+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM4Nzc4NDgx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1966167","instructor_name":"Clinton Castro","course_label":"LIS461","course_id":"LIS 461","course_uid":"course_e0809224294be28ec62cda00","review_date":"2023-12-22 20:48:57 +0000 UTC","comment":"Seems like a nice, caring guy, though I never talked to him 1-on-1. The lecture is pointless, as he just discusses philosophy papers that students need to write papers about. Graded on 3 papers (3-4 pages) that are graded pretty easily, but can take a long time if you're new to philosophical writing. Pretty useless class IMO, but an easy A.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1966167","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:46:20.552133+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyMTQ0ODY1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3030795","instructor_name":"Dane Gogoshin","course_label":"LIS461","course_id":"LIS 461","course_uid":"course_e0809224294be28ec62cda00","review_date":"2025-12-10 14:51:11 +0000 UTC","comment":"The lecture slides and lectures themselves were boring, but I thought the assignments were fair, Dane is a very nice person, and the content itself is good. I think if the lecture slides were redone, a lot of people would really like this class.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3030795","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:46:20.552133+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxMzQwMjgx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3030795","instructor_name":"Dane Gogoshin","course_label":"LIS461","course_id":"LIS 461","course_uid":"course_e0809224294be28ec62cda00","review_date":"2025-05-21 19:32:08 +0000 UTC","comment":"Dane is a perfectly fine professor. Lectures were a bit boring, but got the job done. If you take this class, I would recommend actually going to all the lectures and finding time to talk to Dane. It is definitely worth taking the time to get to know her.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3030795","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:46:20.552133+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQwNjUxMTIw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3030795","instructor_name":"Dane Gogoshin","course_label":"LIS461","course_id":"LIS 461","course_uid":"course_e0809224294be28ec62cda00","review_date":"2025-05-11 07:00:19 +0000 UTC","comment":"I didn't really like the first few weeks of this class because there was technological issues, but it wasn't too bad after. The professor was very accomadating and nice. Some of the essay rubric makes no sense because I got very good and got 0.5 off so is the next thing on the rubric super good? Amazingly good? Overall pretty good ethics class.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3030795","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:46:20.552133+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxMTUxOTky","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3030795","instructor_name":"Dane Gogoshin","course_label":"LIS461","course_id":"LIS 461","course_uid":"course_e0809224294be28ec62cda00","review_date":"2025-05-04 17:36:40 +0000 UTC","comment":"She is super understanding, sweet, and tries to get to know students on a personal level. Topics were super interesting and important to explore. I recommend going to office hours to engage more with her and with content related to class material, as many of the philosophical topics around technology are so relevant to our lives now ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3030795","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:46:20.552133+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxMDk5MTQ4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3030795","instructor_name":"Dane Gogoshin","course_label":"LIS461","course_id":"LIS 461","course_uid":"course_e0809224294be28ec62cda00","review_date":"2025-04-30 14:18:46 +0000 UTC","comment":"She is extremely knowledgable and genuinely super nice. She is accommodating, giving extensions on both of our papers due to high exam volumes on the weeks they were initially due. The class itself can feel a bit disorganized and the lectures aren't especially interesting to most, but Dane isn't to blame for this. Also very responsive to emails. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3030795","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:46:20.552133+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxMDg5MzYw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3030795","instructor_name":"Dane Gogoshin","course_label":"LIS461","course_id":"LIS 461","course_uid":"course_e0809224294be28ec62cda00","review_date":"2025-04-29 19:45:58 +0000 UTC","comment":"Prof. Gogoshin is one of my favorite lecturers of my three years at Madison. It's easy to get help and if you actually talk to her she is one of the nicest and chillest professors ever. I agree that the class can feel a bit unorganized due to the large nature of the class but overall it was one of the most interesting humanities classes I've taken.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3030795","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:46:20.552133+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxMDg5MzAy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3030795","instructor_name":"Dane Gogoshin","course_label":"LIS461","course_id":"LIS 461","course_uid":"course_e0809224294be28ec62cda00","review_date":"2025-04-29 19:43:11 +0000 UTC","comment":"Amazing professor, not sure why she has multiple bad ratings. She is very knowledgeable on the topics and endorses discussion and discourse. Furthermore, she is very caring and understanding, if you have any problems you can go to her office hours and she will work with you personally to get you to the grade you want to be at. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3030795","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:46:20.552133+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQwOTA2MzE5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3030795","instructor_name":"Dane Gogoshin","course_label":"LIS461","course_id":"LIS 461","course_uid":"course_e0809224294be28ec62cda00","review_date":"2025-04-09 21:32:50 +0000 UTC","comment":"Attendance not mandatory, but there are basically 6 \"pop quizzes\" that are unannounced(she does drop hints, every ~10 days). That's the only drawback, but otherwise very easy. 2 short essays that are very easy. boring class but she isnt helped by the subject. very liberal which is annoying. She brought up the racist bridge example w/o fact checking","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3030795","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:46:20.552133+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQwNzE1Njc3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3030795","instructor_name":"Dane Gogoshin","course_label":"LIS461","course_id":"LIS 461","course_uid":"course_e0809224294be28ec62cda00","review_date":"2025-02-27 16:17:59 +0000 UTC","comment":"Not sure what the current rating is all about. She's super knowledgeable, eloquent, and flexible--no penalties for tech issues, and she graciously moved due dates because of other midterms. If you actively participate, you're super likely to get extra grade-boosting opportunities--it is hard to run a huge class like a seminar. Kind, fun to talk to!","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3030795","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:46:20.552133+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQwNjY2NTkw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3030795","instructor_name":"Dane Gogoshin","course_label":"LIS461","course_id":"LIS 461","course_uid":"course_e0809224294be28ec62cda00","review_date":"2025-02-12 22:11:57 +0000 UTC","comment":"Her current rating is absolutely ridiculous - this was my favorite professor I've had at Madison. She even met with me during office hours to talk about completely unrelated topics from the material. Her lectures were always thought provoking, offering relevant material regarding data privacy. A true gift to have her here. Couldn't recommend more.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3030795","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:46:20.552133+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQwNjIzNzcx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3030795","instructor_name":"Dane Gogoshin","course_label":"LIS461","course_id":"LIS 461","course_uid":"course_e0809224294be28ec62cda00","review_date":"2025-01-30 21:42:26 +0000 UTC","comment":"Dane has a habit of saying there's no correct answer and then making it very obvious what she thinks is the correct answer in a backhanded manner. Most of her class is lectures that drag for 75 minutes (with no recordings), a messy canvas page, and confusing guidelines on assignment expectations. She's manageable for a required class but not great","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3030795","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:46:20.552133+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQwNTg1NTUz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3030795","instructor_name":"Dane Gogoshin","course_label":"LIS461","course_id":"LIS 461","course_uid":"course_e0809224294be28ec62cda00","review_date":"2025-01-22 07:06:45 +0000 UTC","comment":"Leaving a review after seeing the worried Reddit post bc I think the previous reviewers are being a little unfair. This class was literally the easiest A I've had in a long while. Yes lectures were a little dry, but Dane is a kind person. I think she was just hoping for a more seminar-ish class format? But very difficult to do w such a large class.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3030795","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:46:20.552133+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQwMjE5NTY3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3030795","instructor_name":"Dane Gogoshin","course_label":"LIS461","course_id":"LIS 461","course_uid":"course_e0809224294be28ec62cda00","review_date":"2024-12-11 14:15:44 +0000 UTC","comment":"Lectures were extremely boring. Most of the time, she just put an article up on the board. No visuals, no effort in creating an engaging environment. To make it worse, she made the lectures mandatory. Grading criteria was extremely unclear throughout the entire semester, and the syllabus constantly changed. Grading was fair and the TA was good.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3030795","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:46:20.552133+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM5OTMzNzUz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3030795","instructor_name":"Dane Gogoshin","course_label":"LIS461","course_id":"LIS 461","course_uid":"course_e0809224294be28ec62cda00","review_date":"2024-11-12 21:18:49 +0000 UTC","comment":"Can't teach a big class. Massive discussion sections and then runs out of time because she spends too much time correcting students and going around the room, forcing participation. Mess of a class and a plan, has also revised the syllabus too many times throughout the semester. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3030795","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:46:20.552133+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM5NzQ5NzQ3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3030795","instructor_name":"Dane Gogoshin","course_label":"LIS461","course_id":"LIS 461","course_uid":"course_e0809224294be28ec62cda00","review_date":"2024-09-18 21:17:37 +0000 UTC","comment":"Switched class layout (100 person lecture to a single huge discussion) regardless of students' opinions. Asked us at the beginning of the semester to fill feedback surveys; she stated in class \"most of you don't like how the class is laid out, but I don't care and will do what I want to do.\" Doesn't take feedback well, why ask us for our opinion? ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3030795","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0}]