# Langston Wilkins — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/LANGSTON_WILKINS) ## Dataset ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### repository twangodev/uwcourses ### schema version 6 ### importer version 7 ### projection id 94468b7d4154126ca413937bb4738a6d21e0c2277f6fa397a6078ad80a32384f ### observed at 2026-09-07T15:55:43.033547+00:00 ### built at 2026-09-10T23:19:01.870283+00:00 ### courses 8951 ### current instructors 5754 ### limited false ### terms * 1272 * 1264 * 1262 * 1254 * 1252 * 1244 * 1242 * 1234 * 1232 * 1224 * 1222 * 1212 * 1204 * 1202 * 1194 * 1192 * 1184 * 1182 * 1174 * 1172 * 1164 * 1162 * 1154 * 1152 * 1144 * 1142 * 1134 * 1132 * 1124 * 1122 * 1114 * 1112 * 1104 * 1102 * 1094 * 1092 * 1084 * 1082 * 1074 * 1072 ### term 1272 ### departments | subject | count | | --------- | ----- | | AAE | 90 | | ABT | 20 | | ACCTIS | 36 | | ACTSCI | 14 | | AFAERO | 10 | | AFRICAN | 87 | | AFROAMER | 71 | | AGROECOL | 21 | | AMERIND | 53 | | ANAT\&PHY | 7 | | ANATOMY | 2 | | ANESTHES | 8 | | ANSCI | 57 | | ANTHRO | 95 | | ART | 125 | | ARTED | 10 | | ARTHIST | 121 | | ASIALANG | 129 | | ASIAN | 109 | | ASIANAM | 28 | | ASTRON | 38 | | ATMOCN | 69 | | BIOCHEM | 51 | | BIOCORE | 10 | | BIOLOGY | 14 | | BIOMDSCI | 18 | | BME | 66 | | BMI | 41 | | BMOLCHEM | 10 | | BOTANY | 69 | | BSE | 44 | | C\&ESOC | 73 | | CBE | 48 | | CHEM | 101 | | CHICLA | 52 | | CIVENGR | 133 | | CLASSICS | 47 | | CNP | 10 | | CNSRSCI | 50 | | COMARTS | 137 | | COMPBIO | 15 | | COMPLIT | 11 | | COMPSCI | 138 | | COUNPSY | 78 | | CRB | 19 | | CS\&D | 71 | | CSCS | 40 | | CURRIC | 193 | | DANCE | 93 | | DERM | 8 | | DS | 88 | | DYSCI | 35 | | ECE | 155 | | ECON | 145 | | EDPOL | 114 | | EDPSYCH | 97 | | ELPA | 70 | | EMA | 53 | | EMERMED | 17 | | ENGL | 206 | | ENTOM | 40 | | ENVIRST | 148 | | EP | 15 | | EPD | 67 | | ESL | 16 | | F\&WECOL | 60 | | FAMMED | 22 | | FINANCE | 50 | | FOLKLORE | 40 | | FOODSCI | 43 | | FRENCH | 63 | | GEN\&WS | 145 | | GENBUS | 72 | | GENECSLR | 17 | | GENETICS | 60 | | GEOG | 113 | | GEOSCI | 83 | | GERMAN | 82 | | GLE | 48 | | GNS | 38 | | GREEK | 27 | | HDFS | 41 | | HEBR-BIB | 13 | | HEBR-MOD | 10 | | HISTORY | 233 | | HISTSCI | 56 | | HONCOL | 13 | | ILS | 43 | | INFOSYS | 9 | | INTEGART | 7 | | INTEGSCI | 22 | | INTER-AG | 18 | | INTER-HE | 11 | | INTER-LS | 22 | | INTEREGR | 16 | | INTLBUS | 21 | | INTLST | 50 | | ISYE | 83 | | ITALIAN | 53 | | JEWISH | 56 | | JOURN | 88 | | KINES | 128 | | LACIS | 26 | | LANDARC | 61 | | LATIN | 24 | | LAW | 120 | | LEGALST | 48 | | LINGUIS | 35 | | LIS | 89 | | LITTRANS | 78 | | LSC | 52 | | M\&ENVTOX | 7 | | MARKETNG | 62 | | MATH | 153 | | MDGENET | 8 | | ME | 130 | | MEDHIST | 43 | | MEDICINE | 60 | | MEDIEVAL | 32 | | MEDPHYS | 39 | | MEDSC-M | 29 | | MEDSC-V | 41 | | MHR | 68 | | MICROBIO | 45 | | MILSCI | 16 | | MM\&I | 22 | | MOLBIOL | 6 | | MS\&E | 59 | | MUSIC | 165 | | MUSPERF | 126 | | NAVSCI | 20 | | NE | 44 | | NEURODPT | 11 | | NEUROL | 7 | | NEURSURG | 4 | | NTP | 11 | | NURSING | 111 | | NUTRSCI | 65 | | OBS\&GYN | 18 | | OCCTHER | 39 | | ONCOLOGY | 14 | | OPHTHALM | 5 | | OTM | 43 | | PATH | 34 | | PATH-BIO | 29 | | PEDIAT | 26 | | PHARMACY | 31 | | PHILOS | 77 | | PHMCOL-M | 11 | | PHMPRAC | 45 | | PHMSCI | 60 | | PHYASST | 37 | | PHYSICS | 88 | | PHYSIOL | 3 | | PHYTHER | 37 | | PLANTSCI | 52 | | PLPATH | 35 | | POLISCI | 192 | | POPHLTH | 58 | | PORTUG | 33 | | PSYCH | 101 | | PSYCHIAT | 22 | | PUBAFFR | 54 | | PUBLHLTH | 23 | | RADIOL | 11 | | REALEST | 41 | | RELIGST | 90 | | RHABMED | 9 | | RMI | 24 | | RP\&SE | 102 | | S\&APHM | 17 | | SCANDST | 73 | | SLAVIC | 89 | | SOC | 149 | | SOCWORK | 87 | | SOILSCI | 46 | | SPANISH | 83 | | SRMED | 21 | | STAT | 94 | | STDYABRD | 52 | | STS | 8 | | SURGERY | 25 | | SURGSCI | 33 | | THEATRE | 91 | | URBRPL | 60 | | UROLOGY | 5 | | ZOOLOGY | 89 | ## instructor ### instructor uid instructor\_9d8a91b787b79e1f4e685580 ### source enrollment ### source instructor id lwilkins2 ### identity basis netid ### identity status source\_identified ### name Langston Wilkins ### email LWILKINS2\@WISC.EDU ### first observed at 2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00 ### last observed at 2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00 ### ratings #### review count 4 #### quality 3 #### difficulty 2 #### quality count 4 #### difficulty count 4 #### profile id rmp:3064598 #### source url #### match basis exact\_name #### observed at 2026-09-07 16:24:22.293540+00:00 #### courses ##### course b54ef5f9e79c1e37568eabab ###### review count 2 ###### quality 5 ###### difficulty 2 ###### quality count 2 ###### difficulty count 2 #### bayesian quality 3.5497381529554963 #### prior mean 3.6596857835465957 #### prior weight 20 ### current true ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | title | credits\_min | credits\_max | gpa | | -------------------------------- | ---------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ------------ | ----- | | course\_b54ef5f9e79c1e37568eabab | FOLKLORE/LIS 490 | FIELD METHODS AND THE PUBLIC PRESENTATION OF FOLKLORE | 3 | 3 | 4 | | course\_f852f9ddfc89588b2ee96dbe | FOLKLORE 430 | TOPICS IN AMERICAN FOLKLORE: ETHNIC STUDIES | 3 | 6 | 3.609 | ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### instructor url /instructors/LANGSTON\_WILKINS ## 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I really feel like I learned a lot and there were tons of chances for participation and discussion with peers. I would absolutely take his class again ", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3064598", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:24:22.293540+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQwNDA5MDAz", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:3064598", "instructor_name": "Langston Wilkins", "course_label": "FOLKLORE490", "course_id": "FOLKLORE/LIS 490", "course_uid": "course_b54ef5f9e79c1e37568eabab", "review_date": "2024-12-21 18:17:15 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Wilkins says more by saying less. We had great class discussions, he did a good job facilitating more people to participate when they didn't want to. I enjoyed the class topic. One thing is that I wish he'd assigned fewer readings, as we couldn't fully talk about each reading each class and so I (and others) stopped doing all of them / as in depth", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3064598", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:24:22.293540+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQwMzkwMTQ4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:3064598", "instructor_name": "Langston Wilkins", "course_label": "430", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2024-12-20 01:30:29 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Just a bad class overall", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3064598", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:24:22.293540+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQwMzg5ODY5", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:3064598", "instructor_name": "Langston Wilkins", "course_label": "430", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2024-12-20 01:11:46 +0000 UTC", "comment": "I will never be taking a class by this professor again. I had an A the entire time to them get a B because he takes so many points off for participating, even though he never specified what that meant, doesn't put the grade in until after the course is done. Lectures were uninspiring and very difficult to pay attention to. ", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3064598", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 1 } ] ``` ### total 4 ### page 1 ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | | -------------------------------- | ---------------- | | course\_b54ef5f9e79c1e37568eabab | FOLKLORE/LIS 490 | ### matched true ## social Image true