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She models a lot of the skills we learned about in class and grades fairly for assignments. No Exams. The semester consisted of 3 main assignents. The first assignment she gave an option of writing the paper or recording a video of yourself. The second assignment she gave the choice of recording a podcast or writing the paper.Rate My Professors ↗
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An anti-oppressive analysis of sex trading, including sex trafficking and sex work, focusing on risk, prevention, identification, intervention, and implications for practice and policy.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 3.83 GPA, 95.7% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.79 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=24 letter grades).
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Spring 2025–Spring 2026 · limited sampleDirected Study is an independent study course for undergraduate students in Social Work, conducted under the direction of a Social Work instructor.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades).
No recorded grade history
SOCWORK 990 is a thesis-research course focused on dissertation preparation.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
Independent reading course for graduate students to pursue focused work on a topic or problem of their interest under the supervision of social work instructors.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2025–Spring 2026 · limited sampleDistinct courses recorded per term
Explore courses taught by this instructor →| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Spring 2027 | SOCWORK 627 | Sex Trafficking and Sex Trading |
| Spring 2027 | SOCWORK 699 | Directed Study |
| Spring 2027 | SOCWORK 990 | Thesis-research |
| Spring 2027 | SOCWORK 999 | Independent Reading |
| Fall 2026 | SOCWORK 299 | Directed Study |
| Fall 2026 | SOCWORK 441 | Generalist Practice with Individuals, Families and Groups |
| Fall 2026 | SOCWORK 699 | Directed Study |
| Fall 2026 | SOCWORK 951 | Phd Proseminar |
| Fall 2026 | SOCWORK 990 | Thesis-research |
| Fall 2026 | SOCWORK 999 | Independent Reading |
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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