# Revel Sims — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

### revision

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### repository

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### departments

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## instructor

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### name

Revel Sims

### email

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### last observed at

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#### quality

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### courses

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## term

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## reviews

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    "comment": "Revel Sims is the GOAT. I genuinely really enjoyed his Racial Formation and Whiteness course. He is extremely passionate and knowledgeable about the content, and holds space for students to voice their opinions. He values student learning over everything, and advocates for students outside of the classroom. No exams, just reading and discussion.",
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    "comment": "I had Prof Sims for CHICLA 315** great class and amazing professor. He is really passionate about his teaching as well as making sure the students feel valued and their voices appreciated in class discussions.",
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    "comment": "I've had good classes with Revel before but not the one on gentrification. His slides can be hard to follow and filled with jargon. For the final project he didn't give clear instructions or a page minimum. He just said \"make sure you answer thoroughly\" but that's not helpful. He also doesn't know how to have difficult conversations in the class.",
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### courses

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