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The most amazing teacher I've ever had. I'm usually bad at keeping up with readings, but he's so caring and has such interesting insights that I wanted to keep up. He's so passionate and brings his personal perspective into class, while making us feel comfortable to share our own takeaways. He made an impact on my life.Rate My Professors ↗
super chill dude. Exams were all blue book and pretty straightforward. A lot of reading, but it was all interesting so nbd.Rate My Professors ↗
Goodkin was a great professor! Definitely take his classes. He cares about his students a lot and wants to help everyone learn. He really leads you in the right direction based on what he wants you to get out of the readings.Rate My Professors ↗
M. Goodkin was a good professor. The class was fairly easy as we only had to watch movies, participate, & write 3 papers. He's very passionate about what he teaches & is very open to have discussions about are opinions on the movies. Just a heads up tho, the essays will take you much longer than he says, so start early.Rate My Professors ↗
I was a student of Professor Goodkin at Yale College in the late 1980s. He was, by far, the best professor I had at Yale. Merci M. Goodkin. Catherine Marquet Elliott Yale 1987 LinguisticsRate My Professors ↗
Prof Goodkin is one of my favorite french professors I've ever had. He structures the class really well, and we do careful analyses of the readings (in small groups and as a larger class). Although there is a decent amount of reading, it is manageable. He is a really kind and caring person (super funny too)!!!Rate My Professors ↗
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