# RICHARD GOODKIN — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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### name

RICHARD GOODKIN

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    "comment": "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.",
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    "comment": "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.",
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    "comment": "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 Linguistics",
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