# Sarah Rios — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## instructor

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### name

Sarah Rios

### email

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    "comment": "Reading through these reviews, I had to do a double-take to make sure I was on the right professor. Prof Rios is such a kind and good-hearted woman. The class is super discussion-based, so make sure to do the readings and participate. Most of the students were white even though we were talking about environmental justice. Still, important content.",
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    "comment": "This class was SO unorganized, and I felt like every single responsibility fell on the TA. Truly the only thing that matters is the readings and 3 essays, up until the 50 question midterm on random concepts from the slides. Then a 1500 word final paper based on tons of readings. That being said, Professor Rios is super nice.",
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    "comment": "Sarah is an alright professor, but I had several issues: for one, she isn't very tech savvy, and exam questions were often misleading or contained typos. She isn't the most personable or accommodating, either, but it helped that my TA was. There are definitely better professors in the sociology department, but Sarah is just okay.",
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