# Sedona Chinn — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

[View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/SEDONA_CHINN)

## Dataset

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| URBRPL    | 60    |
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### name

Sedona Chinn

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| 1272 | course\_afafab76486bf8d342a5538a | LSC 990    | RESEARCH |

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