# Sonja Klocke — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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    "comment": "I loved Prof. Klocke. She is the nicest lady and really cares about all of her students. GWS270 was also a great class. Assigned readings were reasonable in length and the books were all really interesting (but sometimes hard to understand). I would highly recommend her!",
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