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ENGL 1010

First Year Writing Seminar · 136 instructors on record · 442 sections

What the course score is made of

80BC evaluations442 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Spring 2026

—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute

—RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

That is the class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it. Who taught it, and how each of them scored, is the board below — that is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between.

What the challenge rank is made of

12thMore challenging than 12% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

82BC — “Intellectually Challenging”442 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question for this class only — students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it measures intellectual challenge and NOT grading, workload or quality. Almost every BC class scores high on it, which is why it is shown as a rank rather than a score.

What the workload rank is made of

33rdMore work than 33% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

49BC — “Workload”442 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College reports workload for this class only as one of five bands, not as a number of hours, and it does not publish what the bands mean — so this site will not translate it into hours. Higher means more work, which is not the same as worse.

Limited to 15 students. Designed as a workshop in which each student develops a portfolio of personal and academic writing, the seminar follows a semester-long process. Students write and rewrite essays continuously, discuss their works-in-progress in class, and receive feedback during individual and small group conferences with the instructor. Students read a wide range of texts, including various forms of non-fiction prose. In addition to regular conferences, the class meets two hours per week to discuss the writing process, the relationship between reading and writing, conventional and innovative ways of doing research, and evolving drafts of class members.

The board

136 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

Find an instructor among the 136Filters the rows below. Positions are always against the whole class, so a rank does not change when the list is narrowed.

Scores are real averages. The order also accounts for how many records back each one — the count is under every score — so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. 35 of the 136 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Amanda LabriolaEnglish	999 records	39th	29th	1009 ratings · all classes
2	Sarah EhrichEnglish	9513 records	39th	24th	—no page
3	Alexander Saint-WidowEnglish fewer records	995 records	25th	20th	—no page
4	Chelsey GrassoEnglish	976 records	33rd	19th	1003 ratings · all classes
5	Vincent PortilloAssistant Professor of the Practice · English	9412 records	39th	11th	965 ratings · all classes
6	Angela MuirEnglish fewer records	984 records	30th	15th	1004 ratings · all classes
7	Bonnie RudnerAssociate Professor of the Practice · English	956 records	29th	27th	8613 ratings · all classes
8	Gregory PetershackEnglish	939 records	26th	9th	1002 ratings · all classes
9	Rebecca RadilloEnglish	9114 records	43rd	32nd	867 ratings · all classes
10	Shelley LinsoEnglish fewer records	936 records	43rd	19th	—no page
11	Charles RedmondEnglish fewer records	945 records	33rd	16th	1003 ratings · all classes
12	Joanna RovinEnglish	9210 records	29th	34th	929 ratings · all classes
13	Jessica OylerEnglish fewer records	954 records	39th	26th	—no page
14	Katherine ReardonEnglish	943 records	25th	4th	—no page
15	Kathleen SteeleEnglish	909 records	28th	6th	702 ratings · all classes
16	Grace ArenasEnglish fewer records	915 records	40th	12th	902 ratings · all classes
17	Jessica PauszekAssistant Professor; Director, First-Year Writing Seminar · English fewer records	924 records	29th	17th	1006 ratings · all classes
18	Lorenzo PuenteEnglish Provisional fewer records	952 records	78th	11th	9817 ratings · all classes
19	Dacia GentilellaUniversity and Capstone	906 records	28th	14th	829 ratings · all classes
20	Simon ShankoEnglish fewer records	923 records	25th	22nd	—no page
21	Christopher BoucherProfessor of the Practice · English Provisional fewer records	942 records	25th	29th	9411 ratings · all classes
22	Shilpi SunejaEnglish	923 records	25th	5th	—no page
23	Isabel LaneEnglish Provisional fewer records	942 records	25th	5th	1003 ratings · all classes
24	Aeron HuntAssociate Professor · English Provisional fewer records	1001 record	—	21st	867 ratings · all classes
25	Megumi DemondEnglish Provisional	1001 record	—	9th	—no page
26	Justin Brown-RamseyEnglish Provisional	991 record	25th	25th	—no page
27	Joshua NguyenEnglish	888 records	26th	17th	—no page
28	Chandler ShawEnglish fewer records	904 records	25th	3rd	—no page
29	Julia AdamoEnglish Provisional fewer records	981 record	25th	11th	—no page
30	Julia WoodwardEnglish Provisional	981 record	25th	53rd	1001 rating · all classes
31	Veronica HouseEnglish Provisional	981 record	25th	36th	—no page
32	Elizabeth DellEnglish Provisional	981 record	25th	40th	—no page
33	Carlo RotellaProfessor · English Provisional	971 record	78th	57th	1006 ratings · all classes
34	Kelly GrayEnglish Provisional	961 record	78th	23rd	—no page
35	Mara KnoeckleinEnglish Provisional	912 records	39th	24th	—no page
36	Collin PrattEnglish Provisional fewer records	951 record	78th	33rd	—no page
37	Jocelyn RiceUndergrad Management Honors/Ethics Provisional	951 record	—	—	—no page
38	Troy WoolseyEnglish Provisional	951 record	—	—	—no page
39	Juliana LundeEnglish Provisional	912 records	25th	2nd	—no page
40	Olivia KerstenEnglish Provisional fewer records	951 record	25th	4th	—no page
41	Yuchen XiongEnglish Provisional	951 record	25th	2nd	—no page
42	Lauren WilwerdingAssistant Professor of the Practice · English	877 records	47th	21st	863 ratings · all classes
43	Avery TomasoEnglish Provisional fewer records	941 record	25th	14th	—no page
44	Garrett PattisonEnglish Provisional	941 record	78th	39th	1003 ratings · all classes
45	Katherine GwydirEnglish Provisional	941 record	25th	9th	—no page
46	Laura SterrettEnglish Provisional	941 record	25th	36th	—no page
47	Patrick SanticEnglish Provisional	941 record	25th	5th	—no page
48	Susan RobertsAssociate Professor of the Practice · English	877 records	46th	11th	9015 ratings · all classes
49	Tess KoettingEnglish	8711 records	43rd	17th	807 ratings · all classes
50	Cassidy AllenEnglish Provisional fewer records	931 record	25th	11th	—no page
51	Daniel DoughertyEnglish Provisional	931 record	78th	29th	—no page
52	Fari CannonEnglish Provisional	931 record	25th	21st	1001 rating · all classes
53	Jacob WirshbaEnglish Provisional	931 record	25th	15th	—no page
54	Grace ThayerEnglish Provisional	921 record	78th	1st	—no page
55	Katie PelkeyEnglish Provisional	921 record	25th	11th	—no page
56	Jared HackworthEnglish Provisional	921 record	—	25th	1001 rating · all classes
57	Gina CaseEnglish Provisional	911 record	25th	5th	—no page
58	Noora AlsabahEnglish Provisional	911 record	25th	9th	—no page
59	Amulya Ravitej BachalaEnglish Provisional	882 records	39th	29th	—no page
60	Alexander ZhuEnglish Provisional fewer records	901 record	25th	1st	—no page
61	Davis RogersEnglish Provisional	901 record	78th	48th	—no page
62	Grace GerrishEnglish Provisional	901 record	78th	15th	—no page
63	Remson DejosephEnglish Provisional	901 record	25th	2nd	—no page
64	Sabina SullivanEnglish	874 records	25th	1st	—no page
65	Jean FranzinoAssistant Professor of the Practice · English	866 records	39th	22nd	803 ratings · all classes
66	Emma HammackEnglish Provisional fewer records	872 records	39th	9th	—no page
67	Heather BrennanEnglish Provisional fewer records	891 record	25th	5th	—no page
68	Grace DanciuEnglish Provisional	881 record	25th	1st	—no page
69	Lila AlonsoEnglish Provisional	881 record	25th	4th	—no page
70	Summer CardarelliEnglish Provisional	881 record	25th	13th	—no page
71	Mali BarkerEnglish Provisional	871 record	78th	9th	—no page
72	Julie DaiEnglish Provisional	861 record	25th	26th	—no page
73	Jenna MirchinEnglish Provisional	861 record	25th	17th	—no page
74	Christopher SchafaleEnglish Provisional	861 record	25th	25th	—no page
75	Deanna DanforthEnglish Provisional	861 record	78th	25th	—no page
76	Victoria OlivieroEnglish Provisional	861 record	25th	3rd	—no page
77	Paul LewisProfessor Emeritus · English Provisional	852 records	39th	9th	862 ratings · all classes
78	Ellie LangeEnglish Provisional	851 record	25th	9th	—no page
79	Morrgan RosenbergEnglish Provisional	851 record	78th	23rd	1001 rating · all classes
80	Rebekah MitseinAssociate Professor; Assistant Chair · English Provisional	852 records	39th	25th	964 ratings · all classes
81	Megan LeaseEnglish Provisional	851 record	78th	9th	—no page
82	Kenneth HaleyEnglish Provisional	851 record	25th	19th	—no page
83	Piper LoehrkeEnglish Provisional	851 record	78th	5th	—no page
84	Margaret SummerfieldEnglish	855 records	25th	2nd	—no page
85	Catherine FisherEnglish Provisional	841 record	25th	9th	—no page
86	Matthew MerskyEnglish	844 records	25th	29th	388 ratings · all classes
87	Eleanor ForestellEnglish Provisional	841 record	25th	0th	—no page
88	Abigail HarrisEnglish Provisional	831 record	78th	15th	1001 rating · all classes
89	Sara LatiniEnglish Provisional	821 record	25th	9th	—no page
90	Megan CrottyEnglish Provisional fewer records	821 record	78th	2nd	628 ratings · all classes
91	Hannah ClayEnglish	846 records	27th	4th	602 ratings · all classes
92	Thomas Kaplan-MaxfieldAssociate Professor of the Practice · English	846 records	45th	25th	—no page
93	Michael LyonsEnglish Provisional	832 records	78th	26th	702 ratings · all classes
94	Alianna GuerraEnglish Provisional	801 record	78th	9th	—no page
95	Christy PottroffAssistant Professor · English Provisional	801 record	78th	41st	—no page
96	Roxana Alvarez SanguinetiEnglish Provisional	801 record	25th	12th	—no page
97	Ryan FayEnglish Provisional	801 record	25th	1st	—no page
98	Shelby JonesEnglish Provisional fewer records	801 record	25th	5th	—no page
99	Noel IngramEnglish	835 records	33rd	3rd	801 rating · all classes
100	Rose O'connorEnglish Provisional	781 record	—	—	—no page
101	Quinn FisherEnglish Provisional fewer records	781 record	—	16th	—no page
102	Matthew GannonEnglish Provisional	812 records	78th	19th	466 ratings · all classes
103	James MasanekEnglish Provisional fewer records	781 record	25th	29th	—no page
104	Maren SchifferEnglish	838 records	43rd	12th	864 ratings · all classes
105	Brendan MccourtEnglish Provisional	771 record	78th	11th	—no page
106	Liam SchmidtEnglish Provisional	771 record	25th	1st	—no page
107	Suzanne MatsonProfessor · English Provisional	771 record	25th	15th	564 ratings · all classes
108	Emily BecklerEnglish Provisional	761 record	25th	2nd	—no page
109	Nicholas StinehourEnglish Provisional fewer records	761 record	25th	0th	602 ratings · all classes
110	Martha HincksEnglish	8314 records	46th	25th	4811 ratings · all classes
111	Tailor DolginEnglish Provisional	751 record	25th	1st	—no page
112	George O'harEnglish Provisional	741 record	—	—	—no page
113	Grace WoodEnglish Provisional	731 record	78th	19th	—no page
114	Min SongProfessor; Department Chair · English Provisional fewer records	731 record	25th	29th	7014 ratings · all classes
115	Krithika VachaliAssistant Professor of the Practice · English	793 records	43rd	5th	702 ratings · all classes
116	Fiona SteacyEnglish	773 records	25th	4th	—no page
117	Julia DavidsonEnglish Provisional fewer records	752 records	39th	1st	—no page
118	Margaret FergusonEnglish	8117 records	33rd	5th	546 ratings · all classes
119	Elizabeth KernsEnglish Provisional fewer records	671 record	25th	9th	—no page
120	Nell WasserstromEnglish Provisional	742 records	78th	36th	807 ratings · all classes
121	John BlegenEnglish Provisional	631 record	25th	0th	—no page
122	Kat MatsonEnglish Provisional fewer records	631 record	25th	4th	—no page
123	Mallory HillaryEnglish	776 records	39th	3rd	743 ratings · all classes
124	Kristin ImreEnglish Provisional	601 record	—	1st	—no page
125	Paul SherbanEnglish Provisional fewer records	601 record	—	0th	—no page
126	Lydia BuchananEnglish	7814 records	39th	4th	646 ratings · all classes
127	Rachel LewisEnglish	755 records	25th	3rd	—no page
128	Kevin ReynoldsEnglish Provisional fewer records	541 record	25th	0th	—no page
129	Jordan ReanierEnglish	745 records	33rd	9th	—no page
130	Allison AdairProfessor of the Practice · English	705 records	45th	51st	805 ratings · all classes
131	Sean MitseinEnglish Provisional fewer records	592 records	93rd	33rd	404 ratings · all classes
132	Nicole FrisbeyEnglish fewer records	685 records	43rd	1st	—no page
133	Brian ZimmermanEnglish	7422 records	46th	34th	7214 ratings · all classes
134	Beth BennettEnglish	675 records	78th	3rd	—no page
135	Melissa O'learyEnglish fewer records	555 records	—	—	—no page
136	Sebastian IvyEnglish	5713 records	79th	16th	3613 ratings · all classes

All 136 instructors listed.

How this board is orderedPositions account for how many records stand behind each number, so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. Every score shown is the real average — only the ordering is adjusted. The comparison here is the class itself: a thin record is read against how this class was rated overall, not against the university.

Every instructor with an evaluation record for this class is on this board — it is not a top ten, and nothing is hidden behind a “show more”. Overall is the instructor's blended score for THIS class only, and its one contributing source is Boston College's evaluations for the sections in the row's record count — nothing on this board is an average across the other things they teach. Workload and Challenge are RANKS against every class we hold, not scores: BC's questions all sit near the top of the 1-5 scale, so a raw number would put almost every row in the high eighties and tell you nothing. Challenge is BC's “intellectually challenging” item, which students answer positively about courses that stretched them — it is not a measure of difficulty or grading. Neither column is ever marked better or worse. 89 of 136 rows are marked provisional: fewer than 3 records stand behind the number. That is thin evidence, not a bad instructor — the record count is in every row. The RateMyProfessors column is an instructor's overall figure across everything they teach; that site has no course dimension, so it is shown for information and kept out of the ranking.

The line

All 13 items · means across 442 records

The Professor4 items

Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.

9030th pctl

Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.

9242nd pctl

Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.

9028th pctl

Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.

9025th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8938th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9037th pctl

Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.

8929th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8622nd pctl

Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.

8421st pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8938th pctl

Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings

WorkloadHow much work the course took outside class, on Boston College's five-band scale — the band boundaries are not published, so this is not a number of hours.

4933rd pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8212th pctl

Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.

8521st pctl

Bar length is the rank against every comparable record we hold, not the raw score: BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so a raw-scale bar would be nearly full on every row and would tell you nothing. Every bar is one ink colour — nothing here is graded green or red. The hatched bars are not ratings at all: a higher number on either describes a different course, not a better one.

Game log

442 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Rebecca Radillo	Spring 2026	01	88	82	40
Joshua Nguyen	Spring 2026	03	89	88	40
Liam Schmidt	Spring 2026	04	77	67	40
Alianna Guerra	Spring 2026	05	80	76	60
Collin Pratt	Spring 2026	06	95	90	60
Avery Tomaso	Spring 2026	07	94	89	40
Tailor Dolgin	Spring 2026	08	75	69	40
Jean Franzino	Spring 2026	09	89	85	60
Amulya Ravitej Bachala	Spring 2026	10	87	71	40
Morrgan Rosenberg	Spring 2026	11	85	75	60
Elizabeth Dell	Spring 2026	12	98	91	40
Ellie Lange	Spring 2026	13	85	75	40
Sara Latini	Spring 2026	14	82	76	40
Grace Thayer	Spring 2026	15	92	82	60
Noora Alsabah	Spring 2026	16	91	87	40
Brian Zimmerman	Spring 2026	17	60	67	40
Yuchen Xiong	Spring 2026	18	95	82	40
Shelley Linso	Spring 2026	20	92	92	60
Quinn Fisher	Spring 2026	21	78	78	—
Joanna Rovin	Spring 2026	22	87	87	40
Gina Case	Spring 2026	23	91	82	40
Grace Wood	Spring 2026	24	73	78	60
Rebecca Radillo	Spring 2026	25	96	80	—
Susan Roberts	Spring 2026	26	98	95	—
Dacia Gentilella	Spring 2026	27	83	83	40

Showing the first 25.

How to read this boardInstructors are ranked on their record in this class only, never on their average across everything they teach. Scores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Workload is BC's own five-band figure, not a number of hours, and is shown as a rank. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero.