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ENGL 1080

Literature Core · 90 instructors on record · 257 sections

What the course score is made of

80BC evaluations257 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

18thMore challenging than 18% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

84BC — “Intellectually Challenging”257 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

39thMore work than 39% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

50BC — “Workload”257 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.

In Literature Core, students explore the principal motives which prompt people to read literature: to assemble and assess the shape and values of one's own culture, to discover alternative ways of looking at the world, to gain insight into issues of permanent human importance as well as issues of contemporary urgency, and to enjoy the linguistic and formal satisfactions of literary art. Literature Core will strive to develop the student's capacity to read and write with clarity and engagement, to allow for that dialogue between the past and present we call history, and to provide an introduction to literary genres. For course descriptions of the individual sections please see:www.bc.edu/literaturecore

The board

90 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

Find an instructor among the 90Filters 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. 26 of the 90 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Lorenzo PuenteEnglish	976 records	78th	43rd	9817 ratings · all classes
2	Luke BrownEnglish fewer records	984 records	30th	69th	1003 ratings · all classes
3	Christy PottroffAssistant Professor · English	963 records	30th	13th	—no page
4	Kelly GrayEnglish	935 records	28th	17th	—no page
5	Maia McaleaveyAssociate Professor; Director of English Literature Core · English Provisional fewer records	992 records	25th	44th	966 ratings · all classes
6	Nicholas AdlerEnglish Provisional	982 records	39th	29th	—no page
7	Megan Bowman ArndtEnglish Provisional	982 records	25th	17th	—no page
8	Andrew PetraccaEnglish Provisional	982 records	25th	21st	—no page
9	Kelley GlasgowEnglish Provisional	982 records	25th	41st	1004 ratings · all classes
10	John AldenEnglish Provisional	972 records	39th	21st	—no page
11	Julia WoodwardEnglish	923 records	25th	5th	1001 rating · all classes
12	Lauren Crockett-GirardEnglish Provisional fewer records	942 records	25th	13th	—no page
13	Heather BrennanEnglish Provisional fewer records	1001 record	93rd	9th	—no page
14	Rebekah WaalkesEnglish Provisional	991 record	78th	65th	—no page
15	Laura TannerProfessor · English Provisional	932 records	78th	27th	9412 ratings · all classes
16	Daniel DoughertyEnglish Provisional fewer records	991 record	78th	6th	—no page
17	Robert BaskinEnglish Provisional	991 record	78th	17th	—no page
18	Marla DerosaProfessor of the Practice; Director of Undergraduate Studies · English Provisional	932 records	100th	48th	949 ratings · all classes
19	Noel IngramEnglish Provisional fewer records	981 record	25th	12th	801 rating · all classes
20	Emma HammackEnglish	913 records	39th	19th	—no page
21	Catherine EnwrightEnglish	903 records	30th	23rd	—no page
22	Robert StantonAssociate Professor; Director, M.A. Program · English Provisional fewer records	961 record	25th	10th	1004 ratings · all classes
23	Justin Brown-RamseyEnglish Provisional	951 record	78th	27th	—no page
24	Joseph NugentProfessor of the Practice · English	8710 records	78th	39th	864 ratings · all classes
25	Alan RichardsonProfessor Emeritus · English Provisional fewer records	912 records	25th	27th	729 ratings · all classes
26	Joanne MikulaEnglish Provisional	902 records	25th	9th	—no page
27	Amy BoeskyProfessor · English Provisional fewer records	941 record	25th	50th	889 ratings · all classes
28	Jocelyn RiceUndergrad Management Honors/Ethics Provisional	941 record	78th	14th	—no page
29	Kristen CaseEnglish Provisional	941 record	—	13th	—no page
30	Benjamin PaulEnglish Provisional	902 records	25th	36th	—no page
31	Thomas DichterEnglish Provisional	902 records	25th	29th	864 ratings · all classes
32	Thomas Kaplan-MaxfieldAssociate Professor of the Practice · English	8718 records	30th	32nd	—no page
33	Aeron HuntAssociate Professor · English Provisional fewer records	931 record	25th	36th	867 ratings · all classes
34	Malamatenia WilsonEnglish Provisional	931 record	—	26th	—no page
35	Cassidy AllenEnglish Provisional	921 record	25th	3rd	—no page
36	Holly WiegandEnglish Provisional	921 record	78th	36th	—no page
37	Andrew SoferProfessor · English	874 records	45th	22nd	8211 ratings · all classes
38	Margaret SummerfieldEnglish	874 records	25th	6th	—no page
39	Jessica PauszekAssistant Professor; Director, First-Year Writing Seminar · English Provisional fewer records	911 record	25th	16th	1006 ratings · all classes
40	Marjorie HowesProfessor, English and Irish Studies · English	875 records	28th	19th	787 ratings · all classes
41	Susan RobertsAssociate Professor of the Practice · English	868 records	30th	25th	9015 ratings · all classes
42	Paula MathieuAssociate Professor · English Provisional fewer records	882 records	25th	15th	787 ratings · all classes
43	Bonnie RudnerAssociate Professor of the Practice · English	867 records	30th	11th	8613 ratings · all classes
44	Abigail TetzlaffEnglish Provisional fewer records	891 record	78th	15th	—no page
45	Nell WasserstromEnglish Provisional	891 record	25th	27th	807 ratings · all classes
46	Colleen TaylorAssistant Professor, English & Irish Studies · English Provisional	891 record	78th	56th	—no page
47	Grace GerrishEnglish Provisional	872 records	78th	25th	—no page
48	Jovonna JonesAssistant Professor, English and African & African Diaspora Studies · English Provisional fewer records	881 record	—	—	—no page
49	Isabel LaneEnglish Provisional	881 record	25th	1st	1003 ratings · all classes
50	Brian ZimmermanEnglish Provisional	871 record	78th	42nd	7214 ratings · all classes
51	Theodore LehreEnglish Provisional	871 record	25th	25th	—no page
52	Chandler ShawEnglish Provisional	871 record	25th	2nd	—no page
53	Troy WoolseyEnglish Provisional	862 records	78th	40th	—no page
54	Kara MccabeEnglish Provisional	862 records	25th	29th	1001 rating · all classes
55	Daniel LeonardEnglish	843 records	30th	3rd	—no page
56	James SmithProfessor of English & Irish Studies · English Provisional	842 records	78th	53rd	—no page
57	Christopher BoucherProfessor of the Practice · English	846 records	46th	14th	9411 ratings · all classes
58	Treseanne AinsworthEnglish	844 records	78th	56th	6612 ratings · all classes
59	Matthew MesserEnglish Provisional	832 records	25th	34th	1002 ratings · all classes
60	Rebekah MitseinAssociate Professor; Assistant Chair · English Provisional	801 record	25th	27th	964 ratings · all classes
61	Vincent PortilloAssistant Professor of the Practice · English Provisional fewer records	801 record	—	29th	965 ratings · all classes
62	Lauren WilwerdingAssistant Professor of the Practice · English	836 records	78th	27th	863 ratings · all classes
63	James NajarianAssociate Professor · English Provisional	812 records	39th	13th	863 ratings · all classes
64	Emily PalermoEnglish Provisional	802 records	78th	14th	—no page
65	George O'harEnglish Provisional	771 record	—	—	—no page
66	Gayathri GoelEnglish Provisional fewer records	761 record	25th	6th	663 ratings · all classes
67	Fangfei WangEnglish Provisional	802 records	39th	12th	—no page
68	Pyunghwa LeeEnglish Provisional	761 record	25th	1st	—no page
69	Sylvester KahyanaEnglish Provisional fewer records	741 record	25th	5th	—no page
70	Krithika VachaliAssistant Professor of the Practice · English	816 records	33rd	9th	702 ratings · all classes
71	John YargoAssistant Professor · English Provisional	782 records	25th	6th	—no page
72	Kevin OhiProfessor · English Provisional	782 records	25th	12th	685 ratings · all classes
73	Susan MichalczykFilm Studies Provisional fewer records	731 record	—	13th	6618 ratings · all classes
74	Kenneth HaleyEnglish	793 records	25th	5th	—no page
75	Allison CurseenCooney Family Assistant Professor · English Provisional	711 record	78th	9th	—no page
76	Elizabeth KirschnerEnglish Provisional	711 record	25th	0th	201 rating · all classes
77	Clare DunsfordEnglish Provisional fewer records	691 record	78th	5th	604 ratings · all classes
78	Sharon WoffordEnglish Provisional fewer records	762 records	78th	9th	—no page
79	Allison AdairProfessor of the Practice · English fewer records	795 records	46th	33rd	805 ratings · all classes
80	Jean FranzinoAssistant Professor of the Practice · English	808 records	43rd	12th	803 ratings · all classes
81	Robert LehmanAssociate Professor · English fewer records	764 records	78th	39th	965 ratings · all classes
82	Matthew GannonEnglish fewer records	775 records	43rd	6th	466 ratings · all classes
83	Megan CrottyEnglish	789 records	41st	9th	628 ratings · all classes
84	Thomas EpsteinProfessor of the Practice · Classical Studies	765 records	78th	29th	6813 ratings · all classes
85	Matthew MerskyEnglish	767 records	27th	14th	388 ratings · all classes
86	Rhonda FrederickProfessor, English and African & African Diaspora Studies · English Provisional fewer records	672 records	39th	5th	428 ratings · all classes
87	Sabina SullivanEnglish fewer records	713 records	25th	2nd	—no page
88	Kalpana SeshadriProfessor · English	734 records	39th	11th	5210 ratings · all classes
89	Aaron DellEnglish Provisional fewer records	652 records	39th	4th	601 rating · all classes
90	Frances RestucciaProfessor · English	759 records	45th	29th	6213 ratings · all classes

All 90 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. 60 of 90 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 257 records

The Professor4 items

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

8926th pctl

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

9132nd pctl

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

8926th pctl

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

9130th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8728th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8622nd pctl

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

8513th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8621st pctl

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

8524th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8831st 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.

5039th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8418th pctl

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

8728th 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

257 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Luke Brown	Spring 2026	02	99	95	40
John Alden	Spring 2026	03	98	97	60
Brian Zimmerman	Spring 2026	04	87	82	60
Lauren Wilwerding	Spring 2026	05	78	74	60
Krithika Vachali	Spring 2026	06	89	73	—
Lauren Wilwerding	Spring 2026	07	80	71	60
Thomas Epstein	Spring 2026	08	79	73	60
Kelly Gray	Spring 2026	09	99	96	40
Kristen Case	Spring 2026	10	94	92	—
Maia Mcaleavey	Spring 2026	11	99	93	40
Frances Restuccia	Spring 2026	12	75	75	60
Robert Baskin	Spring 2026	13	99	95	60
Thomas Kaplan-Maxfield	Spring 2026	14	92	81	40
Allison Adair	Spring 2026	15	76	73	40
Lorenzo Puente	Spring 2026	16	100	95	60
Matthew Mersky	Spring 2026	17	75	68	40
Joseph Nugent	Spring 2026	18	88	84	60
Daniel Leonard	Spring 2026	19	85	80	40
Julia Woodward	Spring 2026	20	96	92	40
Joanne Mikula	Spring 2026	21	92	81	40
Daniel Leonard	Spring 2026	22	89	84	60
Krithika Vachali	Spring 2026	23	78	68	60
Catherine Enwright	Spring 2026	24	90	85	40
Marjorie Howes	Spring 2026	25	88	82	40
Rebekah Waalkes	Spring 2026	26	99	99	60

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.