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ENVS 2256

Environmental Law and Policy · 24 instructors on record · 43 sections

What the course score is made of

88BC evaluations43 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2022 – 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

51stMore challenging than 51% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

91BC — “Intellectually Challenging”43 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

28thMore work than 28% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

44BC — “Workload”43 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.

The board

24 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

Find an instructor among the 24Filters 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. 2 of the 24 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Libby DimensteinEnvironmental Studies Provisional	981 record	—	80th	—no page
2	Jeffry FowleyEnvironmental Studies	934 records	30th	56th	564 ratings · all classes
3	Benjamin SkillinEnvironmental Studies Provisional fewer records	971 record	25th	41st	—no page
4	Fiona MaguireEnvironmental Studies Provisional	971 record	25th	41st	—no page
5	Haley RowlandsEnvironmental Studies Provisional	971 record	78th	27th	—no page
6	Tyler WelshEnvironmental Studies Provisional	971 record	25th	57th	—no page
7	Korinna GarfieldEnvironmental Studies Provisional	961 record	78th	27th	—no page
8	Ethan BuschEnvironmental Studies Provisional	961 record	25th	65th	—no page
9	Abigail LafontanEnvironmental Studies Provisional	951 record	25th	30th	—no page
10	Samantha PerlmanEnvironmental Studies Provisional	951 record	25th	82nd	—no page
11	Edwin WardEnvironmental Studies Provisional	941 record	—	56th	—no page
12	Jarrod KoesterEnvironmental Studies Provisional	941 record	25th	30th	—no page
13	Christopher BervenEnvironmental Studies Provisional	941 record	25th	58th	—no page
14	Katherine MinoriniEnvironmental Studies Provisional	921 record	25th	64th	—no page
15	Hannah JacksonEnvironmental Studies Provisional	921 record	25th	36th	—no page
16	Adam LubanEnvironmental Studies Provisional	921 record	25th	42nd	—no page
17	William BlanchetteEnvironmental Studies Provisional	911 record	25th	64th	—no page
18	Mogran BrooksEnvironmental Studies Provisional	901 record	—	60th	—no page
19	Donald FaganEnvironmental Studies Provisional	891 record	25th	58th	—no page
20	Kevin MurphyEnvironmental Studies Provisional	891 record	78th	43rd	—no page
21	Tyler RoderickEnvironmental Studies Provisional	881 record	25th	56th	—no page
22	Emy MetzgerEnvironmental Studies Provisional fewer records	861 record	25th	36th	—no page
23	Zygmunt PlaterEnvironmental Studies	8810 records	30th	53rd	—no page
24	Michael TierneyEnvironmental Studies	818 records	26th	50th	—no page

All 24 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. 21 of 24 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 43 records

The Professor4 items

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

8820th pctl

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

8612th pctl

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

8821st pctl

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

8919th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9360th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9358th pctl

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

9353rd pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9255th pctl

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

8521st pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8622nd 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.

4428th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9151st pctl

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

9043rd 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

43 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Michael Tierney	Spring 2026	01	80	87	40
Tyler Roderick	Spring 2026	01	88	87	40
Ethan Busch	Spring 2026	02	96	94	40
Michael Tierney	Spring 2026	02	80	94	40
Michael Tierney	Spring 2026	03	76	90	40
Michael Tierney	Spring 2026	04	92	73	—
Mogran Brooks	Spring 2026	04	90	73	—
Michael Tierney	Spring 2025	01	94	95	40
Tyler Welsh	Spring 2025	01	97	95	40
Michael Tierney	Spring 2025	02	60	53	40
Michael Tierney	Spring 2025	03	86	95	60
Adam Luban	Spring 2025	04	92	85	40
Michael Tierney	Spring 2025	04	80	85	40
Edwin Ward	Spring 2024	01	94	91	—
Jeffry Fowley	Spring 2024	01	96	91	—
Haley Rowlands	Spring 2024	02	97	91	60
Jeffry Fowley	Spring 2024	02	90	91	60
Korinna Garfield	Spring 2024	02	96	91	60
Christopher Berven	Spring 2024	03	94	91	40
Donald Fagan	Spring 2024	03	89	91	40
Jeffry Fowley	Spring 2024	03	93	91	40
Jeffry Fowley	Spring 2024	04	91	82	40
Samantha Perlman	Spring 2024	04	95	82	40
Benjamin Skillin	Spring 2023	01	97	92	40
Fiona Maguire	Spring 2023	01	97	92	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.