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HIST 1113

The African Diaspora and the World I · 12 instructors on record · 39 sections

What the course score is made of

76BC evaluations39 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2022 – Fall 2025

—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

11thMore challenging than 11% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

81BC — “Intellectually Challenging”39 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

3rdMore work than 3% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

37BC — “Workload”39 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

12 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

Find an instructor among the 12Filters 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. 1 of the 12 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Jacob SalibaHistory	916 records	3rd	25th	1003 ratings · all classes
2	Rachel Speyer BesanconTeaching Assistant · History fewer records	933 records	25th	7th	—no page
3	Andrew JuchnoTeaching Assistant · History	913 records	25th	15th	—no page
4	Nicholas BeinorHistory	913 records	3rd	13th	—no page
5	Meghan MccoyHistory	903 records	25th	24th	—no page
6	Tiffany ThompsonHistory	883 records	2nd	6th	—no page
7	Mia SwensonHistory	853 records	25th	5th	—no page
8	Nicholas QuadriniHistory	843 records	3rd	14th	—no page
9	Abigail HillTeaching Assistant · History	833 records	25th	19th	—no page
10	Priya LalAssociate Professor · History	763 records	25th	6th	7016 ratings · all classes
11	Anna PiecuchTeaching Assistant · History	763 records	3rd	5th	—no page
12	Dominic FerraraHistory	613 records	25th	2nd	—no page

All 12 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. 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 39 records

The Professor4 items

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

9132nd pctl

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

9133rd pctl

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

9029th pctl

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

9023rd pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8623rd pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8623rd pctl

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

8614th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8414th pctl

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

9044th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8727th 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.

373rd pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8111th 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

39 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Priya Lal	Fall 2025	01	75	73	40
Andrew Juchno	Fall 2025	02	92	80	40
Rachel Speyer Besancon	Fall 2025	03	95	75	40
Andrew Juchno	Fall 2025	04	97	85	40
Rachel Speyer Besancon	Fall 2025	05	91	70	40
Anna Piecuch	Fall 2025	06	80	71	20
Rachel Speyer Besancon	Fall 2025	07	93	81	40
Abigail Hill	Fall 2025	08	88	77	40
Jacob Saliba	Fall 2025	09	88	80	20
Anna Piecuch	Fall 2025	10	68	70	40
Andrew Juchno	Fall 2025	11	85	72	40
Jacob Saliba	Fall 2025	12	93	88	40
Abigail Hill	Fall 2025	13	80	78	40
Abigail Hill	Fall 2025	14	81	73	40
Jacob Saliba	Fall 2025	15	98	83	40
Anna Piecuch	Fall 2025	16	80	77	40
Priya Lal	Fall 2024	01	77	74	40
Mia Swenson	Fall 2024	02	87	72	40
Meghan Mccoy	Fall 2024	03	98	85	40
Mia Swenson	Fall 2024	04	85	78	40
Meghan Mccoy	Fall 2024	05	87	78	40
Tiffany Thompson	Fall 2024	06	85	75	20
Mia Swenson	Fall 2024	07	84	69	—
Meghan Mccoy	Fall 2024	08	86	84	40
Jacob Saliba	Fall 2024	09	88	76	20

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.