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POLI 2665

The Question of Justice · 9 instructors on record · 19 sections

What the course score is made of

80BC evaluations19 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

65thMore challenging than 65% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

93BC — “Intellectually Challenging”19 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

40thMore work than 40% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

52BC — “Workload”19 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

9 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

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 9 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Nathan DavisPolitical Science Provisional	1001 record	25th	87th	—no page
2	William LombardoPolitical Science Provisional	961 record	78th	100th	—no page
3	Mary Jane PorzenheimPolitical Science Provisional	961 record	78th	91st	—no page
4	Ethan CutlerPolitical Science Provisional	881 record	25th	52nd	—no page
5	Sasha RickardPolitical Science Provisional fewer records	801 record	—	69th	—no page
6	Nasser BehnegarAssociate Professor · Political Science	839 records	39th	60th	664 ratings · all classes
7	Paul WilfordPolitical Science	823 records	39th	81st	885 ratings · all classes
8	William HigginsPolitical Science Provisional	771 record	78th	39th	—no page
9	Yiyang ZhugePolitical Science Provisional	731 record	78th	19th	—no page

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. 7 of 9 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 19 records

The Professor4 items

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

8512th pctl

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

8511th pctl

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

8615th pctl

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

8715th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8833rd pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8726th pctl

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

9029th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9041st pctl

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

8216th 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.

5240th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9365th pctl

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

9677th 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

19 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Nasser Behnegar	Spring 2026	01	95	97	60
William Lombardo	Spring 2026	01	96	97	60
Nasser Behnegar	Spring 2026	02	76	73	40
Ethan Cutler	Spring 2026	03	88	83	40
Nasser Behnegar	Spring 2026	03	89	83	40
Nasser Behnegar	Spring 2024	01	68	63	40
Nasser Behnegar	Spring 2024	02	50	63	60
Yiyang Zhuge	Spring 2024	02	73	63	60
Mary Jane Porzenheim	Spring 2024	03	96	84	60
Nasser Behnegar	Spring 2024	03	100	84	60
Paul Wilford	Fall 2022	01	86	86	60
Paul Wilford	Fall 2022	02	100	80	40
Paul Wilford	Fall 2022	03	60	73	—
Sasha Rickard	Fall 2022	03	80	73	—
Nasser Behnegar	Fall 2021	01	90	83	60
Nasser Behnegar	Fall 2021	02	80	69	60
William Higgins	Fall 2021	02	77	69	60
Nasser Behnegar	Fall 2021	03	100	97	40
Nathan Davis	Fall 2021	03	100	97	40

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.