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THEO 2160

The Challenge of Justice · 7 instructors on record · 24 sections

What the course score is made of

88BC evaluations24 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

58thMore challenging than 58% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

92BC — “Intellectually Challenging”24 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

43rdMore work than 43% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

54BC — “Workload”24 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.

This course introduces the student to the principal understandings of justice that have developed in the Western philosophical and theological traditions. Care is taken to relate the theories to concrete, practical and political problems, and to develop good reasons for choosing one way of justice rather than another. The relationship of justice to the complementary notion of peace will also be examined. Special attention is paid to the contribution of Catholic theology in the contemporary public conversation about justice and peace. Problems discussed may include human rights, hunger and poverty, and ecological justice.

The board

7 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 7 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Joshua SnyderAssociate Professor of the Practice · Theology	9810 records	39th	76th	1002 ratings · all classes
2	Stephen PopeProfessor · Theology fewer records	1003 records	78th	88th	—no page
3	Katherine Jackson-MeyerTheology Provisional	981 record	25th	70th	—no page
4	Nelly Wamaitha WambuiInternational Studies Provisional	911 record	—	—	—no page
5	Tiffany Hartnell-HowdenTheology Provisional	862 records	78th	29th	—no page
6	Michael Vanzandt CollinsTheology Provisional	831 record	78th	63rd	—no page
7	Teva ReguleTheology	746 records	46th	23rd	—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. 4 of 7 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 24 records

The Professor4 items

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

9454th pctl

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

9450th pctl

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

9345th pctl

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

9445th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9467th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9464th pctl

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

9565th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9259th pctl

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

9256th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9359th 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.

5443rd pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9258th pctl

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

9571st 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

24 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Joshua Snyder	Spring 2026	01	95	89	60
Teva Regule	Spring 2026	02	53	61	40
Tiffany Hartnell-Howden	Fall 2025	01	88	84	—
Joshua Snyder	Fall 2025	02	98	95	40
Teva Regule	Fall 2025	03	81	80	60
Joshua Snyder	Spring 2025	01	100	98	40
Teva Regule	Spring 2025	02	63	71	60
Stephen Pope	Fall 2024	01	100	99	60
Joshua Snyder	Fall 2024	02	97	91	40
Teva Regule	Fall 2024	03	78	84	60
Joshua Snyder	Spring 2024	01	99	96	40
Teva Regule	Spring 2024	02	83	85	60
Nelly Wamaitha Wambui	Fall 2023	01	91	85	—
Joshua Snyder	Fall 2023	02	97	94	—
Teva Regule	Fall 2023	03	87	82	—
Joshua Snyder	Spring 2023	01	97	92	60
Tiffany Hartnell-Howden	Spring 2023	02	84	80	60
Stephen Pope	Fall 2022	01	100	99	60
Joshua Snyder	Fall 2022	02	99	95	60
Joshua Snyder	Spring 2022	01	99	96	60
Katherine Jackson-Meyer	Spring 2022	02	98	96	40
Stephen Pope	Fall 2021	01	99	98	60
Joshua Snyder	Fall 2021	02	96	92	60
Michael Vanzandt Collins	Fall 2021	03	83	81	60

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.