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Boston College teaching record

Linda Boardman Liu

Professor of the Practice and Assistant Chairperson

Business Analytics

Official BC profile · Curriculum vitae

Biography

Linda Boardman Liu joined the Carroll School faculty in 2011, bringing with her extensive experience in service operations in the telecommunications field. Her professional experience in the areas of process management, performance management, operations planning and control, and project management are invaluable in the classroom. In her teaching, she frequently draws on both formal academic models and professional experience and encourages students to test theoretical ideas against operational realities. Dr. Boardman Liu is passionate about life-long learning and strives to instill this philosophy in her students by creating a learning environment that engages them in the subject matter. To this end she uses a mix of traditional textbook work, in-class simulations, and in-depth case analysis. She has taught courses in Operations Management, Operations Strategy, Quantitative Analysis, and Project Management. Dr. Boardman Liu is a member of the Decision Sciences Institute, Project Management Institute, and the American Statistical Association.

Official evaluation summary

4.21 / 5

Based on 1,762 aggregate responses from BC Avalanche/Blue evaluations.

Courses taught

Ratings are this instructor’s response-weighted averages from Boston College’s official course evaluations, on a scale of 1 to 5.

  • BZAN1135 Statistical Analysis
    Instructor rating 4.21 / 5 · Course rating 3.93 / 5 · 829 responses
    Taught Spring 2027, Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021
  • BZAN7703 Managerial Statistics
    Instructor rating 4.09 / 5 · Course rating 3.85 / 5 · 570 responses
    Taught Spring 2027, Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024
  • BZAN1137 Statistical Computing: Programming in R
    Instructor rating 4.48 / 5 · Course rating 4.06 / 5 · 266 responses
    Taught Spring 2027, Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021
  • BZAN8031 Managing Projects
    Instructor rating 4.00 / 5 · Course rating 3.71 / 5 · 61 responses
    Taught Summer 2026, Summer 2025, Summer 2024
  • BZAN1020 Seminar in Statistical Analysis & Data Management
    Instructor rating 4.48 / 5 · Course rating 4.18 / 5 · 36 responses
    Taught Fall 2026, Fall 2025, Fall 2024

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