Boston College teaching record

Peyton Paxson

Part-time Faculty

Advancing Studies

Biography

Peyton Paxson has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in colleges and universities in Texas, Colorado, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. He has published books and presented at academic conferences on the subjects of media literacy, media and communication studies, and prison reform.

Official evaluation summary

4.39 / 5

Based on 137 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.

ADCJ3051 American Institutions
Instructor rating 4.54 / 5 · Course rating 4.43 / 5 · 57 responses
Taught Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
ADCJ3010 Criminal Law and Procedure
Instructor rating 4.26 / 5 · Course rating 4.29 / 5 · 34 responses
Taught Fall 2025, Fall 2023
ADCO1020 Survey of Mass Communication
Instructor rating 4.30 / 5 · Course rating 4.23 / 5 · 22 responses
Taught Spring 2023, Fall 2021
ADCJ2101 Corrections: Policies and Practices
Instructor rating 4.00 / 5 · Course rating 3.94 / 5 · 17 responses
Taught Spring 2023
ADCJ4100 Corrections: Policies and Practices
Instructor rating 5.00 / 5 · Course rating 4.86 / 5 · 7 responses
Taught Spring 2026

Data freshness

Profile and evaluation data last updated 2026-10-09. See Data Sources for provenance and limitations.