Boston College teaching record

Vincent Portillo

Assistant Professor of the Practice

English

Biography

Professor Portillo specializes in composition and cultural rhetoric. His research interests include industrial archives, language politics and Americanization. His current project examines histories of English language education at Ford Motors and the Ford Motors English School (1914-1919). Professor Portillo is the director of the Writing Fellows Program. He is an archive assistant for The FWWCP Archival Project . He is also the Consulting Editor and Project Profiles Editor for Community Literacy Journal and is an advisory board member of the Coalition for Community Writing .

Official evaluation summary

4.64 / 5

Based on 212 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.

ENGL1010 First Year Writing Seminar
Instructor rating 4.67 / 5 · Course rating 4.40 / 5 · 128 responses
Taught Spring 2027, Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021
ENGL3821 Sporting Rhetorics: Language, Games, and Culture
Instructor rating 4.64 / 5 · Course rating 4.51 / 5 · 65 responses
Taught Spring 2027, Spring 2026, Spring 2025, Spring 2024
ENGL3825 True Crime: Scoundrels, Villains, and Vice
Instructor rating 4.57 / 5 · Course rating 4.50 / 5 · 16 responses
Taught Fall 2026, Fall 2025
ENGL1080 Literature Core
Instructor rating 4.00 / 5 · Course rating 4.00 / 5 · 3 responses
Taught Summer 2024

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