Staff

Ruth Anderson   she/her

Email: rea

About: I grew up in North Carolina and did my PhD here in the Allen School. I worked in Programming Languages, Compilers, and Parallel Computing before doing my PhD in Educational Technology & Pen Computing. I also taught CS at the University of Virginia for 5 years. I've worked a bit in applying Computing to problems in the Developing World but mostly these days my research is in Computer Science Education. This quarter I am teaching CSE 332 and CSE 160. Ask me about the CS Education seminar CSE590E. I love to get outdoors whenever I can: running, hiking, backpacking.

Aayushi Modi   she/her

Email: avmodi

About: Hi! I'm a second-year student from Sammamish, WA. I took 332 this past spring, so I'm super familiar with the online format of the course, and I'm so excited to be a TA! I love to dance, and I'm on UW Raas, an Indian dance team. I also love reading (I just reread the Harry Potter series), listening to music (especially Taylor Swift, Post Malone, and any Bollywood), watching Marvel movies, and exploring the outdoors. Can't wait to meet everyone!

Richard Jiang   he/him

Email: rjiang98

About: Hi! I'm a 5th year masters student here at UW, I've TA'd this course countless times and am excited to do it again. I was born in the Bay Area, raised in Portland, and been in Seattle the past four years, so I'm as west coast as it gets. Feel free to reach out to talk about anything; my undergrad experience, TAing, interviewing, or anything else! I'd love to get to know everyone.

Sashu Shankar   she/her

Email: sashws

About: Hello! I’m currently a sophomore and will be living in Redmond, WA for this quarter. CSE 332 has been my favorite class at UW, so I’m super excited to get the chance to work with all of you! Aside from school, I’m on an Indian classical dance team, UW Natya and also learn from a performing artist back in India! I love listening to all kinds of music so definitely hit me up with any song recs (chances are I probably don’t know them). I love talking to new people, so don’t be afraid to reach out about anything even if its at 3 am, I’m usually awake 🙂

Winston Jodjana   he/him

Email: winj

About: I grew up in Indonesia but came here 2 years ago after getting accepted into UW. I initially intended to do EE but found CS to be much more interesting so here I am. I enjoy playing video games and am currently playing Apex, R6S (only for the new season), and Genshin Impact (hmu for my Discord tag - I need more friends :) ). I've also been spending my quarantine days reading a bunch of manga and watching anime.

Hamsa Shankar   she/her

Email: hamsas

About: I grew up in the Redmond/Sammamish area and took my first programming course in high school where I discovered my passion for CS. I was a TA for the course this past summer and I’m so excited to TA again! Some of my hobbies include playing piano and arts and crafts. I’m always down to talk about anything Disney or musical related so feel free to ask me about that or anything else!

Jeffery Tian   he/him

Email: jefftian

About: I am a rising junior in computer science and I have been living in the Seattle area for most of my life. I have been a TA for cse 351 for two quarters and I have been a TA for this class once before. Conversation starters: I enjoy musical theater, rock climbing, skiing, being a TA. Feel free to ask me about anything I just mentioned or anything else.

Kevin Pham   he/him

Email: kevinp7

About: Hi! I'm a senior in computer science. Outside of CS I like to playing piano, binging shows on Netflix, or cooking. I also volunteer with a nonprofit at UW called Camp Kesem that helps kids affected by a parent's cancer. CSE 332 is one of my favorite classes and I hope you all enjoy it!

Diya Joy   she/her

Email: diyajoy

About: I like cats, reading, and sleeping! I'm currently pursuing a CS + physics double major, and this quarter I'm taking compilers and a quantum computing seminar!

Hans Zhang   he/him

Email: hans00

About: I grew up in Shanghai, and moved to Seattle five years ago. I started studying computer science during my freshman year at UW, and I really enjoyed CSE 332 when I first took it. I am very excited to be a teaching assistant for this course! Please come by my office hour; we can chat about anything :)