theCourseForum
connecting you to the courses you love.
theCourseForum is a place for
University of Virginia students to share their academic experiences.
These are captured in the form of course reviews, which provide insight,
advice, and caution to students before course enrollment. We believe
that reading student reflections is the best way to understand a class and
its professor without actually experiencing it.
Of the students, by the students, for the students...
History
Founding
In Fall 2005, two University of Virginia students, Jeff Bordogna and Alan Webb had an idea for an app that would let UVA students share their classroom experiences.
Revival
In 2012-2013, a team of 6 student developers led by Justin Dao redesigned
the site to bring it into the modern age using the Ruby on Rails framework.
"Same dog, new tricks..." - Justin Dao
CIO Era
In 2017, a successful year of recruitment and organizational growth resulted in UVA granting theCourseForum CIO status.
Revival 2.0
In Spring 2020, theCourseForum needed a fresh start. Under the leadership of Brian Yu, Sai Konuri, Brad Knaysi, and Jennifer Long, theCourseForum was re-built from scratch using the Python web-framework Django.
The new site was completed in Fall 2020 with a team led by Jennifer Long, Alex Shen, Jack Liu, Jules Le Menestrel, and Vi Nguyen.
Meet the Team
Executive Team
AJ Nye
President | Product Lead
Class of 2025
Ann Li
VP | Infrastructure Engineering
Class of 2024
Barrett Ruth
VP | Infrastructure Engineering
Class of 2026
Oliver Song
VP | Product Engineering
Class of 2024
Rachita Pathipati
VP | Product Engineering
Class of 2025
Ananya Raam
VP | Design
Class of 2025
Chai Zhang
VP | Marketing
Class of 2025
Jasmine Senesombath
Secretary | Operations Lead
Class of 2024
Caesar Ning
Treasurer
Class of 2024
Hari Gajjala
Data Manager
Class of 2026
Engineering Team
Marketing & Design Team
Rachita Pathipati
Class of 2025
Jasmine Senesombath
Class of 2024
Ananya Raam
Class of 2025
Chai Zhang
Class of 2025
Founders & Alumni
Founders
Jeff Bordogna
Co-Founder
Class of 2007
Alan Webb
Co-Founder
Class of 2007
Class of 2025
Christina Wang
Developer
Anoushka Sarkar
Marketing and Design
Class of 2024
Lilleth Snavely
Marketing and Design
Liza Harold
Marketing and Design
Edmund Chen
Marketing and Design
Sid Tickle
Marketing and Design
Dylan Herbig
Developer
Chase Hildebrand
Crisis Consultant
Class of 2023
Jack Liu
President
Alex Shen
President
Jules Le Menestrel
VP of Product Engineering
Khushi Chawla
VP of Product Engineering
Nikhil Mahajan
Data Manager
Borja Ingle-Fernandez
VP of Infrastructure Engineering
Arjun Kumar
Developer
Joe Kerrigan
Developer
Kartik Chugh
Developer
Max von Schroeter
Marketing
Jeremy Tran
Marketing
Zina Lahham
UX Manager
Dani Szabo
Marketing and Design
Annie Chotikul
Marketing and Design
Andrew Niu
Developer
Josh Dano
Marketing and Design
Class of 2022
Shirley Chu
VP of Marketing and Design
Kimberly Vo
VP of Marketing and Design
Lauren Kim
Social Media Chair
Davis DeLozier
Treasurer
Harshita Pathipati
Developer
Rena Wolinsky
UX Manager
Anne Yong
Community and Outreach Chair
Pragun Ananda
Developer
Twindy Pham
Design
Austin Houck
Developer
Class of 2021
Brian Yu
President
Jennifer Long
President
Nikash Sethi
Developer
Neal Patel
Developer
Dale Wilson
Developer
Alexa Gomez
Developer
Jihoon Park
Developer
James Lim
Developer
Quyen Huynh
Developer
Tina Wang
Marketing
Sierra Arnold
Marketing and Design
Class of 2020
Brad Knaysi
VP of Product Engineering
Sai Konuri
VP of Infrastructure Engineering
Chris Zion
Business Lead
Class of 2019
Varun Patel
Developer
Ayman Mobin
Developer
Rohan Raval
Developer
Justin Barry
Developer
Henry Harris
Developer
Andrew Ton
Developer
Jordan Farquhar
Developer
Anirudh Ryali
Developer
Oliver Nicholas
Operations Lead
Class of 2018
Christine Tsou
Developer
Candace Park
Developer
Apoorva Arunkumar
Developer
Josie Chiao
Developer
Ann Liu
Business
Lizzie Redd
Business
Class of 2017
Alan Wei
Developer
Atallah Hezbor
Developer
Robert Schmidt
Developer
Kienan Adams
Developer
Lawrence Hook
Developer
Mario Sukkar
Developer
Daniel Coo
Developer
Ian Zheng
Developer
Lewis Jones
Business
Class of 2016
Sean Spector
Business
Class of 2015
Justin Dao
Developer
Brian Whitlow
Developer
Alex Aberman
Data Engineering
Alex Bergman
Graphic Design
Sara Neel
Graphic Design
Thanks to our Sponsors
Our sponsors help us cover server costs from the large amount of traffic that we get. Their help has allowed the site to stay up and running continuously as we keep developing new features.
