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


Barrett Ruth
Barrett Ruth

President | Product Lead

Class of 2026

AJ Nye
AJ Nye

VP | Infrastructure Engineering

Class of 2025

Justin Park
Justin Park

VP | Infrastructure Engineering

Class of 2026

Alex Yung
Alex Yung

VP | Infrastructure Engineering

Class of 2026

Kyle Durrer
Kyle Durrer

VP | Product Engineering

Class of 2025

Zohaib Khalid
Zohaib Khalid

VP | Product Engineering

Class of 2025

Luke Kohler
Luke Kohler

VP | Product Engineering

Class of 2026

Chai Zhang
Chai Zhang

VP | Design

Class of 2025

Alyssa Zhang
Alyssa Zhang

VP | Marketing

Class of 2027

Julie Huang
Julie Huang

Treasurer

Class of 2027

Vivian Gao
Vivian Gao

Secretary

Class of 2027

Engineering Team


AJ Nye
AJ Nye

Class of 2025

Ann Li
Ann Li

Class of 2024

Barrett Ruth
Barrett Ruth

Class of 2026

Hari Gajjala
Hari Gajjala

Class of 2026

Neha Bagalkot
Neha Bagalkot

Class of 2024

Ruiyu Zhang
Ruiyu Zhang

Class of 2026

Kyle Durrer
Kyle Durrer

Class of 2024

Alex Yung
Alex Yung

Class of 2026

Bryan Katuari
Bryan Katuari

Class of 2026

Luke Kohler
Luke Kohler

Class of 2026

Vincent Song
Vincent Song

Class of 2025

Arthur Wu
Arthur Wu

Class of 2027

Zohaib Khalid
Zohaib Khalid

Class of 2025

Kingsley Kim
Kingsley Kim

Class of 2026

Artie Humphreys
Artie Humphreys

Class of 2026

Blaire Zhao
Blaire Zhao

Class of 2026

Junho Lee
Junho Lee

Class of 2025

Ja-Zhua Cheng
Ja-Zhua Cheng

Class of 2025

Justin Park
Justin Park

Class of 2026

Vivian Gao
Vivian Gao

Class of 2027

Jay Lalwani
Jay Lalwani

Class of 2027

Olivia Seto
Olivia Seto

Class of 2025

Sebastian Wiktorowicz
Sebastian Wiktorowicz

Class of 2026

Tino Martella
Tino Martella

Class of 2026

Marketing & Design Team


Chai Zhang
Chai Zhang

Class of 2025

Founders & Alumni

Founders


Jeff Bordogna

Jeff Bordogna
Co-Founder

Class of 2007

Alan Webb

Alan Webb
Co-Founder

Class of 2007

Class of 2026


Tommy Lam
Tommy Lam
Developer
Raffi Khondaker
Raffi Khondaker
Developer

Class of 2025


Christina Wang
Christina Wang
Developer
Anoushka Sarkar
Anoushka Sarkar
Marketing and Design
Riley Fletcher
Riley Fletcher
Developer
Ananya Raam
Ananya Raam
Designer
Rachita Pathipati
Rachita Pathipati
VP | Marketing & Design

Class of 2024


Oliver Song
Oliver Song
Treasurer
Lilian Zhang
Lilian Zhang
Developer
Jasmine Senesombath
Jasmine Senesombath
Designer
Caesar Ning
Caesar Ning
Developer
Lilleth Snavely
Lilleth Snavely
Marketing and Design
Liza Harold
Liza Harold
Marketing and Design
Edmund Chen
Edmund Chen
Marketing and Design
Sid Tickle
Sid Tickle
Marketing and Design
Dylan Herbig
Dylan Herbig
Developer
Chase Hildebrand
Chase Hildebrand
Crisis Consultant

Class of 2023


Jack Liu
Jack Liu
President
Alex Shen
Alex Shen
President
Jules Le Menestrel
Jules Le Menestrel
VP of Product Engineering
Khushi Chawla
Khushi Chawla
VP of Product Engineering
Nikhil Mahajan
Nikhil Mahajan
Data Manager
Borja Ingle-Fernandez
Borja Ingle-Fernandez
VP of Infrastructure Engineering
Arjun Kumar
Arjun Kumar
Developer
Joe Kerrigan
Joe Kerrigan
Developer
Kartik Chugh
Kartik Chugh
Developer
Max von Schroeter
Max von Schroeter
Marketing
Jeremy Tran
Jeremy Tran
Marketing
Zina Lahham
Zina Lahham
UX Manager
Dani Szabo
Dani Szabo
Marketing and Design
Annie Chotikul
Annie Chotikul
Marketing and Design
Andrew Niu
Andrew Niu
Developer
Josh Dano
Josh Dano
Marketing and Design

Class of 2022


Shirley Chu
Shirley Chu
VP of Marketing and Design
Kimberly Vo
Kimberly Vo
VP of Marketing and Design
Lauren Kim
Lauren Kim
Social Media Chair
Davis DeLozier
Davis DeLozier
Treasurer
Harshita Pathipati
Harshita Pathipati
Developer
Rena Wolinsky
Rena Wolinsky
UX Manager
Anne Yong
Anne Yong
Community and Outreach Chair
Pragun Ananda
Pragun Ananda
Developer
Twindy Pham
Twindy Pham
Design
Austin Houck
Austin Houck
Developer

Class of 2021


Brian Yu
Brian Yu
President
Jennifer Long
Jennifer Long
President
Nikash Sethi
Nikash Sethi
Developer
Neal Patel
Neal Patel
Developer
Dale Wilson
Dale Wilson
Developer
Alexa Gomez
Alexa Gomez
Developer
Jihoon Park
Jihoon Park
Developer
James Lim
James Lim
Developer
Quyen Huynh
Quyen Huynh
Developer
Tina Wang
Tina Wang
Marketing
Sierra Arnold
Sierra Arnold
Marketing and Design

Class of 2020


Brad Knaysi
Brad Knaysi
VP of Product Engineering
Sai Konuri
Sai Konuri
VP of Infrastructure Engineering
Chris Zion
Chris Zion
Business Lead

Class of 2019


Varun Patel
Varun Patel
Developer
Ayman Mobin
Ayman Mobin
Developer
Rohan Raval
Rohan Raval
Developer
Justin Barry
Justin Barry
Developer
Henry Harris
Henry Harris
Developer
Andrew Ton
Andrew Ton
Developer
Jordan Farquhar
Jordan Farquhar
Developer
Anirudh Ryali
Anirudh Ryali
Developer
Oliver Nicholas
Oliver Nicholas
Operations Lead

Class of 2018


Christine Tsou
Christine Tsou
Developer
Candace Park
Candace Park
Developer
Apoorva Arunkumar
Apoorva Arunkumar
Developer
Josie Chiao
Josie Chiao
Developer
Ann Liu
Ann Liu
Business
Lizzie Redd
Lizzie Redd
Business

Class of 2017


Alan Wei
Alan Wei
Developer
Atallah Hezbor
Atallah Hezbor
Developer
Robert Schmidt
Robert Schmidt
Developer
Kienan Adams
Kienan Adams
Developer
Lawrence Hook
Lawrence Hook
Developer
Mario Sukkar
Mario Sukkar
Developer
Daniel Coo
Daniel Coo
Developer
Ian Zheng
Ian Zheng
Developer
Lewis Jones
Lewis Jones
Business

Class of 2016


Sean Spector
Sean Spector
Business

Class of 2015


Justin Dao
Justin Dao
Developer
Brian Whitlow
Brian Whitlow
Developer
Alex Aberman
Alex Aberman
Data Engineering
Alex Bergman
Alex Bergman
Graphic Design
Sara Neel
Sara Neel
Graphic Design

Thanks to our Sponsors

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