Aileen Wu

Aileen Wu

Predoc at SIEPR | UC Berkeley Economics & Data Science '25

Teaching

Lead Undergraduate Student Instructor - Data 8: Foundations of Data Science

Undergraduate course, University of California, Berkeley, Data Science, 2025

As a Lead Undergraduate Student Instructor, I spent 20 hours per week running a 2-hour lab section consisting of approximately 35 students, answering student questions in office hours, shadowing a course tutor’s tutoring section to provide pedagogical mentorship, overseeing the logistics and infrastructure of the 1000-student course, and proctoring and grading exams.

Lead Undergraduate Student Instructor - Data 8: Foundations of Data Science

Undergraduate course, University of California, Berkeley, Data Science, 2024

As a Lead Undergraduate Student Instructor, I spent 20 hours per week running a 2-hour lab section consisting of approximately 35 students, answering student questions in office hours, shadowing a course tutor’s tutoring section to provide pedagogical mentorship, overseeing the logistics and infrastructure of the 1000-student course, and proctoring and grading exams.

Undergraduate Student Instructor - Data 8: Foundations of Data Science

Undergraduate course, University of California, Berkeley, Data Science, 2024

As an Undergraduate Student Instructor, I spent 12 hours per week running two 2-hour lab sections consisting of approximately 35 students each, answering student questions in 3 hours of office hours, shadowing a course tutor’s tutoring section to provide pedagogical mentorship, and proctoring and grading exams.

Course Tutor - Data 8: Foundations of Data Science

Undergraduate course, University of California, Berkeley, Data Science, 2023

As a course tutor, I spent 8 hours per week running two 1-hour tutoring sections with 5 students each to focus on exam-level practice problems, guiding students through assignments and conceptual ideas in office hours for 2 hours per week, discussing pedagogical best practices with other tutors and TAs, providing feedback on worksheets, proctoring exams, and grading assignments for hundreds of students.

Course Tutor - Statistics 20: Introduction to Statistics and Probability

Undergraduate course, University of California, Berkeley, Statistics, 2023

As a course tutor, I spent 8 hours per week assisting the professor at lectures, teaching in self-led office hours and homework parties, answering questions in the online discussion forum, providing feedback on pedagogical methods, and analyzing student data.