Undergraduate Peer Advisors

The Peer Advisor Program was started in 2022 by DSAC to provide more industry-focused and peer advising to undergraduate students. The Peer Advisors are a resource for deciding classes, study strategies, postgraduate opportunities, and more! Find information about each of our Peer Advisors below.

Email: peer-advisors@cs.yale.edu

The peer advisors are available to meet every week or via email for any questions you may have about the major. View the latest office hour schedule here or email a PA directly!

Anika Karpurapu

Anika Karpurapu is a senior in Pierson from Virginia, majoring in Computer Science & Economics. She is a ULA in both the CS and S&DS departments, assisting courses such as CPSC 202, CPSC 474, S&DS 265, and S&DS 365. At Yale, Anika has been involved in the Yale Entrepreneurial Society, YHack, and y/cs. She is passionate about machine learning and has gained experience through internships at Big Tech companies and research opportunities in the field. Anika is excited to help students navigate the CS opportunities at Yale and support them through the recruiting process beyond academics. Outside of CS, she enjoys running, discovering new music, and exploring with friends.

Joey Tan

Joey Tan is a senior in Pierson majoring in computer science. She is also pre-med. Joey has conducted CSresearch at Yale and abroad at the Hong Kong University of Science and Tech, and she has worked on student tech startups (in healthcare tech and in full stack development). She volunteered with Code Haven and was a ULA for CS 323 for three semesters, and is now co-president of WG/CS. She is happy to talk about classes, recruiting, multidisciplinary pursuits, and more! Outside of academics, Joey is co-chair of the Yale Guild of Carillonneurs and enjoys nonfiction writing.

Elizabeth Schaefer

Elizabeth Schaefer is a senior in Morse from Houston, double-majoring in Computer Science and Humanities. Elizabeth was a Head ULA for CS50 and is a research assistant in the YaleNLP lab. Over the past summers, she has participated in both an REU and a software engineering internship, and is happy to talk about research at Yale, big tech recruiting, double majoring, applying to grad school, or any classes! Outside of the CSdepartment, she was Morse President, is on the board of WG/CS, and works as a recruitment coordinator in the admissions office.

Sasha Spiegel

Sasha Spiegel is a senior in Saybrook pursuing the joint BS/MS degree in Computer Science. She is a ULA for 3230 and has previously ULA’d 2230 and CS50. Professionally, Sasha is passionate about the quantitative trading industry. She interned as a quant researcher at Hudson River Trading and will be a software developer at DE Shaw after graduation. Sasha is happy to talk about the BS/MS program, quant recruiting, course selection, and more! Outside of academics, Sasha is a competitive ballroom dancer and one of the leaders of the Yale Ballroom Dance Team.