UC Davis Student Startup Center
ENG 8 · People

Who teaches ENG 8

The instructor and teaching assistants, and how to reach them.

Portrait of Aaron Anderson

Aaron Anderson

Instructor and Director of the Student Startup Center

Aaron grew up in a military family. He has worked at the US State Department and at Habitat for Humanity, earned an MBA at Harvard Business School, led economic development for Mayor Kevin Johnson, and now works in operations at CI.VC, a seed-stage applied-AI venture fund.

He opens the course with that story and asks students why a venture capitalist is both the best and the worst person to teach entrepreneurship.

Email Aaron
4.6 of 5
instructor effectiveness, with 92% of students rating it excellent or very good (1,107 responses across 23 terms)
4.7 of 5
for enthusiasm, for knowledge and for encouraging questions
Teaching assistants

Your TAs

  • Ryan Corp

    Teaching assistant

  • Aydin Anand

    Teaching assistant

Office hours: By appointment. Email Aaron to set one up. Email to set one up.

Questions before you enroll?

The course page answers the common ones, and the instructor reads every email.

ENG 8: Intro to Entrepreneurship, UC Davis College of Engineering, taught at the Student Startup Center.

Questions? Email aaranderson@ucdavis.edu. Grades, submissions and the official syllabus are on Canvas, and Canvas governs.

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