Jake Anderson

Teaching

Before my PhD, I taught test prep and academic courses with The Princeton Review at high schools and tutoring centers all over Southern California. Later, I served as a Graduate Student Instructor at UC Berkeley in both the Mathematics and Statistics departments, and am serving as a Teaching Assistant at UCLA during the 2025–2026 school year in the Economics department. At UCLA, I have enjoyed teaching positions in the Economics department as well as in Athletics and Recreation.

Academic Courses

Instructor of Record

  • Economics 103 (Econometrics), UCLA Summer 2026

Teaching Assistant

  • Economics 104 (Econometrics), UCLAEvaluations Spring 2026
  • Economics 104 (Econometrics), UCLAEvaluations Winter 2026
  • Economics 103 (Econometrics), UCLAEvaluations Fall 2025
  • Statistics 135 (Applied Statistics), UC Berkeley Spring 2020
  • Math 1B (Calculus II), UC Berkeley Fall 2019

Athletic and Recreation Courses

  • Olympic Weightlifting, UCLA (Primary Instructor) Fall 2022–Present
  • Bruin Strong, UCLA (Co-Coach) Summer, Fall 2025
  • Bruin Health Improvement Program (BHIP), UCLA (Co-Coach) Summer, Fall 2025
  • Summer Discovery Sports Conditioning, UCLA (Primary Instructor) Summer 2025

Selected Comments from Past Students

Jake has been the best teaching assistant I've had in my experience at UCLA so far. As a first-generation student, my resources are limited when it comes to finding tutoring so having him provide this information has helped me piece everything together. I bombed my Econometrics 103 class last quarter, but I have definitely seen better results which has also contributed to my confidence. He constantly checks in to make sure you are okay, and he also makes you feel like you can contribute to the discussion without belittling you for being unfamiliar with the material. His presentation slides during discussion are also top tier. He tells you why its meaningful and how we can apply it to our courses and future.

ECON 104, Winter 2026

Jake is genuinely one of the best teachers I have had the pleasure of learning from. He is hands-down the best TA I have had at UCLA. In the Economics department especially, no one compares to Jake. I found Jake's most impressive trait to be his ability to relieve student anxiety in what was frequently a frustrating and challenging course. Jake listened carefully to student experiences of the course and clearly put in significant effort to develop materials that were digestible, which made the course feel much more manageable. Jake's willingness to share stories about times earlier in his education when he struggled with the material we were covering in class made him feel approachable, and like a real person.

ECON 104, Winter 2026

Jake Anderson singlehandedly saved my grade and understanding of the course. As someone with very little knowledge of coding or data science, I did need the extra help. Jake always responded to emails very quickly, he held extra office hours, and was always open to questions. Going to Jake's office hours was never a waste of time, and I felt as though even if I sat just to listen to other students' questions I would learn more than what the course required. Jake understands that a lot of us have no idea what's going on half the time, and knows how to create economic examples that are relatable and easier to envision so the only thing that's new is the math/economic concept itself.

ECON 104, Winter 2026

I have had Jake for two quarters in two of the hardest economics courses, and I can confidently say I would not have done nearly as well without his help. Jake is extremely committed to student learning, and I found the website he created for the course to be extremely helpful. He built the website himself and filled it with his own explanations and lessons that walked through the material we were learning in class. Many of the chapters and lectures could be confusing or very dense, but Jake's website broke the concepts down in a much clearer and more structured way. I am confident Jake would be a fantastic professor. He is by far one of the best educators in the economics department and clearly shows he genuinely cares about student learning.

ECON 104, Winter 2026

Genuinely, Jake is one of the best TAs to have entering statistics-based courses, specifically ones that integrate R coding. He also has a coach mentality that I appreciate, responding to questions with better questions to progress through their problem and figure it out on their own, rather than telling them directly or just repeating their question back to them. In addition to his dedication during TA sections, he shows that he cares about his students in subtler ways: answering to emails very quickly and smiling after you finish your midterm so you feel better about it! It would be an honor to have him as a professor.

ECON 103, Fall 2025

UC Berkeley

Jake was the best GSI I have ever had. Often, when teachers are so smart, they forget that not everybody has their base knowledge and skip over things. Jake broke everything down so well that it was easy to follow. He also gave us clear outlines of what we should do and study which was much appreciated.

STAT 135, Spring 2020