Divij Sinha

Teaching

Student feedback below is quoted verbatim from official, anonymous course evaluations at the University of Illinois Chicago and the University of Chicago. The full evaluation reports are linked under each course.

PA 470: AI & Machine Learning in the Public Sector

University of Illinois Chicago — Instructor, Spring 2025 · full report

Rated 4.83/5 for overall teaching effectiveness and 4.83/5 for overall course quality; every respondent would recommend the course to other students.

“Many useful skills and efficient tools have been covered in the class, like Git, UV, API and using AI to build model. These have been touched by the other ML class I'm taking and I feel they can be really helpful to my carreer.”

“Going step by step through the process of cleaning data was very beneficial for this course and any work that I will do moving forward. I also learned how to use GitHub, which is a great way to keep learning through a community of people doing the same thing that I am.”

CAPP 30320: Software Engineering for Civic Tech

MS in Computational Analysis & Public Policy — Teaching Assistant to Prof. James Turk, Spring 2024 · full reports: sec 1, sec 2

“Divij was amazing! He knew so much and was very good at explaining things”

“Divij, Amazing TA like always (clear communication, always helpful, and great with debugging).”

“Divij: Divij was super knowledgable about software engineering and brought lots of experience to our team meetings. He was so helpful scoping out our project, selecting tools, and helping to debug weird errors. I have no notes for Divij”

“Divij was an incredible resource and we learned a ton from him!”

“My TA for the project was Divij. He was incredibly helpful during the quarter, meeting with our team weekly and being super available during the week when we needed him.”

“Divij Singha [sic] was my team's TA and he was always available, provided good insights, and was passionate about teaching.”

CAPP 30271: Mathematics for Computer Science & Data Analysis

MS in Computational Analysis & Public Policy — Teaching Assistant to Prof. Timothy Ng, Winter 2024 · full reports: sec 1, sec 2

“Divij is a great TA! He is almost like a proper professor because he knows all the answers and knows how to help students with the right direction.”

“My TA was Divij Sinha. The thing that contributed the most was that he masters the contents of the subjects and is able to explain the topics from different perspectives. I would simply have liked to review code during the dicussions, since it was required to many of the homeworks.”

“I have mostly worked with Divij Sinha. He works hard to help students during office hours and is very attentive to student needs. …”

“Manuel & Divij were great! They made it so much more possible to complete the assignments by reinforcing what was taught in class and working through practice problems.”

PPHA 30535: Data & Programming for Public Policy I (R)

Harris School of Public Policy — Teaching Assistant to Prof. Peter Ganong, Spring 2023 · full reports: sec 1, sec 2

“Divij Sinha is the best TA in the WORLD!”

“Divij – AMAZING. He even tutored me outside of class on basic R skills. He really cared about my success in the course. And a great, patient teacher.”

“Rachel, Sushant, Alexia, Christine, and Divij were all amazing. They put so many hours into the class, were patient and responsive, and wanted us to do well. They were the ideal TAs. Answering questions in lab and holding additional Thurs/Fri office hours was key.”