Meet the instructors
We are very excited to teach you this semester! If you have logistical questions or concerns, please contact the course staff.
Instructors give course lectures, manage course staff, and oversee course policies.
I worked at Microsoft for 16 years and was invited to teach here at BYU. I am here to help you make the world a better place. [child of God, disciple of Christ, father, husband, 4 sons, 5 daughters, piano, singing, skiing, snowboarding, basketball, soccer referee, hiking, camping, BYU, teaching, learning, Provo, Seattle, Russia, Guatemala, Israel, Scotland ]
Meet the TAs
Teaching Assistants (TAs), focus their teaching efforts on a particular component of the course, such as sections, exam prep, or walkthrough videos. Head TAs additionally manage a broader component of the course, such as logistics, content, software, office hours, etc.
Cooper Johnston
he/him
Section 5
Section 7
cooper_johnston
Cooper is a sophomore and a CS major. He is always happy to help with anything he can. He loves drawing, movies, working out, and writing online BIOs.
Jed Woods
he/him
Head TA
Section 5
Section 6
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Hey everyone! I'm Jed! I am a sophomore majoring in ACME with an emphasis in Data Science and Machine Learning. I enjoy playing racquetball and running! I am so excited to work with you all this semester!
Lars Tracy
he/him
Head TA
Section 6
Section 7
larstracy
I'm a sophmore of Computer Science. I like Python and shells (bash or fish). Regex and LaTeX are awesome. vim = emacs > nano > ed. I've stopped distro-hopping and run Arch now. Besides programming, I study philosophy and formal logic. I like complicated board games and Souls-like video games.
Zach York
he/him
yorkzach
My name is Zach York I’m in my 3rd year at BYU. I love fly fishing and playing basketball. I’m always open to talk sports. I served my mission in Atlanta GA. Very excited to be a TA!
Zack Darling
Online
TimmyTheTaterTot
Hey guys, I'm Zack. I am a sophomore here at BYU, and I am majoring in Computer Engineering. In my free time I love playing sports (volleyball, spikeball, ultimate frisbee), coding (Python, C++, OpenGL), and playing video games. For this semester I will only be working online, but I love the Python programming language and I am excited to help all of you learn it this semester!
Contact Us
The best way to contact course staff is through the course Discord server
If you have not already, please join our Discord server using the following invitation link: https://cs111.byu.edu/discord.
Send a direct message (DM) to one or more of the course staff and we will respond as soon as possible.
TA Help Lab
The TA Help Lab is located in TMCB 1121. TAs are also available to help over Discord. To get help from the TAs, please sign up on the online help queue. Please see the schedule below for daily hours and TA availability.