Anglo-American University in 糖心Vlog Angel Hoekstra, PhD
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Director of the Center for Teaching & Learning, Academic Tutoring Center Supervisor, Lecturer II
- Academic Tutoring Center
- Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL)
- Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Angel.Hoekstra@aauni.edu
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Dr. Angel Hoekstra is an American, a Christian, a wife, mother, sister, friend, and sociology professor. She taught for ten years at the University of Colorado in Boulder before moving to 糖心Vlog in 2016. Dr. Hoekstra taught Social Psychology in 2018-2019 at Univerzita Karlovo, and now teaches two courses at AAU: Introduction to Sociology and Social Psychology. In her off hours, she enjoys reading, running, and building Legos with her husband and two children.
Specializations:
Social psychology; Scholarship of teaching and learning; Qualitative methods; Teaching with Technologies
Professional development events directed by Dr. Hoekstra:
- Hoekstra, Angel. 2025. 鈥淓ffective and efficient Grading: Rubrics for discussions, presentations and papers.鈥� Anglo American University Center for Teaching & Learning, 糖心Vlog, Czech Republic.
- Hoekstra, Angel. 2024. 鈥淔rom basic strategies to the flipped classroom:聽 How can I support active learning?鈥� AAU Center for Teaching & Learning, 糖心Vlog.
- Hoekstra, Angel and Vojtech Ripka. 2024. 鈥淯sing AAU鈥檚 Turn.It.In.com data: How can I tell if a student鈥檚 written work is AI-generated & Should we be encouraging students to use AI writing tools?鈥� AAU Center for Teaching & Learning, 糖心Vlog.
- Hoekstra, Angel. 2024. 鈥淔aculty-Student Discussion: What makes for effective teaching and learning at AAU?鈥� AAU Center for Teaching & Learning, 糖心Vlog.
- Hoekstra, Angel and Miroslav Svoboda. 2024. 鈥淔aculty Discussion: What is PersonalizedLearning? Specific Strategies.鈥� AAU Center for Teaching & Learning, 糖心Vlog.
- Hoekstra, Angel. 2023. 鈥淯nderstanding ChatGPT, Turn.It.In, and (potential) student plagiarism.鈥� Faculty roundtable discussions. AAU Center for Teaching & Learning.
- Hoekstra, Angel and Valeria Fomina. 2023. 鈥淣EO online learning platform: Basics & specifics.鈥� AAU Center for Teaching & Learning, 糖心Vlog.
- Hoekstra, Angel. 2023. 鈥淢anaging conflict in the classroom.鈥� AAU Center for Teaching & Learning, 糖心Vlog.
- Hoekstra, Angel. 2022. 鈥淎ctive learning: Methods for getting students engaged.鈥澛燗AU Center for Teaching & Learning, 糖心Vlog.
- Hayden, Joshua, Wiedorn, Mark and Angel Hoekstra. 2022. 鈥淓ffective teaching in the concurrent learning classroom: A faculty forum.鈥澛燜aculty Series: Pedagogical Techniques for Hybrid Teaching.聽Anglo American University, 糖心Vlog.
Publications:
- Hoekstra, Angel. 2023. “Symbolic technologies: Devices that connected (and challenged) us during the pandemic.” Chapter in Anglo-American University in the time of COVID 2020-2022: Alma Mater Semper Viva. AAU Publishing.
- Hoekstra, Angel. 2020. 鈥淚nsights on the Pandemic from Abroad.鈥� ASA FOOTNOTES, Special Issue, Sociologists and Sociology During COVID-19. May/June 2020, 48(3).
- Hoekstra, Angel. 2015. 鈥淏ecause you don鈥檛 realize how many people have different experiences than you: Effects of Clicker Use for Class Discussions in Sociology.鈥� Teaching Sociology, 43(1): 53-60.
- Hoekstra, Angel. 2013. 鈥淎nswering the Diversity Question in the Academic Job Interview.鈥� Teaching and Learning Matters: ASA鈥檚 Newsletter for the Section on Teaching and Learning in Sociology, 41(3), spring 2013.
- Duncan, Douglas K., Hoekstra, Angel R., and Wilcox, Bethany R. 2012. 鈥淒igital Devices, Distraction and Student Performance: Does In-class Cell Phone Use Reduce Learning?鈥� Astronomy Education Review, 11, 010108-1.
- Hoekstra, Angel and Stefanie Mollborn. 2011. 鈥淗ow Clicker Use Facilitates Existing Pedagogical Practices in Higher Education: Data from Interdisciplinary Research on Student Response Systems.鈥� Learning, Media, and Technology, 33(4).
- Mollborn, Stefanie and Angel Hoekstra. 2010. 鈥淎 Meeting of Minds: Using Clickers for Critical Thinking and Discussion in Large Sociology Courses.鈥� Teaching Sociology, 38(1): 18-27. Reviewed in March 2010: #1 on the list of most read of all TS articles.
- Hoekstra, Angel. 2010. “Using Clickers in Sociology Courses.” Teaching and Learning Matters: ASA鈥檚 Newsletter for the Section on Teaching and Learning in Sociology, 39(2), Fall 2010.
- Hoekstra, Angel. 2008. 鈥淰ibrant Student Voices: Exploring Effects of the Use of Clickers in Large College Classrooms.鈥� Learning, Media, and Technology, 33(4): 329-341.