Joshua Vander Hook

I am currently not teaching.

I was previously a TA for:

• CSCI 5551: Introduction to Intelligent Robotic Systems (Fall 2012)
• CSCI 4041: Algorithms and Data Structures (Spring 2011)
• CSCI 2021: Machine Architecture (Fall 2010)
• CSCI 4041: Algorithms and Data Structures (Fall 2010)

More information on these courses can be found at the Dept website. As a personal note, I thoroughly enjoy teaching and count positive responses as one of my most proud accomplishments.

All reviews are anonymous and collected at the end of semester. I'm presenting my aggregate reviews for lectures here.

Favorite comments from student reviews

• "Josh is awesome and hilarious. I have no idea how he can be so witty at 8 in the morning, but he was [sic] continually surprised me with his deadpan delivery of topical humor."
• "I'm not in his [lecture] section but I changed because I enjoy his teaching style."
• "I really enjoyed your teaching style"
• "Highly effective TA"
• "Instructor always applied topics to current research he was aware of. This sort of information is key to a good learning environment."
• "Very good job engaging students during recitation. You do a great job asking us questions as you go so that recitation is not just another lecture. Hope to have you as a TA again."
• "Josh was articulate and excited about the material."
• "It was great to hang after class and discuss a variety of random topics relevant to computer science, robotics, or simply general life knowledge"(!)
• "Very impressive TA. Fantastic job. Props to josh"
• "Awesome TA. Super chill bro"

Major Complaints from student reviews

• "I wish he would speak slowly for international students"
• "... sometimes his voice turns down to a whisper"
• "his examples were nice but didn't prepare us for the exams"

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