Professor of Communication
Timothy J. Hudson, Ph.D., is a professor of communication and the founding dean of the School of Communication. He joined Point Park University in the summer of 2009 from East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C., where he served as founding director of the School of Communication. While there, Hudson was successful in implementing ECU’s first graduate degrees in communication and the school’s flourishing online bachelor’s degree program in public relations. In addition to penning numerous journal articles on topics including journalism ethics and multimedia research methods, Hudson has authored several successful industry and foundation grants resulting in millions of dollars worth of equipment, facilities and innovative programs at his home institutions.
At the University of Oklahoma in Norman from 1989-2005, Hudson served as: broadcast sequence coordinator, director of graduate programs, associate director, and acting director of the H.H. Herbert School of Communication. While at Oklahoma, Hudson was chief architect of one of the first and most successful “convergence” journalism curricula at an accredited journalism school. He also coauthored the grant proposal that established the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication. Prior to that, Hudson was assistant professor of communication and director of television at Elizabethtown College in Lancaster County, Pa., where he founded the award-winning regional cable television channel ECTV.
Hudson has also worked professionally in television journalism (KWTV, KFDA, & KENW), documentary production, multimedia design, and international media education.
Hudson served as video and special effects designer for the world-premiere production of Mark Medoff’s multimedia stage play Gunfighter, A Gulf War Chronicle.
A graduate of Eastern New Mexico University, where he double-majored in theatre and communication, Hudson also earned his Master of Arts in communication from ENMU and was named Outstanding Graduate Student in Mass Communication.
He earned his Doctor of Philosophy in mass communication from Temple University in Philadelphia, receiving the Abe Schechter Graduate Scholarship Award from the Radio-Television News Directors’ Association in 1989.
He is an active member of the Broadcast Education Association, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters, Pennsylvania Newspaper Association, International Association for Media and Communication Research, National Communication Association, and the International Communication Association.
Hudson is a founding member of the advisory board for PublicSource, an independent, non-profit multimedia news organization that focuses on original investigative reporting about critical issues facing Pittsburgh and the Western Pennsylvania region.
Contact
E-mail: thudson@pointpark.edu