Education

• PhD - Social Work - University of Kansas - 2014
• MSW - Social Work - St. Louis University - 2004
• BSW - Social Work - St. Louis University - 2003

Publications

• - Spano, R., Koenig, T.R., Hudson, J.W., & Leiste, M.R. (2010). East meets west: A nonlinear model for understanding growth and development. Smith College Studies in Social Work, DOI: 10.1080/00377311003754203
• - Hudson, J.W. (2015). The natural environment in social work education. PhD Dissertation. University of Kansas. In Publication.
• - Besthorn, F. H., & Hudson, J.W. (2016). The spiritual dimensions of eco-social work in the context of global climate change In: The Rutledge handbook of religion and spirituality in social work. In Press.
• - Hudson, J.W. (2017). Social work educators are redefining the justice mission of the profession. (In) vanWormer, K., & Besthorn, F. H. (2017). Human Behavior on the Social Environment, Macro Level: Groups, Communities, and Organizations. New York: Oxford University Press.
• - Hudson, J. (2018). Nature and social work pedagogy: How U.S. social work educators are integrating issues of the natural environment into their teaching. Journal of Community Practice DOI: 10.1080/10705422.2019.1660750
• - Hudson, J. & Koenig, T. (2022). The personal is professional: How U.S. social work educators’ personal relationships with nature inform their professional lives. Social Work Education. DOI: 10.1080/02615479.2021.2021174

Presentations

• - Hudson, J. (2019). The Natural Environment in U.S. Social Work Education: A Qualitative Study. Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors Inc. Jacksonville, Florida.
• - Hudson, J., & Horhung, R. (2017). Constructionism Across the Social Work Curriculum: Using Theories of Social Construction to Rebalance the “bio,” “psycho,” and “social.” 18^th Annual Transforming Social Work Practice, Inquiry, and Education, Burlington, Vermont.
• - Hudson, J.W. (2016). Ethics and Boundaries for Helping Professionals, Bellin Psychiatric, Green Bay, Wisconsin.
• - Hudson, J.W. (2016). The Natural Environment in Social Work Education: Findings and Implications. Wisconsin Counsel on Social Work Education: Spring 2016 Conference, Wisconsin Dells.
• - Hudson, J.W. (2015, October). Toward a More Ecological Model of Social Work Education. 16^th Annual Transforming Social Work Practice, Inquiry, and Education, Burlington, Vermont.
• - Hudson, J.W. (2012, October). The natural environment and social work education. 13^th Annual Transforming Social Work Practice, Inquiry, and Education, Burlington, Vermont.
• - Hudson, J.W. (2009, May). The self in deep ecology: Insights for social work education and practice. Building Bridges and Crossing Boundaries: Dialogues in Professional Helping, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.