I was honored to be nominated and, ultimately, selected for the distinguishment as a Rising Scholar by Diverse Issues in Higher Education. I was one of ten students across the country selected for this honor. See below for an excerpt from the profile included in their publication.

An Outside-the-Box Thinker

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Hudson has not only focused on his research in his program but on building a more welcoming graduate student community in his department, particularly for students from underrepresented backgrounds. He has also participated in panels aimed at Black students interested in STEM.

Khamfroush additionally noted that Hudson has been mentoring undergraduate students in her lab with great success. Undergraduates twice nominated Hudson for an outstanding teaching assistant award.

“I pursued graduate school because I wanted to be a college professor after falling in love with teaching,” says Hudson, who was an undergraduate teaching assistant prior to his program. “I love that moment when a lightbulb flashes in a student’s head.”

Hudson says that he looks forward to more lightbulb moments with his own students as a professor.