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Assistant Professor of Professional Practice
Contact
rhuds13@lsu.edu
220A Peabody Hall
Education
Bachelor's Degree: BA Interdisciplinary Studies: Early Childhood Education, The University of Texas -
San Antonio, 1998
Master's Degree: MA Multicultural Special Education, College of Santa Fe, 2004
EdS: Curriculum & Instruction: Reading & Literacy Education, LSU, 2017
PhD: Curriculum & Instruction: Reading & Literacy Education, LSU, 2022
Dr. Rosalind Hudson is an Assistant Professor of Professional Practice in the Lutrill & Pearl Payne School of Education at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She teaches in the Department of Elementary Education and supervises teacher residents. A dual-certified K–12 educator in elementary and special education, Dr. Hudson taught in Texas, New Mexico, Tennessee, and Louisiana.
She has presented her work at local, state, national, and international conferences, sharing research-based insights for elementary teachers on literacy difficulties with mathematical word problems. Her scholarship centers on the intersection of literacy and mathematics, particularly focusing on elementary students' challenges in comprehending and solving mathematical word problems.
In addition to teaching and researching, Dr. Hudson serves as a peer reviewer for academic journals in education. Her professional interests aim to support aspiring and current teachers in developing effective strategies to address literacy-related barriers in mathematics learning.
Hudson, R., & Smith, H. (2025). Beyond color: Strategies for introducing diverse books and some book recommendations too. Minnesota Council of Teachers of English Journal. https://minnesotaenglishjournalonline.org/
Hudson, R., & Skinner, K. (2024, November). How to mobilize literacy strategies for elementary students to prevent barriers when solving mathematical word problems. The paper was accepted for presentation at the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers (ALER), Orlando, FL.
Hudson, R. (2024, January). What fourth grade elementary teachers are identifying as student difficulties when solving mathematical word problems. Paper accepted for presentation at the International Academic Forum International Conference on Education (IICE), Honolulu, HI.
Skinner, K., Lavender, H., Connor-Flores, L., Gamborg, L., Nguyen, H., Hudson, R., & Berryhill, M. (2022, April). Out-of-school teaching and learning: Concerted cultivation at an urban neighborhood bike shop. The paper was accepted for presentation at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting, San Diego, CA.
Skinner, K., Parrish, J., Stewart, L., Khan, S., Albornoz, C., Hudson, R., Vu, C., & Han, S. (2018, April). Intercultural understandings: Diversity, equity, and leadership in an informal learning environment. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA), New York, NY.
Skinner, K., Parrish, J., Hudson, R., & Noble, J. (2017, September). Doing philosophy in an urban library: An ethnographic tale. Paper presented at the Oxford Ethnography and Education Conference, Oxford, England.
