Janice E. Hudson

As a broadly trained geographer, I use interdisciplinary research techniques in hopes moving all humans toward a more sustainable and healthy future.

Courses Taught

• GEO 101 – Global Forces, Local Diversity (SP22)
• GEO 242 – Mapping a Changing World (SP22)
• GEO 111 - World Regional Geography (FA22)
• ITS 201 - Intro to International Studies (FA22)
• ITS 302 - Issues in the Global South (FA22)

Publications

Hudson, J.E., Hudson, S.A. 2023. Mapping Bark Bacteria: Initial Insights of Stemflow-Induced Changes in Bark Surface Phyla. Microbiology Spectrum.

Saidin, Z.H., Levia, D.F., Kato, H., Kurihara, M., Hudson, J.E., Nanko, K., and Onda, Y. 2022. "Vertical distribution and transport of radiocesium via branchflow and stemflow through the canopy of cedar and oak stands in the aftermath of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident." Science of the Total Environment, Volume 818, e151698. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151698.

Guswa, A.J., Tetzlaff, D., Selker, J.S., Carlyle-Moses, D.E., Boyer, E.W., Bruen, M., Cayuela, C., Creed, I.F., van de Giesen, N., Grasso, D., Hannah, D.M., Hudson, J.E., Hudson, S.A., Iida, S., Jackson, R.B., Katul, G.G., Kumagai, T., Llorens, P., Lopes Ribeiro, F., Michalzik, B., Nanko, K., Oster, C., Pataki, D.E., Peters, C.A., Rinaldo, A., Sanchez Carretero, D., Trifunovic, B., Zalewski, M., Levia, D.F. 2020. "Advancing ecohydrology in the 21st century: a convergence of opportunities." Ecohydrology, 13:e2208. DOI: 10.1002/eco.2208.

Levia, D.F., Creed, I.F., Bruen, M., Hannah, D.M., Nanko, K., Boyer, E.W., Carlyle-Moses, D.E., van de Giesen, N., Grasso, D., Guswa, A.J., Hudson, J.E., Hudson, S.A., Iida, S., Jackson, R.B., Katul, G.G., Kumagai, T., Llorens, P., Lopes Ribeiro, F., Pataki, D.E., Peters, C.A., Sanchez Carretero, D., Selker, J.S., Tetzlaff, D., Zalewski, M. 2020. "Homogenization of the terrestrial water cycle." Nat. Geosci. 13, 656–658; DOI: 10.1038/s41561-020-0641-y.

Mrad, A. Katul, G.G., Levia, D.F., Guswa, A.J., Boyer, E.W., Bruen, M., Carlyle-Moses, D.E., Coyte, R., Creed, I.F., van de Giesen, N., Grasso, D., Hannah, D.M., Hudson, J.E., Iida, S., Jackson, R.B., Kumagai, T., Llorens, P., Michalzik,B., Nanko, K., Peters, C.A., Selker, J.S., Tetzlaff, D., Zalewski, M., Scanlon, B. 2020. Peak grain forecasts for the US High Plains amid withering waters. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Oct 2020, 202008383; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2008383117.

Hudson. J.E., Levia, D.F., Wheeler, K.I., Winters, C.G., Vaughan, M., Chace, J.F., Sleeper, R. 2018. American beech leaf-litter leachate chemistry: effects of geography and phenophase. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 181 (2). doi: 10.1002/jpln.201700074.

Hudson, J.E., Levia, D.F., Hudson, S.A., Bais, H.P., Legates, D.R. 2017. Phenoseasonal sub canopy light dynamics and the effects of light on the physiological ecology of a common understory shrub, Lindera benzoin. PLoS ONE, 12 (10):e0185894. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185894. Media Coverage: https://blogs.plos.org/ecology/2017/10/27/a-little-light-reading/

Wheeler, K.I., Levia, D.F., and Hudson, J.E. 2017. Tracking senescence-induced patterns in leaf litter leachate using parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC) modeling and self-organizing maps. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 122 (9). doi:10.1002/2016JG003677.

Work in Progress and Collaboration

At present, I'm continuing the finalization of the research questions started during my graduate studies: mapping bark bacteria to better understand their reciprocal interaction with forest watersheds, and an investigation into throughfall base cation chemistry in the mid-Atlantic region.

Additionally, with colleagues at the University of Koblenz-Landau and the University of Barcelona, we are working on a proposal to characterize the biogeochemical niches of Fagus sp. in the northern hemisphere.

Education

• Ph.D., Geography, University of Delaware
• M.A., University of Delaware
• B.A., University of Colorado Colorado Springs