Heather Hudson

Education

• JD, University of Texas at Austin (1987)
• Ph.D., Communication Research, Stanford University (1974)
• MA, Communication Research, Stanford University (1969)
• BA, English Language and Literature, University of British Columbia (1968)

• MBA 653: International Telecomm Technology
• MBA 654: Telecommunication Policy and Strategy
• MBA 659: Special Topics

• At the University of San Francisco since 1987
• Director, Telecommunications Management and Policy Program, and Professor, School of Business and Management, University of San Francisco (1987 - present)
• Associate Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, College of Communication, University of Texas at Austin (1981 - 1987)
• Director, Telecommunications Applications, Academy for Educational Development, Washington, D.C. (1977 - 1981)

• From Rural Village to Global Village: Telecommunications for Development in the Information Age. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, January 2006.
• ?Rural Telemedicine: Lessons from Alaska for Developing Regions of the Asia-Pacific.? Proceedings of the Pacific Telecommunications Conference, Honolulu, January 2004.
• ?Universal Access: What have we learned from the E-Rate?? International Engineering Consortium:  Annual Review of Communications, Volume 56, 2003.
• Communication and Economic Development.? Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications. Elsevier Science, 2003.
• ?The Role of Telecommunications in Socio-Economic Development.? Encyclopedia of Telecommunications, 2003.
• ?Bridging the Broadband Divide: Strategies for Rural and Developing Regions.? Proceedings of the ITU Telecom Forum, ITU Telecom World 2003, Geneva, October 2003.
• ?From Basic Service to Broadband in the Developing World.? Proceedings of the Pacific Telecommunications Conference, Honolulu, January 2003.

External Service & Assignments

• Planning committee for the 25th Telecommunications Policy Research Conference (TPRC), 1997
• Director, U.S. Telecommunications Training Institute (USTTI) course on "Global Information Infrastructure: Closing the Gap in the Developing World," 1995 to 1998.

• Sloan Industry Fellowship, Columbia University, 2003-2004.
• Fulbright Asia-Pacific Distinguished Lectureship, 1996, 1997.
• School of Business and Management Distinguished Research Award: 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997.
• Honorary Research Fellow, Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong, 1996.
• Senior Fellow, CIRCIT (Centre for International Research on Communication and Information Technology), Melbourne, Australia, 1992.
• Fellow, Institute for Communication and Culture, East-West Center, Honolulu, 1991.
• Governor, International Council for Computer Communication, 1991- present
• Electronic Media Book of the Year Award from the National Association of Broadcasters and Broadcasting Education Association (for Communication Satellites: Their Development and Impact) 1991.
• School of Business and Management Merit Award for Service, 1990.

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