Wittenberg University - Russian Area Studies - Faculty

Russian Area Studies — Dr. George Hudson

"Welcome to Wittenberg. One of my main tasks in the Political Science Department is to teach classes in the area of Russian affairs. I've been studying about Russia since 1958, and my interest in the country has only deepened throughout my years in college, graduate school, and over 30 years at Wittenberg."

937-327-6108
ghudson@wittenberg.edu

Academic Background

B.A.         University of Colorado
M.A.        University of Colorado
Ph.D.        Indiana University

Awards and Recognitions

Winner of the 2002 Alumni Association Award for Distinguished Teaching, the highest recognition bestowed on a Wittenberg faculty member. Recipient of the prestigious Senior Fulbright Scholarship to spend a year teaching and doing research in Moscow during the 1995-96 academic year. Also, recipient of grants from the National Science Foundation and the Council on Foreign Relations.

Publications

Published over 60 articles, papers and reviews on Soviet and Russian national security and domestic affairs in journals in the United States and Europe. Editor of and contributor to Soviet National Security Policy Under Perestioika.

RAST Courses Taught

POLI 204 Russian Politics
POLI 352 Russian Foreign Policy

Research Interests

I am conducting research, together with Russian colleagues, on emerging Russian civil society. In the summer, 1999 and 2001, twenty-two Wittenberg students accompanied Professor Olga Medvedkov and myself on a research trip to Moscow.

Other Positions

I am currently the director for Wittenberg's Washington Semester Program and direct Wittenberg's Russian Area Studies Program.