Janice Hudgings
{{short description|American physicist and educator}}
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| education = Swarthmore College (BA, BS)
New College, Oxford (MSc)
University of California, Berkeley (MS, PhD)
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| spouse = Sharon Stranford
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Janice A. Hudgings is an American physicist and educator whose research interests include optics and semiconductor devices. She is the Seeley W. Mudd Professor of Physics at Pomona College in Claremont, California.{{cite web |title=Janice Hudgings |date=May 29, 2015 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/directory/people/janice-hudgings |publisher=Pomona College |access-date=26 August 2021 |language=en}}
Education
Hudgings attended Swarthmore College, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Science in mathematics and engineering in 1991.{{Cite web|title=Janice Hudgings '91|url=https://www.swarthmore.edu/bulletin/archive/wp/july-2013_janice-hudgings-91.html|access-date=2021-08-28|website=Swarthmore College Bulletin|publisher=Swarthmore College|language=en-US}} She then was selected as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, where she earned a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in mathematics as a member of New College, Oxford. Hudgings afterwards completed a second M.S. and her Ph.D. in electrical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1999.
Career
Hudgings taught physics at Mount Holyoke College, where she was an associate dean of faculty. She co-founded the thermal imaging company Alenas Imaging, and was its vice president and chief technology officer from 2007 to 2012. In 2013, she came to Pomona College, where she is the Seeley W. Mudd Professor of Physics. Her research interests include optics and semiconductor devices. She was Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College, a position in which she pursued diversity initiatives. After returning to the faculty, Hudgings was recognized for her innovative teaching and work as a mentor for Claremont Colleges groups promoting women in STEM and LGBTQA+ students in STEM.{{cite news |title=Two Pomona Professors Earn The Claremont Colleges Diversity Awards for 2020 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/news/2020/05/21-two-pomona-professors-earn-claremont-colleges-diversity-awards-2020 |access-date=28 August 2021 |publisher=Pomona College |date=21 May 2020 |language=en}}
Recognition
Hudgings was awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2002. She is an Optical Society of America Fellow, and was awarded the Esther Hoffman Beller Medal in 2004. In 2018, she won Pomona's Wig Distinguished Professor Award, the college's highest faculty honor, in recognition of her teaching.{{Cite web|title=Wig Awards|date=March 30, 2015 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/faculty/wig-awards|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420161329/https://www.pomona.edu/faculty/wig-awards|archive-date=April 20, 2021|access-date=2021-08-27|publisher=Pomona College|language=en}} In 2020, Hudgings won the Claremont Colleges' Diversity Mentoring Award.
Personal life
Hudgings is married to Sharon Stranford, a biology professor at Pomona. She enjoys hiking.{{cite web |title=Janice Hudgings |url=https://research.pomona.edu/janice-hudgings/ |website=Research |publisher=Pomona College |access-date=28 August 2021}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.pomona.edu/directory/people/janice-hudgings Faculty page] at Pomona College
- [https://research.pomona.edu/janice-hudgings/ Research page]
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