Rate My Professor Justin Hodgson

Justin Hodgson is an Associate Professor of Digital Rhetoric in the Department of English at Indiana University Bloomington. He holds a Ph.D. in Rhetorics, Communication, and Information Design from Clemson University (2009), an M.A. in English with a concentration in the Teaching of Writing from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (2005), and a B.A. in English and Creative Writing from Illinois College (2003). He also completed doctoral-level coursework in Media and Communication at the European Graduate School (2007).

Hodgson's career includes service as Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Writing at the University of Texas at Austin (2009-2013) before joining Indiana University in 2013 as Assistant Professor of English, with promotion to Associate Professor in 2019. Since 2015, he has directed the online ENG-W131 course and currently serves as Strategic Director for GenAI Faculty Initiatives. His research centers on the intersections and contentions between digital media and rhetorical studies, encompassing multimedia production, aesthetics, media studies, game and play theories, and rhetorical invention. Key publications include his monograph Post-Digital Rhetoric and the New Aesthetic (Ohio State University Press, 2019); "What is Rhetorical about Digital Rhetoric? Perspectives and Definitions of Digital Rhetoric" (Enculturation, 2016, co-authored with Scot Barnett); "A Post-Production Turn: New Media, New Practice, New Ontology" (Textshop Experiments, 2018); and "Designing a Course-Game: Developing and Extending Gaming Pedagogy" (in Rhetoric/Composition/Play through Videogames, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013). His work appears in journals such as Enculturation, Kairos, Pre/Text, Composition Studies, and Computers and Composition. Hodgson is the founding editor of The Journal for Undergraduate Multimedia Projects (TheJUMP) since 2009, promoting undergraduate multimedia scholarship, and serves on editorial boards for Enculturation and Praxis. Awards include the 2021 President's Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Technology, recognizing his digital pedagogy and online course transitions; the 2015 IU Trustees Teaching Award; Adobe Education Leader (2018-present); and Creative Campus Digital Literacy Thought Leader (2019). He has delivered hundreds of presentations, workshops, and consultations, served on the Bloomington Faculty Council (2021-2022), and contributed to various university committees.