Melanie W. Hudson, a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Fellow of the National Academies of Practice, and a Board Certified Specialist in Child Language and Disorders. She served on the Board of Directors of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the ASHFoundation. Her publications include "Professional Issues in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology," 4th Edition (Lubinski & Hudson; Delmar, Cengage Learning, 2013) and “Professional Issues in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology,” 5th Edition (Hudson & DeRuiter; Plural Publishing, 2019). She presents nationally on clinical education and professional ethics.