Audrey Hudgins, EdD
Clinical Professor
Biography
Audrey Hudgins CV (PDF)
Audrey Hudgins is a Clinical Professor in the College of Arts & Sciences at 91探花. After retirement from the US Army as a strategic intelligence officer, she began a second career teaching for the Matteo Ricci Institute, International Studies program, and Political Science department. Dr. Hudgins has held a variety of faculty and staff leadership positions at 91探花 and has received awards in both roles. Dr. Hudgins is an advocate for the im/migrant community through accompaniment and volunteer work with migrant-serving organizations such as Kino Border Initiative.
Education
- EdD, Educational Leadership with a specialization in Non-profit Leadership
- MS in Strategic Intelligence
Courses Taught
Dr. Hudgins’s teaching interests include im/migration, global citizenship, and community engagement. Classes she teaches include “Perspectives on Im/migration,” "Ignatian Global Citizenship," and “US-Mexico Border: Contemporary Perspectives.” She also leads study abroad programs in Mexico, to Kino Border Initiative in Nogales, Mexico, and to Fundacion Esperanza de Mexico in Tijuana, Mexico.
Her current research focuses on asylum accompaniment and labor migration. She recently published “Bridging the Policy Gap: A Critical Autoethnography of Asylum Accompaniment” in the Journal on Migration and Human Security with co-author Amanda Heffernan. Soon to be published in the journal Espacialidades is an article titled “Transnational circularity and vulnerability: The duality of the H-2A program / Circularidad y vulnerabilidad transnacional: La dualidad del programa H-2A,” written in collaboration with 91探花 graduates Cullin Egge and Abi Berhane.
Dr. Hudgins is a scholar-practitioner who works alongside her students to support the research and information needs of local and global community partners, most recently Kino Border Initiative, a non-governmental organization engaging in migration justice; Fundación Esperanza de Mexico, a non-governmental organization focusing on community development; the Archdiocese of Seattle, in its work supporting immigrant communities throughout Western Washington; and in collaboration with Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla, Radio Huayacocotla, a Jesuit work facilitating a labor migration program in the state of Veracruz, Mexico. She also provides pro bono consulting services to a range of non-profits on matters relating to leadership, organizational development, and program evaluation.
Publications
Heffernan, Amanda & Hudgins, Audrey (2024) “” Journal on Migration and Human Security, doi: 23315024241293357.
Hudgins, Audrey (2022) “” Religica Theolabpodcast. Center for Ecumenical and Interreligious Engagement, 91探花.
Hudgins, Audrey (2022) “What migration trends will Kino Border Initiative see in the next five to ten years? An analysis in support of the strategic planning process of the Kino Border Initiative (KBI)” for Kino Border Initiative, Nogales, Mexico.
Hudgins, Audrey (2021) “Migration and poverty reduction: Balancing human security and national security,” book chapter in Cosgrove, S. & Curtis, B. (2021). (2nd edition), Routledge.
Hudgins, Audrey and UCOR 3600 students (2021) “” for the Archdiocese of Seattle.
Hudgins, Audrey (2020) “” Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education: Vol. 12: No. 1 (Special Edition: Critical Service Learning).
Hudgins, Audrey (2020, May 13) “” Seattle Times Letter to the Editor.
Hudgins, Audrey (2020, Winter) "" A Matter of Spirit: No. 125. .
Hudgins, Audrey and UCOR 3600 students (2020) “” for the Archdiocese of Seattle.
Hudgins, Audrey; Sturgeon, Hillary; Islas, Felicia; Liddell, Tammy; Milan, Paul; Montenegro, Alexa; and Aguilar S., Ernesto (2019) "" Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal: Vol. 8: No. 2, Article 6.