Audrey Hudgins, EdD

Dr. Hudgins’s teaching interests include migration, leadership, and national security. Classes she teaches include “Perspectives on Im/migration,” "Understanding Leadership," "Global Poverty and Migration," “US-Mexico Border: Contemporary Perspectives,” and “National Security Seminar.” Her current research focuses on migration and community based global learning. She is presently co-authoring an article titled “La experiencia de trabajadores H-2A: Changes in lives through cohort circular migration” with Seattle University undergraduate students Cullin Egge and Abi Berhane, and co-authoring a chapter with Dr. Becky McNamara, Matteo Ricci Institute, on global experiential learning for the forthcoming book, Critical Innovations in Global Development Studies Pedagogy.

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.