Audrey Hudgins, EdD

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 Seattle University 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.