Dr. Audrey Hudgins Speaks with CEIE Director Dr. Michael Reid Trice
Posted: January 4, 2023
Dr. Hudgins shares that "Migration is a complex issue and it's one that is a natural process that has been around since the beginning of time. The challenge is with the development of the conception of national sovereignty."
Dr. Audrey Hudgins, associate clinical professor in the College of Arts and Sciences at Seattle University, spoke with CEIE Director Dr. Michael Reid Trice about her current project with the Jesuit Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla regarding labor movements.
Hudgins is a scholar-practitioner of migration, leadership and community development in local and global community-engaged contexts. She designs innovative, project-based learning courses with an emphasis on critical international service-learning in community-engaged settings. Outside of Seattle University, Dr. Hudgins plans and implements community-based participatory action research, fieldwork and study abroad experiences. Her publications are primarily in the field of service-learning and community engagement.
After retiring from the U.S. Army as a strategic intelligence officer, Hudgins began a second career teaching for the Matteo Ricci Institute, Department of Political Science and International Studies programs. She has held a variety of faculty and staff leadership positions at Seattle University and has received awards in both roles. She presently serves on the college and university non-tenure track committees. Hudgins is an advocate for (im)migrant community through asylum sponsorship and volunteer work with migrant-serving organizations such as the Kino Border Initiative.
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