Natalie Hudson

Assistant Professor; Director of Human Rights Studies Program
Full-Time Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences: Women and Gender, Human Rights Studies, Political Science

Profile

Natalie Florea Hudson received her Ph.D. in political science from the University of Connecticut in 2007 and joined the University of Dayton's Department of Political Science as an assistant professor in the fall of that year. She received her B.A. in political science from the University of Dayton in 2001.

Courses Taught

  • Global Politics
  • Introduction to International Relations
  • Politics of Human Rights
  • Gender and International Relations
  • International Law and Organization
  • International Security Studies

Degrees

  • PhD in Political Science, University of Connecticut, 2007
  • M.A. in Political Science, University of Connecticut, 2003
  • B.A. in Political Science, University of Dayton, 2001

Professional Activities

Research Interests

  • Women's activism in the global security arena, particularly in the context of the United Nations
  • The meaning, significance and applicability of human security in the 21st century

Selected Publications

Hudson, N.F. 2009. Gender, Human Security and the UN: Security Language as a Political Framework for Women. London: Routledge Press.

Hudson, N.F. 2009. "Securitizing Women's Human Rights," Journal of Human Rights, 8(1): 53-70.

Boyer, M.A., Urlacher, B. R., Niv-Solomon, A., Hudson, N.F., Janik, L. and Brown, S. 2009. "Gender and Negotiation: Some experimental findings," International Studies Quarterly, 53(1):23-47.

Boyer, M.A., Brown, S.W., Butler, M.J., Niv-Solomon, A., Urlacher, B., Hudson, N.F., Johnson, P.M., and Lima, C.O. 2007. "Experimenting with Global Governance: Understanding the Potential for Generational Change," Globalisation, Societies, and Education, 5(2): 153-180.

Hudson, N. F. (2007). "A Development Fund Takes on Police Work" (Summer/Fall 2007). Washington, D.C.: WIIS (Women in International Security) Words.

Hudson, N.F. 2005. "En-gendering UN Peacekeeping Operations." International Journal, 60(3): 785-806.

Boyer, M. A., Brown, S. W., Butler, M. J., Florea, N. B., Hernandez, M., Johnson, P. R., Meng, L., & Lima C. 2004. "Educating for Global Awareness: Implications for Governance and Generational Change," Global Change, Peace and Security, 16(1): 73-77.

Boyer, M.A., Brown, S.W., Butler, M.J., Florea, N.B., Johnson, P. and C. Lima. 2004. "Understanding Security Through the Eyes of the Young," in Peter Dombrowski (ed.), The Political Economy of International Security. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner.

Brown, S. W., Boyer, M. A., Mayall, H. J., Johnson, P. R., Meng, L., Butler, M. J., Weir, K., Florea, N. B., Hernandez, M., & Reis, S. 2003. "The GlobalEd Project: Gender Differences in a Problem-based Learning Environment of International Negotiations," Instructional Science, An International Journal on Learning and Cognition, 31(4-5): 255-276.

Florea, N., Boyer, M.A., Butler, M.J., Hernandez, M., Weir, K., Brown, S.W., Johnson, P.R., Meng, L., Mayall, H.J. & Lima, C. 2003. "Negotiating from Mars To Venus: Some Findings on Gender's Impact in Simulated International Negotiations," Simulation and Gaming 34(2): 226-248.

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