Professor Hudson's research includes foreign policy analysis, security studies, gender and international relations, and methodology. Hudson is one of the Principal Investigators of The WomanStats Project (http://womanstats.org), which includes the largest compilation of data on the status of women in the world today. Winner of numerous teaching awards and recipient of a National Science Foundation research grant and a Minerva Initiative grant, she was recently named a Distinguished Scholar of Foreign Policy Analysis by the International Studies Association. She is the author/co-author of Sex and World Peace,The Hillary Doctrine, Foreign Policy Analysis, Bare Branches, and (forthcoming) The First Political Order: Sex, Governance, and National Security.