[2] In September, 2020, Hudson was named a Senior Fellow of the Albertus Magnus Institute in Sacramento, California.
[4][5] In 1989, Hudson became a professor of Philosophy at Fordham University, specializing in St. Thomas Aquinas and modern Thomism.
Hudson also served as director of Catholic Outreach for President George W. Bush's 2000 and 2004 US presidential campaigns.
Among Hudson's activities outside politics is his sponsorship of an annual poetry luncheon at the beginning of Advent each Christmas season.
[10] Hudson is credited with fashioning an outreach to Catholic voters in the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump.