As an Environmental Research Analyst at Tufts University, Hugh worked on risk reduction policies/pollution prevention strategies for the 1990s. The international environmental policy work included research on air quality management in China, and Soviet environmental policy for UNEP missions. He developed and implemented curricula for graduate courses in international environmental policy taught at Tufts University, Moscow State University and Mendeleev Institute of Chemical Engineering Technology; and assisted with management and coordination of scientific exchanges under the Global Classroom Project between Tufts University, and these Russian universities funded by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP). He assisted with redesign and development as well as team teaching undergraduate American Studies courses focusing on the environmental justice and sustainability in the Americas. Hugh also provided assistance with planning the Eastern African Environmental Network based in Nairobi, Kenya, funded partially by UNEP. He worked with faculty and students to organize and lead the first academic forum on environmental justice at Tufts University featuring Dr. Robert Bullard and representatives from leading environmental advocacy groups.

Hugh’s education includes: Master of Studies in Environmental Law (Vermont Law School), Master of Public Health (Harvard School of Public Health), and Master of Science (Environmental Health Science) the University of Oklahoma, and Bachelor of Science, Environmental Health (UMass Amherst).