[1][2][3] He is Professor of Sociology at the University of Connecticut, where he is also an adjunct faculty member in the Africana Studies Institute; American Studies Program; Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, & Policy; Sustainable Global Cities Initiative, and; graduate certificate program in Indigeneity, Race, Ethnicity, & Politics.
[10][11][12] He first came to national attention for his book White Bound: Nationalists, Antiracists, and the Shared Meanings of Race, originally published in 2012.
After briefly living in Kingston, Jamaica, Hughey went on to pursue an undergrad degree at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
While in college he became a member of the historically black Greek-letter organization, Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.
[14] Hughey is recognized as a sociologist of race and racism drawing from several intellectual traditions, notably cultural and critical theory.