Hough has taught at Duke since 1973; he previously taught at the University of Toronto and at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and he has served as a senior fellow at The Brookings Institution.
Hough telah mengajar di Duke sejak 1973; ia sebelumnya mengajar di University of Toronto dan University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, dan menjabat sebagai anggota senior di The Brookings Institution.