Joe Hughes

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Joseph Hughes

Associate Professor
Affiliated Departments
Liberal Arts and Sciences

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Joseph Hughes brings a love of storytelling and literature to his work as an educator and advocate. At Cambridge College’s Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, Hughes started a campus-wide reading initiative called CC Reads and developed programs to address student access and equity. He has designed curricula and taught courses across ESL, literature, and cinema arts. Hughes has worked as a journalist in Europe and, locally, at WBUR, the NPR affiliate. His writing has been featured in popular publications including The Boston Globe and Bostonia Magazine and Berklee’s own Fusion Magazine. An M.F.A. graduate in screenwriting from Boston University, Hughes has optioned several screenplays and cofounded Fresh Pond Writers. His forthcoming coming-of-age memoir was a Category Winner in the 2022 Memoir Magazine Book Contest. At Berklee, Hughes is committed to working with students to find their voice as writers.

Career Highlights
  • Cofounder, Fresh Pond Writers
  • Former lecturer, Northeastern University
  • Founder, CC Reads at Cambridge College
  • Led Taiiji Workshop at Cambridge College as part of the Mindfulness Series
  • Developed Intensive Boot Camp for ELLs course at Bunker Hill Community College
  • Fluent in Spanish and conversant in French
In Their Own Words

I want my students to discover a love of language through wrestling with high-quality texts and learning to put more of themselves on the page. I want students to feel like they have become better people for being in my classes."

"I am a writer and educator, and have spent most of my career working on issues of equity and access in higher education. My academic activities include teaching composition, creative writing, and English as a second language. My years of living and working as a journalist and democracy worker abroad and extensive background as an educator and advocate have equipped me to help students find their voice as writers."