Hull was an undergraduate at
Hampshire College. He earned a master's degree and Ph.D. in mathematics at the
University of Rhode Island.[5] His 1997 dissertation, Some Problems in List Coloring Bipartite Graphs, involved
graph coloring, and was supervised by Nancy Eaton.[6]
Prior to his appointment at Franklin & Marshall College, Hull taught at
Merrimack College (1997–2008) and
Western New England University (2008–2023).[1] He has also taught at the
Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics for many years: as junior staff from 1991 to 1995, and as senior staff in 1998 to 2007. Since 2013, he has taught at MathILy, an intensive residential summer program for mathematically excellent high school students.[5]
Hull was a member of the board of directors of origami association
OrigamiUSA from 1995 to 2008.[7]
Author
Hull is the author or co-author of several books on origami, including:
Origametry: Mathematical Methods in Paper Folding (Cambridge University Press, 2021)[8]