Fulton worked at Princeton and Brandeis University from 1965 until 1970, when he began teaching at Brown. In 1987 he moved to the University of Chicago.[1] He is, as of 2011, a professor at the University of Michigan.[2] As of 2024, Fulton had supervised the doctoral work of 24 students at Brown, Chicago, and Michigan.
Fulton is known as the author or coauthor of a number of popular texts, including Algebraic Curves and Representation Theory.
Algebraic Curves: An Introduction To Algebraic Geometry, with Richard Weiss. New York: Benjamin, 1969. Reprint ed.: Redwood City, CA, USA: Addison-Wesley, Advanced Book Classics, 1989. ISBN0-201-51010-3. Full text online.