Office Hours:

Spring 2007

No classes

Doug was born in Salt Lake City but grew up in Statesboro, Georgia, where his father teaches German at Georgia Southern University. Doug served a mission in northern Mexico (Torreón: 1984-85) that included assignments in the Mormon Colonies and the Mennonite Camps of the state of Chihuahua. Doug married Terri L. Jackson in 1986 and the two have five children: Krista, Derek, Kevin, Dallin, and Noah. Doug loves to run, read (not together) and ride motorcycles.

Doug graduated from BYU in 1988 (B.A. Spanish) and worked on a M.A. degree in Spanish until 1990 when he was activated with the 300th MI Brigade (Linguist) and sent to Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War. After returning, Doug began a Ph.D. program in Latin American Literature at Pennsylvania State University. His area of specialization is twentieth-century Latin American narrative (novel and short story), although his research and teaching interests also include Colonial literature and film.