Biography
Dr. Douglas Tewksbury, Ph.D., is Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Niagara University. He teaches courses on media, environmental studies, technology, and art.
Dr. Tewksbury is an interdisciplinary media artist and curator whose practice spans interactive media, sound, electronics, photo/video, field recordings, and other media. His ongoing body of creative work in recent years has focused on environmental themes, humans’ relationship to the natural world, and the climate crisis in particular. Increasingly, his most recent work is on projects that foster community building and the shared joy and wonder arising from humans working together through cooperation and interaction.
His ongoing and past projects have been exhibited at The Art Gallery of Hamilton, the Burchfield Penney Art Center, Artpark, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, the Sarasota Art Museum, the Castellani Art Museum, Winterfest Hamilton, the Royal Botanical Gardens, and other venues. As a musician and composer, he has released numerous collections of compositions, including Floe: Volumes I–IV (2024; Tridek Records), Brutes and Brutes Remixed (2022/23; Hush Hush Records), Paths (2021; Geertruida Records), and numerous other singular and collaborative works.
Dr. Tewksbury’s current research focuses on the intersection of environment, climate, energy, media, culture, and power. He is particularly interested in oil and fossil fuel cultures, communities of climate change deniers, oil activism, online communities, and energy museums. He has researched a variety of areas in media, cultural, and environmental studies, with work published in journals including The Journal of Popular Culture, The Journal of Canadian Communication, Communication, Capitalism, and Critique, The American Communication Journal, Surveillance & Society, and others.
He has been selected for fellowships and residencies at The Arctic Circle Residency, The Banff Centre, the Seminar in Experimental Critical Theory, and others. He is a Fulbright alumnus, having held the Fulbright Research Chair in Globalization and Cultural Studies at McMaster University. He holds a Ph.D. from the College of Communications at The Pennsylvania State University, an M.A. from Suffolk University, and a B.A. from Vanderbilt University.