Doug is also an instructor in the Geology Department at YSU. This combination allows him to explore with his students in both departments questions ranging from the composition of the planets and the origin of the Solar System to the development of mineral resources and the disposal of solid waste. 

Doug Fowler has production experience from his past work with the Ward Beecher Planetarium. He is currently involved with the production of a series of programs (which he will co-host) for WYSU-FM 88.5, called “This Island Earth.” These programs will focus on various environmental issues and will begin airing in September of 2001. 

As a sideline, he routinely produces on-the-road audio-visual presentations on resource use and other related environmental issues. Schools, libraries, and other groups can make private arrangements by contacting him through the Department of Physics and Astronomy or sending email to: doug172@hotmail.com. 

Doug's on-the-road presentations can also include skywatching, learning constellations, and observing with telescopes. As the San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomers state in their motto: "Have Telescope, Will Travel." 

Publications and presentations

Fowler, Douglas A. & Beaver, John E. (1991). The Early Universe, a planetarium 
          production presented at Westminster College as part of the Modern Physics Institute, July 
          1991. 

Fowler, Douglas A. (1995). Star Gazing, Philosophy, and Teaching, The Planetarian, Vol. 24, 
          No. 4, December 1995.

Fowler, Douglas A. (2000). Stellar Regions, a planetarium production presented in the Ward 
          Beecher Planetarium, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Youngstown State 
          University, February 2000.

J. J. Carroll, Karamian, S. A., Boyle, M. K., Kaneko, Y., Toman, R., Fowler, D., Helba, M., 
          Roberts, H., & Agee, F. J. (2001). Improved Method for Detection of X-ray Triggered 
          Decay of the 178Hfm2 Isomer Using a Multidetector Array, Laser Physics, Vol. 11, No. 1. 

Beaver, John, Baker, Judith, & Fowler, Doug (2001). Space/Art/Milky Way. Menasha, WI: 
          University of Wisconsin, Fox Valley Campus. 

Fowler, Douglas (2001) Rimrock Morrison Trail (photograph), in Pennsylvania Hiking trails 
          2002, the official calendar of the Keystone Trails Association, Cogan Station, PA: 
          Keystone Trails Association.