Doug was awarded a Fellowship by the Marine Biological Laboratory/National Library of Medicine to attend a BioMedical Informatics course in September. There, he will learn about innovations in information science as they pertain to biology, medicine, and the health sciences.

At the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference in March 2012, Doug presented as part of the "Purloining the Letter" panel with Diane Simmons, Rachel Hall, Louise Steinman, and Tyrone Williams. Doug's talk described his work with archival materials of the Manhattan Project.

In February 2012, Doug completed a Writing Residency at Ragdale with co-author Anna Leahy. The two worked on a nonfiction book about their year following the end of the space shuttle program.

At the Modern Languages Association Convention in January 2011, Doug presented a paper about Chapman University's Freedom Without Walls, a month-long celebration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall last year. He's working with his co-authors on an article version for German Quarterly.

Also in January 2011, Doug led a GIS session at THATCamp SoCal. He was awarded a fellowship to attend THATCamp Victoria in June 2011.

At the end of last year, Doug became the Science Librarian at the Leatherby Libraries, Chapman University. In that role, he  recently helped coordinate the week-long Einstein's Universe program featuring physicist Brian Foster and violinist Jack Lieback. He has also worked with the library's archivist to develop a collection of NASA artifacts and documents.

In August 2010, Doug was awarded a scholarship to attend a week-long workshop at the Norman Mailer Writers Colony to work on his novel.

“Marketing MAGIC: Using Outreach to Advertise Library-based GIS Services” was  presented at the 2010 ESRI Education User Conference (EdUC) in San Diego.

“Balancing Bits and Paper: Creating a Portal for MAGIC” with Rand Boyd was presented at the 2010 ESRI Education User Conference (EdUC) in San Diego.