Dr. Douglas A. Boyd holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Austin, an M.A. from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. He has held academic and administrative positions at the University of Minnesota, the University of Delaware, the University of Maryland, and the University of Kentucky. Earlier, he was a commercial broadcaster and was employed by the US government in the construction of the first TV stations in Saudi Arabia. He was a Fulbright Professor at Cairo University.