Ph.D., M.A., University of Washington, Seattle
B.A., Glasgow Caledonian University
Dougie Bicket has been teaching at Fisher since 2006, before which he taught at SUNY Geneseo. He is a native-born Scot who moved to the United States in the 1990s. After working as a journalist in Pennsylvania, he earned M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Washington in Seattle.
Bicket is the go-to guy for all things British in the department, although he also has a strong interest in U.S. history and culture, having worked for five years as a park ranger at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia. His research investigates the role of public memorials and monuments in American culture. Bicket teaches a number of courses at Fisher, including Visual Communication, International and Intercultural Communication, Communication Seminar, and Irish & Scottish Film.
Publications
- Staying Above the Fray: The Strange Case of the National Park Service in an Era of Hyper Partisanship, From the proceedings of the 2012 Northeast Popular Culture Association Conference, 2012.
- BBC News in the United States: A 'super-alternative' news medium emerges, Media Culture & Society, 2009.
- Window on the Wider World: Rise of British News in the United States, Journalism Practice, 2008. Co-authored with Melissa Wall.
- Circling the Wagons: Containing the Downing Street Memo Story’s Impact in America, Journal of Communication Inquiry, 2007. Co-authored with Melissa Wall.
- The Baghdad Broadcasting Corporation: US conservatives take aim at the BBC, Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism, 2008. Co-authored with Melissa Wall.