Meghan Dougherty

Ceramic Artist

I am a studio artist in Brattleboro, Vermont. I design and build hollow ceramic sculptural forms using organic shapes that speak to movement and transformation. My sculpture is heavily influenced by her previous work as a tenured research professor of media ecology.

 

  • MD CERAMICS & GOOD GLAZE

    OWNER

    June 2024 -

    MD Ceramics builds sculpture, utilitarian work, and takes commissions for ceramic wares. GOOD Glaze consults with individual clients and local community pottery studios to mix, develop, and troubleshoot glazes. Future development includes a series of glaze chemistry courses that give certified students access to a maker space to make their own glazes.

    WHEELHOUSE CLAY CENTER‍ ‍

    STUDIO ARTIST, GLAZE TECHNICIAN, TEACHER

    February 2022 -

    Lead the glaze team in day-to-day maintenance of community studio glazes, design reformulations of glazes with new ingredients, troubleshoot and solve glaze flaws, develop new glazes. Run workshops and classes on glaze basics, hand building sculpture skills, and clay critique.

    LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO‍ ‍

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

    August 2009 – June 2024

    Conducted research in web historiography, digital sustainability, media infrastructure and materiality, and critical digital pedagogy. Taught graduate and undergraduate courses from introductory level to advanced level, in person, online, and hybrid. Developed curriculum, led promotion/tenure and educational assessment committees, and served on faculty- and shared-governance committees. Held leadership positions as Program Chair and Graduate Program Chair. Earned tenure and promotion to Associate Professor in 2016.

    FACULTY RESEARCH FELLOW

    June 2021 – March 2023

    Conducted research on the intersection of critical digital pedagogy, Ignatian pedagogy and online teaching and learning practices during a competitively selected 2.5 year funded research term. Produced research, lectures, and podcast episodes, and training sessions for faculty teaching mentorship.

    EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT LEAD, SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION

    January 2022 – June 2024

    Researched and produced a proposal for educational assessment in the School of Communication that is science-based, theoretically backed, multi-tiered, and rolled out in a phased manner to encourage a robust discussion of educational assessment among faculty and staff and students within the School. Chaired the Assessment Committee to manage the initial rollout of the assessment plan.

    AARHUS UNIVERSITY DENMARK

    VISITING PROFESSOR

    January 2014 – July 2014

    Delivered lectures, taught multiple PhD courses, and conducted research in software studies, web historiography and digital material culture.

    ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

    VIRTUAL KNOWLEDGE STUDIO, AMSTERDAM

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow

    August 2008 – December 2008

    Conducted studies in digital material culture in an international research group.

  • Wheelhouse Clay Center

    8-week Handbuilding Sculpture Skills

    Exploring Glazes

    Sculpture Skills Weekend Workshop

    Clay Critique

    GRADUATE

    Loyola University Chicago

    Digital Sustainability

    Introduction to Digital Media

    State University Of New York, Institute of Technology

    Information Technologies

    Emerging Information Technologies

    Ethics & Law in the Information Age

    State University Of New York, Brockport Visual Studies Workshop‍ ‍

    Remix Culture

    UNDERGRADUATE

    Loyola university Chicago

    Sustainability for Digital Media

    Media Technology & Society

    New Media & Communication

    Media Theory & Criticism

    Field Work in Social Media

    Naturalistic Methods of Research in Communication

    Digital Ethnography

    Technology & the City

    Remix Culture

    Ethics & Communication

    Introduction to Communication

    Public Speaking

    Communication Practices

    Communication Processes

    State University Of New York, Institute of Technology

    Analytical Research Writing

    University Of Washington, Seattle

    Basic Concepts of New Media

    Network Culture

  • CERAMIC MATERIALS WORKSHOP

    Understanding Glazes, 2022

    Advancing Glazes, 2023

    Intro To Clay Bodies, 2026 (anticipated)

    UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE

    PhD, Communication 2006

    TEMPLE UNIVERSITY

    MA, Mass Media 2001

    NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

    BS, Media Ecology 1999

  • Ceramic glaze formulation, troubleshooting and maintenance

    Ceramic glaze team training and management

    Ceramic studio maintenance

    Studio art critique

    Hand building clay techniques

    Clay construction

    Teaching at various levels

    Public speaking

    Curriculum development

    Educational assessment

    Research methodology

    Academic leadership