Douglas Stowell

Doug Stowell has been an OLLI instructor at Furman University since 2015 and a national instructor since 2018. His career includes Director of Market Research for the Xerox Corp., US Director for the UK firm National Opinion Polling, Ltd., and Senior Consultant with Wirthlin Worldwide Polling in DC. He opened his own firm in 2008 and continues conducting global consumer issues surveys and political polls.

Course Title: Future Perfect (Fall Term 2022)
Participant Testimonials: 

Managed to pack in a lot of information, with the excellent support of powerpoint. He was very experienced, evidenced by his slides and supplemental comments.

Doug was excellent in all respects!!!!

Course Title: How Does the US Rank Globally? - A Top 10 Summary! (Spring Term 2022)
Participant Testimonials:

A great, overview collection of statistics in a wide variety of areas. Charts were very complete

Very well organized. He sent materials out ahead so we could be ready and partially informed. Great planning.

Course Title: Have You Checked Your “Personality” Lately? (Winter Term 2022)
Participant Testomonials:

I just took it on a lark and enjoyed myself and learned something too!

Great fun comparing personality "tests"

Course Title: What in the World is Going On? A Top 10 Summary—2021! (Winter Term 2022)
Participant Testimonials: 

Yes, lecturer interacted well with participants and answered questions readily.

Very knowledgeable. 

Course Title: Have You Checked Your “Personality” Lately? (Fall Term 2021)
Participant Testimonials: 

It exceeded my expectations. Doug made this so interesting and fun!

He had a real depth of knowledge about his subject.