Doug Waterfield is a professor of art at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. He was born in 1969 and grew up with a passion for art, which he pursued throughout his academic and professional career. Waterfield graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in graphic design in 1991, followed by a Master of Arts in art history in 1997. He later earned a Master of Fine Arts in painting in 2007, cementing his credentials as a respected artist and academic. He spent 10 years as a professor at the Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia, Arkansas before his journey to the windy plains of Nebraska.