Douglas MacLeod

Douglas MacLeod is an Associate Professor of Composition and Communication at SUNY Cobleskill. He teaches courses in:

• Intercultural communication
• Script writing
• Visual media
• Cinema
• Mass media
• Composition and literature

His research explores film studies, communication, and popular culture, with specific focus on:

• Alfred Hitchcock's cinematic techniques
• Narrative structures in The Twilight Zone
• Stand-up comedy as pedagogical tool
• Media representations of true crime
• Cultural impacts of films like Bonnie and Clyde

MacLeod has contributed to academic publications including book chapters on religion in cinema and a 2025 analysis of Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt in the Palgrave series volume Serial Killing on Screen.