Rate My Professor Douglas Fantz

Douglas A. Fantz serves as Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College, as well as Professor of Chemistry at Agnes Scott College. He holds a B.S. from Furman University and a Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina. After completing his doctorate, Fantz undertook a postdoctoral fellowship in Molecular Biology and Pharmacology at Washington University in St. Louis from 1998 to 2002. He joined Agnes Scott College as an assistant professor of chemistry, progressing to associate professor by 2010 and subsequently to full professor. In addition to his faculty role, he contributes to the Resource Center for Math and Science as an advisory board member.

Fantz teaches courses in biochemistry, molecular biology, and genetics. His scholarly interests center on investigations of the Ras signaling pathway using Caenorhabditis elegans as a model organism. This research has produced notable publications, including 'Nfya-1 functions as a substrate of ERK-MAP kinase during C. elegans vulval development,' co-authored with Segen Aklilu, Michelle Krakowiak, Abena Frempong, Katherine Wilson, and Christy Powers in 2022, and 'Conversion of the LIN-1 ETS Protein of Caenorhabditis elegans into an Active ETS Domain Enhances Contrasuppression,' co-authored with E.R. Leight and others in 2015. His body of work has accumulated 367 citations on ResearchGate. Fantz mentors undergraduate students in research, leading to contributions at conferences such as the International C. elegans Meeting, where his advisees have presented posters on Ras signaling mediators. Through his administrative leadership, he supports academic affairs, faculty development, and interdisciplinary initiatives in math and science at Agnes Scott College.