Douglas Keiser has been Associate Director of Bands and a member of the Music Education faculty of Indiana State University since 1990. He has served as director of the Symphonic Band, the Marching Sycamores, and the Sycamore Basketball Band. He was acting chair of the Department of Music during the 1995-96 year, was past president of the Indiana Bandmasters Association, and is currently on leave pursuing the Doctorate of Musical Arts degree in Wind Conducting at Michigan State University.