Karan L. Watson
has been Dean of Faculties and Associate Provost since February
1, 2002. She joined the faculty of Texas A&M University in
1983 in the Electrical Engineering Department, where she is currently
a Regents Professor. Dr. Watson is a registered professional engineer
and has been named a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and
Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and the American Society for Engineering
Education (ASEE). She received the US President’s Award for
Mentoring Minorities and Women is Science and Technology, the American
Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) mentoring award,
the IEEE International Undergraduate Teaching Award, the TAMU Association
of Former Students University Award for Student relationships,
the TAMU Provost’s Award for Diversity, the TAMU Women’s
Week Award for Administrators, the College of Engineering Crawford
Teaching Award, and was named a TAMU Regents Professor. She has
chaired the doctoral committees of 32 students and over 60 master
degree students. In 2003/4 she served as a Senior Fellow of the
National Academy of Engineers’ Center for the Advancement
of Scholarship in Engineering Education, and since 1991 she has
served as an accreditation evaluator and commissioner for engineering
programs for ABET, both in the US and internationally. Additionally,
from November 2005 to September 2006, she served as the Interim
Vice President and Associate Provost of Diversity. |