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.