Dr. Karan L. Watson

Dr. Karan L. Watson
Interim Provost
Texas A&M University

9th Floor Rudder Tower
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-1248

Phone: (979) 845-4016
Fax: (979) 845-6994
watson@tamu.edu

Karan L. Watson, Ph.D., P.E., was appointed interim provost and executive vice president for academics on July 28, 2009. She has served as vice provost at Texas A&M University since December 2008. Prior to serving as vice provost, she had been dean of faculties and associate provost since February 2002. She joined the faculty of Texas A&M University in 1983 and is currently a Regents Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Before assuming the position of dean of faculties and associate provost, Dr. Watson served as the associate dean for graduate studies in the Dwight Look College of Engineering. She also served the Look College as associate dean for academic affairs and as a member of the Faculty Senate. She was interim vice president and associate provost for diversity from November 2005 to September 2006, a role that she again held from December 2008 until July 2009.

Dr. Watson is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and the American Society for Engineering Education. Her awards and recognitions include the U.S. President's Award for Mentoring Minorities and Women in Science and Technology, the American Association for the Advancement of Science mentoring award, the IEEE International Undergraduate Teaching Award, The Texas A&M University Association of Former Students—University Award for Student Relations and the College of Engineering Crawford Teaching Award.

Dr. Watson has chaired the graduate committees of 32 doctoral students and more than 60 master's degree students. In 2003–2004, she served as a Senior Fellow of the National Academy of Engineering Center for the Advancement of Scholarship in Engineering Education. Since 1991, she has served as an accreditation evaluator and commissioner and is now on the Board of Directors for ABET, Inc., formerly the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.