Director of Postdoctoral Affairs
Dr. Del Watson has spent the last 25 years in leadership roles in higher education. She began her career in higher education in 1999 as Director of Human Resources at Huston-Tillotson University. In 2006, she was appointed Director of HR Strategy at the McCombs School of Business at UT Austin. She served in the Executive Vice President and Provost Office from 2014-2023, before assuming the position of Director of Postdoctoral Affairs in the Graduate School in January 2024.
Dr. Watson holds a BA in Economics, an MA in Human Dimensions of Organizations and the Ph.D. in Higher Education Leadership from The University of Texas at Austin, and an MBA from St. Edward’s University, Austin, Texas. A military veteran, Del served in the US Air Force where she achieved the rank of Captain.