George H. Watson, Ph.D.

George H. Watson holds a Ph.D. in Physics and is Unidel Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Delaware; he served nine years as the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at UD. As Dean of its largest college, he was responsible for the leadership and administration of the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences at UD. George is founding director of the Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education, created to promote reform of undergraduate education through faculty development and course design. He has advanced international problem-based learning (PBL) conferences and was one of the founders of the Pan-American Network for PBL. He has been supported by grants for development of PBL curricula for introductory physics, science education reform in Peru through PBL, and most recently for the GK-12 Project "Improvement of Science Education in Vocational Technical High Schools through Collaborative Learning and Coteaching".

George’s physics research has been in experimental condensed matter physics and laser spectroscopy.

George has been active in the Delaware Arts Alliance, serving recently as President of the Board for two years.  He currently serves on the boards of Delaware Shakespeare, the Delaware Contemporary, and the Friends of the University of Delaware Library.