Bevlee Watford

Bevlee Artis Watford (born March 26, 1958) is an American engineer and academic administrator who is the associate dean for equity and engagement and professor of engineering education at the Virginia Tech College of Engineering. She has served on the National Science Board since 2023. Watford was president of the American Society for Engineering Education from 2017 to 2018.

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"Accepting the position directing minority engineering programs, I left a regular, tenured job with academic administration Being told I was making a tragic career move solidified my need to support students who looked like me."

- Bevlee Watford

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"I was told that I would never make full professor because I would not be doing funded research or publishing scholarly papers."

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