Douglas Watson Project Director (Ph.D., Florida State University, 1972) dwatson@uark.edu

Employed by RT-31 since it began operation in 1982, Dr. Watson holds the rank of Professor and is Director of the Center. Hard-of-hearing all his life, he has 37 years of work experience in deafness rehabilitation. A rehabilitation counselor and placement specialist early in his career, he was employed at the Hot Springs (Arkansas) Rehabilitation Center and the St. Louis Jewish Employment and Vocational Service on two RSA-funded projects serving low functioning deaf clients. He later served as Director of Training for the Deafness Research and Training Center at New York University (RT-17) prior to assuming the directorship of RT-31. He has written or edited 25 books or monographs as well as numerous book chapters and journal articles. Dr. Watson has made more than 200 conference and training workshop presentations. He has taught more than 60 graduate and undergraduate courses in all areas of deafness rehabilitation. He specializes in rehabilitation program and policy issues, career preparation and placement, clinical rehabilitation assessment, services for individuals who are low functioning or individuals who are deaf-blind, and he provides leadership to Center efforts in those areas.

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