She has been repeatedly recognized as a “Teachers Ranked Excellent by Their Students” throughout her teaching tenure. Watson has mentored undergraduate and graduate students in research methods, clinical skills and leadership development. Undergraduate scholars have also been widely involved in her program of research, which examines the effectiveness of mind-body interventions (e.g., mindfulness meditation) to reduce stress-related outcomes among African-American women. Watson, also a trained mindfulness meditation facilitator, served as a mindfulness meditation facilitator and evaluation consultant for a culturally adapted mindfulness stress-management group intervention for African-American women in Madison, Wisconsin.