Professor Watson graduated from NYU School of Law in 1992, and after years as a public interest lawyer she completed fellowships in clinical medical ethics at University of Chicago Medical School’s MacLean Center and in medical humanities at Northwestern. Professor Watson also has a background in theater—she is currently an adjunct faculty member at the training center of Chicago’s Second City theatre—and in 2002 she created what appears to be the country’s first medical school improv seminar designed to teach communication skills, a unique interdisciplinary adaptation she calls “medical improv.”