Jean Watson

Jean Watson, PhD, RN, HNC, FAAN, is Distinguished Professor Emerita and Dean Emerita of the School of Nursing at the University of Colorado. She is founder of the Center for Human Caring in Colorado, a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, and past-president of the National League for Nursing. She is a widely published author and recipient of several awards and honors, including an international Kellogg Fellowship in Australia, a Fulbright Research Award in Sweden, and five honorary...See more

Jean Watson, PhD, RN, HNC, FAAN, is Distinguished Professor Emerita and Dean Emerita of the School of Nursing at the University of Colorado. She is founder of the Center for Human Caring in Colorado, a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, and past-president of the National League for Nursing. She is a widely published author and recipient of several awards and honors, including an international Kellogg Fellowship in Australia, a Fulbright Research Award in Sweden, and five honorary doctoral degrees, including Honorary International Doctor of Science awards from Goteborg University in Sweden and from Luton University in London. Clinical nurses and academic programs throughout the world use her published works on the philosophy and theory of human caring and the art and science of caring in nursing. Dr. Watson's caring philosophy is used to guide new models of caring and healing practices in diverse settings worldwide. At University of Colorado, Dr. Watson holds the title of Distinguished Professor of Nursing, the highest honor accorded its faculty for scholarly work. In 1998-99 she assumed that nation's first endowed chair in Caring Science, based at the University of Colorado. See less