VIRGINIA WATSON, Ph.D.

Dr. Virginia Bacay Watson joined the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies as assistant professor in July 2004. Her areas of interest include the politics of science and technology, national systems of innovation, renewable energy technology and policy, water resource management, and the linkage between Asian security and technology.

Dr. Watson has held appointments at the University of Denver and Colorado School of Mines, and served as an exchange faculty for the University of Colorado in Beijing, China, for two years. Courses she has taught include science and technology issues in Asia, renewable energy technology, international and comparative politics, international security and political philosophy. She co-authored a report, “Asian Views of a Possible US-PRC Competition for Influence in the Asia-Pacific Region,” for the Strategic Assessment Center, and is currently working on two books: “Governance in Asia: Issues in Emerging Technologies” and “Taming River Rivalries” (co-author). She also served as a consultant for the Science Applications International Corporation.

Dr. Watson is a native of the Philippines, where she obtained her bachelor’s degrees in Asian studies and management of financial institutions. She holds a master’s degree in Asian studies from Cornell University and a doctorate in international studies (in the field of comparative politics) in the areas of international technology assessment and management and public policy from the University of Denver. She is fluent in Tagalog and Ilonggo and conversant in Japanese and Spanish.

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Last updated: 05/21/2010