Master Lecturer on Economics, Boston University and Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Born and raised in Colorado, Bruce Watson studied undergraduate economics at the University of Denver. After eight years as a financial futures analyst and trader, he did graduate work in economics at the University of Colorado and at Harvard. He taught at Harvard College for many years and was a resident tutor in Harvard's Lowell House. He now teaches at the Extension School and is a Master Lecturer at Boston University. The recipient of numerous teaching awards at Harvard College and Boston University, in 2011 Watson received Harvard Extension School's JoAnne Fussa Distinguished Teaching Award.