Prof. Watters served as the Dean of Graduate Studies and subsequently as the Provost and Vice President Academic for the University. While Dean of Graduate studies and as Provost, she led many international initiatives to build collaborative programs with universities and governments. On secondment from Dalhousie University, Dr. Watters served as the inaugural Chief Digital Research Officer of the National Research Council Canada 2019-2021. Her research has focused on human computer engagement in text information spaces from documents to social media. Her interdisciplinary and collaborative work has spanned all three Canadian national research funding councils: the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). More about Prof. Watters at https://www.dal.ca/faculty/computerscience/faculty-staff/carolyn-watters.html