Dr. Jonathan Watson serves as Manchester University's Faculty Athletic Representative (FAR).
Watson arrived at Manchester University in 1998, with a Ph.D. in Old and Middle English literature from Indiana University. At Manchester, he teaches a broad range of courses, medieval and other, including History of the English Language, British Literature I, Arthurian Literature, J.R.R. Tolkien, Romantics and Victorians, and Cinema for Social Change.
At Manchester, Professor Watson serves on the Fulbright Committee and the Athletics Scheduling Committee, which he currently chairs. He has served as an “honorary coach” for the Manchester football team. As an undergraduate, Professor Watson played soccer at Vanderbilt University, where he was a goalkeeper for the Commodores.
Additionally, Watson has also worked as a carpenter on Cape Cod building post-and-beam houses, and still returns to Chatham, Mass., and his home state of New Jersey in the summer, with his wife (Professor Ings) and three children: Olivia, Susannah and Dallas.
* Last Updated - August 8, 2022
