[2][3] During her undergraduate studies, she worked for the Consolidation Coal Company as a cooperative education student.
[1] Her dissertation was titled, Simulation Software for Bulk Material Transportation System's Analysis.
[1] Watford started her career as an assistant professor of industrial engineering at Clemson University.
[5] From 2005 to 2007, she served as a program manager in the division of undergraduate education for the National Science Foundation (NSF), returning from 2013 to 2015 to serve as the program director for broadening participation in the division of engineering education and centers.
[5] In 2010, she was elected as a fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education and she served as its president from 2017 to 2018.