Robert P. Watson (born 1962)[1] is an American political scientist and a historian of US politics, and the author of many books on US political and military history.
He is Distinguished Professor of American History and Avron Fogelman Research Professor at Lynn University.
[2] Watson has a bachelor's degree from Virginia Tech, a master's degree from the University of West Florida, and a Ph.D. from Florida Atlantic University.
[2] Watson held a position at Northern Arizona University before moving to the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo in 1997 as an assistant professor of political science.
[3] By 2006, as an associate professor of political science at Florida Atlantic University, he was named the university's 2006 Distinguished Teacher of the Year.