caption birth_place president citizenship nationality office term_start image article_title term_end name alma_mater
carole m. watson kansas barack obama barack obama usa usa acting acting chair of the national endowment for the humanities chair of the national endowment for the humanities 2009 2013 carole m watson.jpg carole m. watson
 2009 2014 carole m. watson st. louis university , george washington university
carole m. watson

carole mcalpine watson -lrb- born kansas -rrb- is an american academic and leading civil servant .
watson has served twice as acting chair of the national endowment for the humanities , first in 2009 and again in 2013 to 2014 .
watson studied african american literature and authored `` her prologue '' , a scholarly bibliography of novels by african american women published between 1859 and 1965 .
watson holds a bachelor 's degree from pittsburg state university , a master 's in english and american literature from st. louis university , and a phd in american cultural history from the george washington university and was a fellow of the council for excellence in government -lrb- 1991 -rrb- .
