About Firm Faith
Dr. Firm Faith Watson serves as Director of the Faculty Development Center at Murray State University. She is a leadership coach and the President and Founder of Firm Faith University, the official sponsor of the Wise Leader Virtual Summit, the Wise Leader Challenge, the
Wise Leader Institute, the Lead Others in Virtual Environments (LOVE) Membership, and the Wise Leader Conference.
Watson designed and facilitated professional development to serve leaders in the United States and beyond including the Leadership Coaching Institute, the Accelerated Leadership in Virtual Environments (ALIVE) Challenge, and the Virtual Course Design Challenge. She also hosted the This Works for Me Virtual Summit.
Watson collaborated with leaders at Murray State University to host the Fall Faculty Summit, New Faculty Orientation, New Faculty Academy, and led the university's major transition to online learning during the pandemic. Her email is [email protected].
More About Firm Faith
- Earned a leadership coaching certificate
- Earned a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Learning Systems Design and Technology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC)
- Earned a MSc. in Education with an emphasis in Workforce Education and Development at SIUC
- Served as the Instructional Designer at Indiana University South Bend for nearly six years and helped faculty design and facilitate face-to-face, blended, and online courses
- Served as an online course manager at SIUC, for over five years and taught online courses and trained online course managers to teach online
- Served as a lecturer at the Jamaica Institute of Management
