Dr. Clytrice Watson is a professor of Biology and the Associate Provost for Academic and Student Service at Delaware State University. Throughout her twenty plus years in higher education, she navigated through the academic ranks to full professor and has served in many capacities. She completed a 2-year rotation with the National Science Foundation as a Program Officer for the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources and is a Society of STEM Women of Color board member www.sswoc.org.

Dr. Watson discusses her career ascension and the highs and lows of interpersonal interactions along the way. There is much more to the job than student-faculty interactions. We have to work with peers, senior faculty, and leaders. It can be particularly rewarding but encountering "mean girls" can be crushing. Navigating interpersonal interactions in higher ed can be rewarding if you have the right support. Dr. Watson provides tips for surviving challenging situations such as reflecting on your purpose, engaging your external network, and assessing the campus environment.

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