Marlene F. Watson

Marlene F. Watson is the former Chair and Associate Professor in the Couple and Family Therapy Department at Drexel University in Philadelphia. A licensed couple and family therapist with a private practice, she was the first couple and family therapist ever to receive the prestigious Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowship.

A former columnist for Heart & Soul Magazine, she loves to read biographies and historical accounts of African Americans, and she also enjoys African folk tales. She is a collector of African and African American art and a connoisseur of Earl Grey teas.

Marlene was raised in the Philadelphia area, where she still lives. She delights in mentoring young people. Every day, she tries to live by the words of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr: “If I can help somebody as I pass along – then my living will not be in vain.”