Margaret Masson | |
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Principal of St Chad's College, Durham | |
Assumed office 2016 | |
Preceded by | Joseph Cassidy |
Personal details | |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | University of Aberdeen |
Margaret Jane Masson is a British academic and the principal of St Chad's College at Durham University. [1]
She was born and brought up in Zambia. [1] She studied at the University of Aberdeen,graduating with a double first undergraduate Master of Arts (MA Hons) degree in English and Religious Studies . [2] She undertook a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in the Department of English Studies at the University of Durham,under the supervision of Ruth Etchells. [2] Her doctoral thesis,titled "The influence of Congregationalism on the first four novels of D.H. Lawrence",was submitted in 1988. [3]
Masson began her academic teaching career in the United States first at Whitworth College then at Calvin College,Grand Rapids,Mi . [1] In 1992,she returned to Durham University,having been appointed Senior Tutor at St John's College and lecturer in the University’s English Department [4] [1] In 2004 she became the Vice-Principal and Senior Tutor at St Chad's College,Durham. [1] It was announced on 16 February 2016 that she would be the next Principal of St Chad's College in succession to Joseph Cassidy. [5] She was formally installed as the college's tenth Principal during a service at Durham Cathedral in May 2016. [6]
Masson was a board member and trustee of Traidcraft for many years,a member of the Leech Professorial Management Board,a member of the board of Ridley Hall,Cambridge,and is a Bishop's Reviewer for Ministerial Training in the Church of England. [2]
Masson is married to Robert Song,Professor of Theological Ethics at the University of Durham. They have two grown-up children. [7]
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