Margaret Masson

Margaret Jane Masson is a British university administrator and academic. Since 2016, she has been principal of St Chad's College, Durham University.[1]

Margaret Masson
Principal of St Chad's College, Durham
Assumed office
2016
Preceded byJoseph Cassidy
Personal details
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Aberdeen

Early life and education

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]

Career

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]

Personal life

Masson is married to Robert Song, Professor of Theological Ethics at the University of Durham. They have two grown-up children.[7]

References
  1. "New principal at St Chad's College". Northern Echo. 18 Feb 2016. Retrieved 5 Jan 2017.
  2. "Staff". St Chad's College. Retrieved 5 Jan 2017.
  3. Masson, M. J. (1988). The influence of Congregationalism on the first four novels of D.H. Lawrence. E-Thesis Online Service (Ph.D). The British Library Board. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  4. Wilkinson, David (22 November 2016). "A Letter from the Principal". College Record. St John's College, Durham (2016): 5.
  5. "Appointment of New Principal". St Chad's College. 16 February 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  6. "Margaret Masson formally installed as Principal". St Chad's College. 2 May 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  7. "Committee". The William Leech Research Fund. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
Academic offices
Preceded by
Joseph Cassidy		 Principal of St Chad's College
2017 to present		 Incumbent
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