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Teaching Staff by Subject

Anglo-Saxon Norse & Celtic

  • Judy Quinn BA(Hons) (Melbourne), PhD (Sydney)
    • Director of Studies (On leave Lent Term 2012)
    • College Lecturer in ASNC
  • * Debby Banham MA, PhD
    • Acting Director of Studies (Lent Term 2012)
    • Special Supervisor in Anglo-Saxon Norse & Celtic

Archaeology & Anthropology

  • Catherine Hills MA, PhD (London)
    • Director of Studies (Social Anthropology)
    • Director of Studies (Part I Arch & Anth, Part II Arch, Part II Biological Arch)
    • Senior Lecturer in Department of Archaeology
  • Yael Navaro-Yashin PhD (Princeton)
    • College Lecturer in Social Anthropology
    • Senior Lecturer in Department of Social Anthropology
  • Emma Pomeroy BA, MA (Southampton)
    • Research Fellow in Biological Anthropology (from 1st Sep)

Architecture

  • * Benedicte Foo MA, MSt, DipArch, RIBA
    • Director of Studies
    • Special Supervisor in Architecture

Asian & Middle Eastern Studies

  • Kate Daniels BA (Exeter), MA (London), PhD (London)
    • Director of Studies
    • Special Supervisor in Arabic

Chemical Engineering

  • * Ian Wilson MA, MEng, PhD (British Columbia)
    • Director of Studies
    • Special Supervisor
  • * Sarah Rough MA, MEng, PhD (DIC)
    • Special Supervisor in Chemical Enginering

Classics

  • Mary Beard MA, PhD
    • Director of Studies (Part II)
    • Professorial Fellow in Classics
    • Professor in Faculty of Classics

Computer Science

  • Kate Taylor BSc (London), MSc (Open)
    • Director of Studies
    • Special Supervisor

Economics

  • Helen Bao BA (Dongbei), MA (Dongbei), PhD (Hong Kong)
    • College Lecturer in Economics(On leave Lent and Easter Terms 2012)
    • University Lecturer in Department of Land Economy
  • * Tiago Cavalcanti MA (Ilinois), PhD (Illinois)
    • Special Supervisor in Economics
    • University Lecturer in Faculty of Economics

Engineering

  • Claire Barlow MA, PhD, FRSA, FIMMM
    • Director of Studies (Part IIB On leave Michaelmas Term 2011)
    • College Lecturer in Engineering
    • Senior Lecturer in Department of Engineering
  • Luis Garcia-Gancedo BSc (Hons) (Oviedo), CRM (Brighton), PhD (Brighton)
    • Director of Studies (Part IA & IIA)
    • College Lecturer in Engineering (to 31st Dec)
  • * Alice Moncaster MA, MSc (Bristol), MICE CEng
    • Director of Studies (Part IB)
    • Associate Lecturer in Engineering
  • * Ajith Parlikad BTech (Thrissur), MS (Pilani), MS (Raleigh), PhD
    • Acting Director of Studies (Part IIB Michaelmas Term 2011)
    • College Lecturer non GB in Engineering (to 31st Dec)
    • University Lecturer in Department of Engineering
  • * Kai Hsiao BSc (Santa Barbara), MSc (MIT), PhD (MIT)
    • Associate Lecturer in Engineering
    • Special Supervisor in Mathematics for Engineering
    • Special Supervisor in Mathematics for Natural Sciences

English

  • Ildiko Csengei MA (Debrecen), PhD (Cambridge)
    • Director of Studies (Part II)
    • College Lecturer in English
  • * Cathy Phillips BA (Kingston), MA (Toronto), PhD
    • Director of Studies (Part I)
    • Affiliated College Lecturer in English
  • * Anne Barton BA (Bryn Mawr), PhD, FBA
    • Special Supervisor in English
  • Adelene Buckland BA(Hons) (Birmingham), MSt (Oxon)
    • Special Supervisor in English
  • * Germaine Greer BA (Melbourne), MA (Sydney), PhD
    • Special Supervisor in English
  • Pam Hirsch Cert.Ed, BA (Hons) (CNAA), MA (Essex), PhD (CNAA), MA
    • Special Supervisor in English (On leave Michaelmas Term 2011)
  • * Michelle Spring BA (Victoria), MA (Essex)
    • Special Supervisor in Expository Writing

Geography

  • Emma Mawdsley BA, PhD
    • Director of Studies (Part IB On leave Michaelmas Term 2011)
    • College Lecturer in Geography
    • Senior Lecturer in Department of Geography
  • Liz Watson BSc(Hons) (London), PhD
    • Director of Studies (Part IA & Part II, Part IB Michaelmas Term 2011)
    • College Lecturer
    • Senior Lecturer in Department of Geography
  • * Iris Möller BA (Oxon), MPhil (Swansea), PhD
    • Special Supervisor in Physical Geography
  • Sue Owens MA, PhD (East Anglia), AcSS, OBE, MRTPI
    • Professorial Fellow in Environment and Policy
    • Professor in Department of Geography

History

  • D'Maris Coffman MA (Pennsylvania), PhD (Pennsylvania)
    • Director of Studies
    • College Lecturer
  • Gabriela Ramos BA (Lima), MA (Columbia), PhD (Pennsylvania)
    • College Lecturer in On leave Michaelmas Term 2010 and Lent Term 2011
    • University Lecturer in Faculty of History
  • Bianca Gaudenzi MA (Florence and HU Berlin), MPhil, PhD
    • Research Fellow in History

History of Art

  • * David Oldfield BA (McGill), MA (UEA), PhD (UEA)
    • Director of Studies
    • Special Supervisor

Land Economy

  • * Martin Dixon MA, PhD
    • Director of Studies
    • Special Supervisor in Land Economy

Law

  • Catherine Seville MA, BMus (London), LLM, PhD
    • Director of Studies
    • College Lecturer
    • Senior Lecturer in Faculty of Law
  • Kimberley Trapp BA (McGill), LLB (McGill), BCL (McGill), LLM
    • College Lecturer in Law (On leave Lent and Easter Terms 2012)

Linguistics

  • Kasia Jaszczolt MA (Lodz), MPhil (Lodz), DPhil (Oxon)
    • Director of Studies (On leave Michaelmas and Lent Terms 2011/12)
    • Professorial Fellow in Linguistics and Philosophy of Language
    • Professor in Department of Linguistics
  • Sheila Watts MA (Dublin), PhD (Dublin)
    • Director of Studies (Part IA and Year Abroad MML Lent Term 2012, Part IB & Part II MML)
    • Acting Director of Studies (Linguistics Michaelmas and Lent Terms 2011/12)
    • College Lecturer in German
    • University Lecturer in Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages

Management Studies

    • Director of Studies (Management Studies)
    • Special Supervisor in Management Studies
    • University Lecturer in Judge Business School

Mathematics

  • Annamaria Sinkovics PhD (Michigan)
    • Director of Studies
    • College Lecturer in Mathematics - Sheila Edmonds Lecturer
  • * Paul Tillett MA, PhD
    • Special Supervisor in Mathematics
    • Special Supervisor in Mathematics for Natural Sciences

Medicine & Veterinary Medicine

  • Jenny Morton BSc(Hons), PhD (Otago), MA
    • Director of Studies (Pre-Clinical Medicine, Pre-Clinical Veterinary Medicine)
    • Professorial Fellow in Neurobiology
    • Professor in Department of Pharmacology
  • Jane MacDougall MA, MB, BChir, FRCOG (London), MD, MEd
    • Director of Studies (Clinical Medicine)
    • Consultant in Addenbrooke's
  • Barbara Skelly MA, VetMB, PhD, MRCVS
    • Director of Studies (Clinical Vet Med)
    • University Lecturer in Department of Veterinary Medicine
  • * Jenny Brookman BSc (Hons) (Sydney), PhD (ANU)
    • Special Supervisor in Medicine & Veterinary Medicine
  • * Jenny Pitts BSc, PhD (Southampton)
    • Special Supervisor in Pathology for MVST
    • Special Supervisor in Pathology for Natural Sciences
  • * Josh Slater BVM&S (Edinburgh), PhD
    • Special Supervisor in Veterinary Anatomy
  • Christine Watson BSc (Glasgow), PhD (London)
    • Professorial Fellow in Cell & Cancer Biology (MVST)
    • Professorial Fellow in Cell & Cancer Biology (Natural Sciences)
    • Professor in Department of Pathology
  • Joanne Taylor BA (Oxon), DPhil (Oxon), MSc (Oxon)
    • Research Fellow in Experimental Psychology

Modern and Medieval Languages

  • Jenny Mander MA, PhD
    • Director of Studies (Part IA and Year Abroad Michaelmas Term 2011 and Easter Term 2012)
    • College Lecturer in French
    • Senior Lecturer in Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages
  • Sheila Watts MA (Dublin), PhD (Dublin)
    • Director of Studies (Part IA and Year Abroad MML Lent Term 2012, Part IB & Part II MML)
    • Acting Director of Studies (Linguistics Michaelmas and Lent Terms 2011/12)
    • College Lecturer in German
    • University Lecturer in Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages
  • * David Wachter MA (Cincinnati), MA (Berlin)
    • Special Supervisor in German
  • Raphaële Garrod Maitrise (Sorbonne), Agrégée de Lettres Modernes (Sorbonne), MPhil, PhD
    • Research Fellow in French
  • * Erica Segre BA (York)
    • Affiliated College Lecturer in Spanish
    • Newton Trust Lecturer in Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages

Music

  • Delphine Mordey BA (Oxon), MSt (Oxon), PhD
    • Director of Studies (Music)
    • Director of Music

Natural Sciences

  • * Liz Harper MA, PhD (Open)
    • Director of Studies (Parts IB, II & III Geology)
    • Special Supervisor in Geology
    • Subject Advisor in Geology
  • Catarina Gadelha BSc (Rio de Janeiro), MRes (Rio de Janeiro), PhD (Rio de Janeiro)
    • Director of Studies (Part IB Biological Sciences)
    • College Lecturer in Pathology
  • Catherine Lindon BA Hons, PhD
    • Director of Studies (Part II and III Biological Sciences)
    • College Lecturer in Cell Biology
  • Barbara Lorber MA (Vienna), PhD (Birmingham)
    • Director of Studies (Part IA Biological Sciences)
    • College Lecturer in Cell Biology
  • Rachael Padman B.Eng (Monash), PhD
    • Director of Studies (Part IA Physical Sciences, Parts IB, II & III Physics)
    • College Lecturer in Physics
    • University Lecturer in Department of Physics
    • Director of Education in School of Physical Sciences
  • * Jon Barnard MSc (Bristol), PhD (Bristol)
    • Director of Studies (Parts IB, II & III Materials Science)
    • Associate Lecturer in Physics and Materials Science
  • Liba Taub BA (Tulane), MA (Chicago), PhD (Oklahoma)
    • Director of Studies (History & Philosophy of Science - on leave Lent Term 2011)
    • Professorial Fellow in History & Philosophy of Science
    • Director in Whipple Museum
    • Professor in Whipple Museum
  • * Daniel Beauregard MSc (Auckland, PhD
    • Director of Studies (Parts IB, II & III Chemistry)
    • College Lecturer non GB in Chemistry
  • * Owen Davies BSc (St Andrews), PhD
    • College Lecturer in Biochemistry
  • Nathalie Vriend MSc (Twente), MSc (Caltech), PhD (Caltech)
    • College Lecturer in Physics
  • * Helen Atherton BSc (Leeds), PhD
    • Associate Lecturer in Biochemistry (to 31st Dec)
  • * Jill Harrison BSc (St Andrews), MSc (Edinburgh), PhD (Edinburgh)
    • Associate Lecturer in Plant Sciences
  • * Cerian Webb BSc (York), MSc (Dundee), PhD
    • Associate Lecturer in Mathematical Biology
  • * Helen Wise BSc (Imperial), PhD
    • Associate Lecturer in Virology (to 31st Dec)
  • * Alan Hendrick BSc (Cork), PhD (Cork)
    • Special Supervisor in Cell Biology
    • Special Supervisor in Mathematics for Engineering
    • Special Supervisor in Mathematics for Natural Sciences
  • * Jenny Pitts BSc, PhD (Southampton)
    • Special Supervisor in Pathology for MVST
    • Special Supervisor in Pathology for Natural Sciences
  • * Paul Tillett MA, PhD
    • Special Supervisor in Mathematics
    • Special Supervisor in Mathematics for Natural Sciences
  • Christine Watson BSc (Glasgow), PhD (London)
    • Professorial Fellow in Cell & Cancer Biology (MVST)
    • Professorial Fellow in Cell & Cancer Biology (Natural Sciences)
    • Professor in Department of Pathology
  • Susan Haines MA, MSci
    • Research Fellow in Experimental & Theoretical Physics
  • Nina Steinke M.Phil (Loughborough), Ph.D.
    • Research Fellow in Physics (to 6th Jun)

Philosophy

  • Sophia Connell BA (McGill), MPhil, PhD
    • Director of Studies (Philosophy)
    • Special Supervisor in Philosophy

Politics, Psychology and Sociology

  • Claire Hughes MA, PhD
    • Director of Studies ((On leave Michaelmas Term 2011))
    • College Lecturer in Politics, Psychology, Sociology and International Studies
    • Reader in Department of Politics
  • * Ruth Scurr BA (Oxon), MPhil, PhD
    • Director of Studies (Politics )
    • Acting Director of Studies (Part I Michaelmas Term 2011, Part IIA & IIB Sociology and Psychology (Michaelmas Term 2011))
  • Susan Golombok BSc (Glasgow), MSc (London), PhD (London)
    • Professorial Fellow in Family Research (On leave 2012)

Social Anthropology

  • Catherine Hills MA, PhD (London)
    • Director of Studies (Social Anthropology)
    • Director of Studies (Part I Arch & Anth, Part II Arch, Part II Biological Arch)
    • Senior Lecturer in Department of Archaeology

Theology

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