Assistant Tutors

All students at Newnham are assigned an Assistant Tutor who is responsible for their general welfare and is the first port of call for help and advice relating to the College.

Find out more about the role of Assistant Tutors, our Adviser to Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic students, and other pastoral supporters, and how they can support students.

Sheila Watts MA (Dublin), PhD (Dublin)

Fellow (A), Senior Tutor, College Lecturer

Kate Fleet BA, MA, PhD (SOAS)

Fellow (A), Postgraduate Tutor, Director of the Skilliter Centre, Postgraduate Mentor

Sam Lucy BA (Nottingham), PhD, FSA

Fellow (A), Undergraduate Admissions Tutor, Assistant Tutor

Carol Atack BSc (Econ) (London), MA, MPhil, PhD

Fellow (D), Director of Studies, Assistant Tutor, Postgraduate Mentor

Debby Banham MA, PhD

Special Supervisor, Assistant Tutor, Postgraduate mentor

Helen Bao BA, MA (Dongbei), PhD (Hong Kong), MA

Fellow (A), College Lecturer, Assistant Tutor, Postgraduate Mentor

Alice Benton MA

Fellow (D), Assistant Tutor

Barbara Blacklaws BSc(Hon) (Aberdeen), PhD, PGCertTLHE

Fellow (D), Vice-Principal, Director of Studies, Assistant Tutor, Postgraduate Mentor

Laura Caponetto BA (University of Catania), BA (Vincenzo Bellini Music Institute, Catania), MPhil, PhD (Vita-Salute San Raffaele University)

Fellow (B), Assistant Tutor

Alexia Cardona

Assistant Tutor, Postgraduate Mentor

Anna Christie LLB (Hons) (Aberdeen), LLM (Harvard), BCL (Oxon), MBA (Stanford)

Director of Studies, Assistant Tutor, Postgraduate Mentor

Sophia Connell BA, MPhil, PhD

Life Member, Assistant Tutor

Carol Cooper MA, MB, BChir, MRCP (UK)

Fellow (E), Assistant Tutor

Meg Foster BA (Hons) (Sydney), PhD (University of New South Wales)

Fellow (B), Assistant Tutor, Postgraduate Mentor

Eloise Hamilton BPhil (Hons) (Australian National University), DPhil (Oxon)

Fellow (B), Assistant Tutor

Milena Ivanova BSc, MA, PhD

Special Supervisor, Assistant Tutor

Caroline Lanskey BA (Leicester), PGCE (Oxford), MPhil, PhD

Fellow (A), College Lecturer, Assistant Tutor, Postgraduate Mentor

Catherine Lindon BA (Hons), MA (Oxon), MA, PhD (London)

Fellow (D), Director of Studies, Assistant Tutor, Postgraduate Mentor

Hannah Lucas BA (Oxon), MPhil (Cantab), DPhil (Oxon)

Fellow (B), Assistant Tutor, Postgraduate Mentor

Jenny Mander MA, PhD

Fellow (A), College Lecturer, Director of Studies, Assistant Tutor, Postgraduate Mentor

Delphine Mordey BA, MA (Oxon), MSt (Oxon), PhD

Fellow (D), Director of Music, Director of Studies, Assistant Tutor, Postgraduate Mentor

Amy Morris BA (Hons), MPhil, PhD

Fellow (A), College Lecturer, Director of Studies, Assistant Tutor (Undergraduates), Postgraduate Mentor

Letizia Mortara Laurea, Diploma di Maturita’ Scientifica (Bologna), BSc (Bologna), PhD (Cranfield)

Fellow (D), Director of Studies, Assistant Tutor, Postgraduate Mentor

Róisín M. Owens BA (Dublin), PhD (Southampton)

Fellow (C), Director of Studies

Emma Perkins BA, MA, MPhil, PhD

Fellow (D), Director of Studies, Assistant Tutor (Undergraduates)

Emma Pomeroy BA, MA, PhD

Fellow (D), Director of Studies, Assistant Tutor, Postgraduate Mentor

Mezna Qato BA (Chicago), MA (Chicago), MSt (Oxford), DPhil (Oxford)

Fellow (B), Assistant Tutor

Orsola Rath Spivack MSc (Milan), MA (Milan), PhD (Open)

Fellow (A), College Lecturer, Director of Studies, Assistant Tutor, Postgraduate Mentor

Margarida Rodrigues PhD

Special Supervisor, Assistant Tutor, Postgraduate Mentor

Barbara Skelly MA, VetMB, PhD, CertSAM, DipACVIM, DipECVIM, MRCVS; European Veterinary Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine, RCVS Recognised Specialist in Small Animal Medicine

Fellow (D), Director of Studies, Assistant Tutor

Stephanie Smith BA, MSci, MA, PhD

Director of Studies, Assistant Tutor, Postgraduate Mentor

Helen Taylor MA (Oxon), MBBS (London), MRCP, FRCR, FHEA, PGCert Med Ed

Fellow (A), College Lecturer, Assistant Tutor, Postgraduate Mentor

Maria Ubiali BSc, MSc (Milan), PhD (Edinburgh), PhD (Louvain)

Fellow (A), College Lecturer, Director of Studies, Assistant Tutor

Erica Watson BSc, PhD (Calgary)

Fellow (A), College Lecturer, Assistant Tutor, Postgraduate Mentor

Yan Zhang BSc (Econ) (Yunnan), MA (Turin), MPhil, PhD

Bye-Fellow, Assistant Tutor, Postgraduate Mentor

Lucy Zhao BA (Qingdao), MA, East China University of Science and Technology), MPhil, PhD

Fellow (D), Director of Studies, Assistant Tutor