Jacqueline Morgan
MA (Glasgow), DPhil (Oxon), PhD (Cantab)
College roles
Principal
Biography
Jacqueline was born in Glasgow and attended her local comprehensive school. The first in her family to go to university, she studied at the University of Glasgow and then for a doctorate at the University of Oxford. Her role as Principal is a return to Newnham College where she began her Cambridge career in 1999 as Director of Studies and College Teaching Officer in English.
For the last ten years Jacqueline has been Senior Tutor of Clare College, Cambridge. She has chaired numerous University committees, and has particular interests in bursary provision, student support, and educational assessment.
While Principal of Newnham, Jacqueline is on extended leave from her role as Professor of Medieval English and Scots in the English Faculty, University of Cambridge. She is the author of many books and articles, particularly on Chaucer and the literature of the later Middle Ages.
