Margaret Masson

Margaret Jane Masson is a British academic and the principal of St Chad's College at Durham University.

Early life and education Born and brought up in Zambia,

Career Masson began her academic teaching career in the United States, first at Whitworth College then at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan. She was formally installed as the college's tenth Principal during a service at Durham Cathedral in May 2016.

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.

Personal life

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