Susanna Phillippo

Having taken her first degree in Classics and Modern Languages (Classical Greek and French) at Oriel College, Oxford, Dr. Phillippo then moved to the University of St. Andrews in 1989 to pursue doctoral research on the influence of Euripides on 17th-century French tragedy. Her first post, as Teaching and Research Fellow in Greek at St. Andrews (1992-1995) introduced her to teaching Greek at beginners' level, an area which has become of great interest as, drawing on her experiences in St. Andrews, Oxford and Newcastle, she has pioneered new approaches to such teaching. After another spell in Oxford as a British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow (1995-1997), she was offered a post as Lecturer in Classics at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, where she moved in September 1997. She was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2015.