Education
Born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, she was educated at Lady Margaret Hall (Bachelor) and at Street Antony"s College (Doctor of Philosophy).
Born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, she was educated at Lady Margaret Hall (Bachelor) and at Street Antony"s College (Doctor of Philosophy).
She was Principal of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. After teaching at Queen Mary"s College and holding a Fellowship at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, she was in 1977 appointed Fellow and Tutor in Modern History at Lady Margaret Hall. She was Vice-Principal 1992-1997 and became Principal in 2002.
She retired on 30 September 2015.
Doctor Lannon is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. In 2006, she was a visiting scholar at the Australian National University Research School of Social Sciences and Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Incorporated Centre for Social Research.