Career
She is Reader in Early Modern History at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Lincoln College. In 1980, she was elected a Fellow in history at Lincoln College, Oxford. This makes her the first female fellow of that college.
In 1984, she became a university lecture in the Faculty of History, University of Oxford.
She is currently Reader in Early Modern History. At Lincoln College, in addition to her duties as Fellow and tutor, she is the College"s Tutor for Women.