Academic Trustees
The Board of Trustees includes two Academic Trustees.
- Academic TrusteeCurrent post-holder: Professor Natalie Edwards (she/her) First appointed: 1 January 2024 Current term of office ends: 31 July 2029
Biography
Natalie Edwards is Head of the School of Modern Languages and Professor of Literature in French. She holds a PGCE and obtained her PhD in 2005 from Northwestern University, USA.
She has spent the majority of her career to date in Australia and joined the University of Bristol in 2022 from the University of Adelaide, where she served as Head of School of Humanities, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Arts, and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics.
She has won several teaching awards, including a national Australian Award for University Teaching, is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.
Natalie is also a member of the Culture and Inclusion Committee and the Honorary Degrees Committee.