Alexandra Anne Talbot Barratt (née Carr) is a New Zealand academic, and is professor emerita at the University of Waikato.
[3][4] She retired in 2010, and was appointed professor emerita in 2011, in recognition of more than thirty years of service and her "outstanding contribution to the university".
[5] After her retirement, Barratt has been studying the 'manuscript waste' found in manuscripts and early printed books in New Zealand.
[6] For instance, Barratt was called on by Auckland Libraries to examine parchment strips that were found in the binding of a late 15th century printed German bible in their collection.
[8][9] She donated a Len Castle pot to the University in memory of her husband, scientist Robert Welch ONZM, who died in 2020.