Jane Dammen McAuliffe

Jane Dammen McAuliffe
At the 2015 National Book Festival
Born	1944
Residence	Washington, D.C., United States
Citizenship	American
Fields	Religious Studies; Islamic Studies
Institutions	Library of Congress; President of Bryn Mawr College (2008 – 2013); Georgetown University (1999-2008); University of Toronto (1992-1999); Emory University (1986-92)
Alma mater	PhD University of Toronto, 1984; M.A. University of Toronto, 1979; B.A. Trinity College, 1968
Known for	Quranic (Islamic) studies; scriptural exegesis

Jane Dammen McAuliffe (born 1944) is a prominent American educator, internationally known scholar of Islam and the inaugural Director of National and International Outreach at the Library of Congress. She is a President Emeritus of Bryn Mawr College and former Dean of Georgetown College at Georgetown University. As a specialist in the Qur'an and its interpretation, McAuliffe has produced the six-volume Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān and continues to lead the editorial team for the online edition of the work. She held previous appointments at Emory University as professor and associate dean and at the University of Toronto as Chair of the Department for the Study of Religion and Professor of Islamic Studies in the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations. She received her BA in Philosophy and Classics from Trinity Washington University and her MA in religious studies and PhD in Islamic studies from the University of Toronto.

In 2015, McAuliffe was appointed the inaugural Director of National and International Outreach, a newly created division of the Library of Congress. Prior to that, she served as the Director of The John W. Kluge Center, the residential research center for scholars at the Library of Congress. From 2008 to 2013, McAuliffe was President of Bryn Mawr College and, from 1999 to 2008, she was Dean of Georgetown College at Georgetown University. At Georgetown, she was also a tenured Professor in the Department of History and the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies. Dr. McAuliffe held previous appointments at Emory University as professor and associate dean and at the University of Toronto as Chair of the Department for the Study of Religion and Professor of Islamic Studies in the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations. She received her BA in Philosophy and Classics from Trinity College, Washington, D.C. and her MA in religious studies and PhD in Islamic studies from the University of Toronto.