Jane Dammen McAuliffe
Jane Dammen McAuliffe | |
|---|---|
McAuliffe in 2017 | |
| 8th President of Bryn Mawr College | |
| In office 2008–2013 | |
| Preceded by | Nancy J. Vickers |
| Succeeded by | Kim Cassidy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1944 (age 80–81) |
| Citizenship | American |
| Education | Trinity College, Washington (BA) University of Toronto (MA, PhD) |
Jane Dammen McAuliffe (born 1944) is an American educator, 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 edited the six-volume Encyclopaedia of the Qurān and continues to lead the editorial team for the online edition of the work.