Jane Dammen McAuliffe

Jane Dammen McAuliffe () is an American scholar.

Biography

After graduating (1976) in Philosophy and Classics from Trinity College, Jane Dammen McAuliffe earned her MA (1979) in Religious Studies and PhD (1984) in Islamic studies from the University of Toronto, Canada.

She taught at Emory University (1986-92, University of Toronto (1992-99), and Georgetown University (1999-2008). In 2008 she was appointed the eighth President of Bryn Mawr College.

Works on Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Origins

Books

• Qur'anic Christians: An Analysis of Classical and Modern Exegesis (1991 McAuliffe), book

Edited volumes

• Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an (2001-06 McAuliffe), edited volume

• The Cambridge Companion to the Qur'an (2006 McAuliffe), edited volume

• The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qur'an, new ed. (2007 Jeffery / Böwering, McAuliffe), book