Jane Dammen McAuliffe

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. Provided by Wikipedia