Jane Dempsey Douglass

Jane Dempsey Douglass
Jane Dempsey Douglass
Born	E. Jane Dempsey; March 22, 1933; Wilmington, Delaware, US
Other names	Elizabeth Jane Dempsey Douglass
Title	President of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (1990–1997)
Spouse	Gordon K. Douglass (died 2017)
Academic background
Alma mater	Syracuse University; Radcliffe College; Harvard University;
Thesis	The Doctrine of Justification in the Preaching of John Geiler of Keiserberg (1963)
Academic work
Discipline	Theology; history;
Sub-discipline	Historical theology; ecclesiastical history;
School or tradition	Presbyterianism; Christian feminism;
Institutions	Claremont Graduate School; Princeton Theological Seminary;
Doctoral students	Haruko Nawata Ward
Notable students	Paul C. H. Lim

E. Jane Dempsey Douglass (born 1933) is an American Presbyterian theologian and ecclesiastical historian. She was a professor at Claremont Graduate School before becoming the Hazel Thompson McCord Professor of Historical Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. Douglass served as the President of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches from 1990 to 1997, making her the first woman to head a worldwide communion of churches.

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