Jane Shaw

Jane Shaw
Shaw in 2009, at Stanford University
Provost of Gresham College
Assumed office
December 2025
Personal details
Born1963 (age 62–63)
Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom
EducationNorwich High School for Girls
Alma materRegent's Park College, Oxford (BA)
Harvard University (MDiv)
U.C. Berkeley (PhD)
OccupationHistorian · Professor · Anglican priest · academic administration

Jane Alison Shaw FRHistS (born 1963) is a British historian of religion and Anglican priest. She is professor of the history of religion at the University of Oxford and will be from December 2025 provost of Gresham College. Previously she was principal of Harris Manchester College, Oxford, professor of religious studies and dean of religious life at Stanford University and Dean of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco.