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Peggy O'Brien Ph.D. is the founding director of education at the Folger Shakespeare Library and an internationally recognized authority in the teaching of Shakespeare and literature. She speaks and writes on teaching and learning with respect to Shakespeare and the humanities, and to K-12 classrooms. She is a director of SAGE Publications, board chair of in Washington, D.C. and past board chair at Trinity Washington University. She founded and directs the Folger Library's Teaching Shakespeare Institute, its Summer Academy for teachers and a number of other programs. She is general editor of the series of books on the teaching of Shakespeare. O'Brien is a resident consulting teacher at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and launched and published Shakespeare Magazine. O'Brien has worked in the