Gail Kern Paster


Gail Kern Paster is an American Shakespeare scholar, historian and writer.

Life

She was born on 8 November 1944.
She graduated from North Shore High School in 1962.

Career

She completed her bachelor's degree from Smith College and her PhD from Yale University.
She has taught at the George Washington University from 1974 to 2002.
From 2002 to 2011, she was the director of the Folger Shakespeare Library.
She has served as editor of the Shakespeare Quarterly magazine.