Peter Gibbon is currently a Senior Research Scholar at Boston University Wheelock College of Education and Human Development, where he taught "The Intellectual Foundations of Education" to graduate students and the American Short Story at Metropolitan College. His articles on education have appeared in both popular and professional publications. He is the author of the book A Call to Heroism about the strengths and flaws of heroic men and women in American history. A Harvard graduate with a PhD from Columbia University Teachers College, Dr. Gibbon is the former Head of Hackley School in Tarrytown, New York. He has taught ancient and medieval history, European history, anthropology, American history and a variety of electives in American, English and European literature.
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