Amber Phelps

Amber Phelps teaches in both the International Baccalaureate English Literature HL and AP Literature programs in Baltimore, MD at Baltimore City College. She is an alum of both Teach for America and the Folger Shakespeare Library’s 2012 Teaching Shakespeare Institute.

Amber Phelps teaches in both the International Baccalaureate (IB) English Literature HL and AP Literature programs in Baltimore, MD at Baltimore City College (BCC). Amber is an alum of both Teach for America (Baltimore ’10) and the Folger Shakespeare Library’s 2012 Teaching Shakespeare Institute. In 2018, Amber was the recipient of the Kennedy Leadership Award for Excellence in Teaching. In addition to her instructional work at BCC, she is also Assistant Director of the Speech and Debate Program and advisor of the school newspaper, The Collegian. When Amber is not teaching, she is traveling with her partner Sam and playing in the dirt along with their dog, Houston.