Elizabeth Bishop

Dr. Elizabeth Bishop is the Director of Curriculum and Outcomes Evaluation at Global Kids and faculty of Youth Studies at the City University of New York School of Professional Studies. Besides her work at GK and CUNY SPS, Bishop directs the Drop Knowledge Project where she supports ongoing educational research on literacy and youth activism.

Previously, Bishop taught on the faculty of English, Education and Women's and Gender Studies at Ithaca College, worked as Deputy Director at the Center for Institutional and Social Change at Columbia Law School and served as Assistant Director of the Peace Corps Fellows Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her first book, "Becoming Activist: Critical Literacy and Youth Organizing" and her second book, "Embodying Theory: Epistemology, Aesthetics and Resistance" are currently both available from Peter Lang. Bishop has been published in a variety of journals and edited collections including the Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy, Theory in Action, and the International Journal of Critical Pedagogy.

Originally from Newtown, Connecticut, Bishop began her career as a classroom teacher and has taught and served in leadership positions across NYC public schools and youth development organizations. She holds a Ph.D. in Language, Literacy and Culture from the University of Pittsburgh where she served as a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Instruction and Learning. She also holds an M.S.T. in Adolescent Education from Pace University where she studied as a NYC Teaching Fellow, an M.A. in English: Literary and Cultural Studies from Carnegie Mellon University where she studied under a Raymond Williams Cultural Studies Fellowship and a B.A. in Planned Studies from Ithaca College where she was an Academic All-American.