Elizabeth Bishop

Adjunct Faculty, Youth Studies

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Areas of Expertise
  • Program Evaluation
  • Adolescent Education
  • Critical Youth Studies
  • Youth Activism

Dr. Elizabeth Bishop (@DrBishopDigital) is an award-winning educator, researcher, writer and youth advocate who has worked for more than two decades alongside communities in public schools, universities and non-profit organizations across the United States. Bishop currently leads the Impact Hub at Girls for Gender Equity. She has been on the faculty of Youth Studies at CUNY SPS since 2017 and is also on faculty of the School of Education at the University of San Francisco. She is the 2024-2025 Scholar-in-Residence in the English Education program at Teachers College, Columbia University. 

Dr. Bishop’s writing includes her 2015 Becoming Activist: Critical Literacy and Youth Organizing, her 2018 Embodying Theory: Epistemology, Aesthetics and Resistance which she created in collaboration with artist Tamsen Wojtanowski and her 2023 Whiting Out: Writing on Vulnerability, Racism and Repair. Dr. Bishop has a new book titled Disrupting Data: Youth Activism and Anti-Surveillance Storytelling forthcoming from Palgrave Macmillan. Bishop is a nationally recognized scholar focused on critical literacy, youth activism and data privacy. She has been featured on Good Morning America Digital, PBS NewsHour, Business Insider and PolitiFact. She is on the board of the International Surf Therapy Organization and is an advisory committee member for the Human Rights Watch Children’s Rights Division. Dr. Bishop is also co-founder of Global Turning Points, an international consulting collective based in Brooklyn, New York and Bogotá, Colombia.

Academic Programs

Graduate Program

Youth Studies

Advanced Certificate Program

Youth Studies

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Recent news

Youth Studies Professor Showcases Latest Book in Panel Discussion

May 22, 2024

During the event, Dr. Bishop discussed her recently published book Whiting Out: Writing on Vulnerability, Racism and Repair.
CUNY SPS Professor Dr. Bishop speaks during roundtable discussion during her book tour

Visions of New Solidarities

May 10, 2024

CUNY SPS Blog

In a special Q&A session after her roundtable discussion event held on April 4, CUNY SPS Youth Studies faculty member Dr. Elizabeth Bishop discussed her new book on racial justice, "Whiting Out: Writing on Vulnerability, Racism, and Repair."
The cover of "Whiting Out" by CUNY SPS Youth Studies Professor Dr. Elizabeth Bishop

Whiting Out: Writing on Vulnerability, Racism and Repair

November 14, 2023

Myers Education Press

CUNY SPS Youth Studies Professor Dr. Elizabeth Bishop recently published her book "Whiting Out: Writing on Vulnerability, Racism and Repair."

The book "Whiting Out" is for both aspiring and experienced teachers (especially white folks), as well as anyone open to writing new narratives and imagining new possible worlds. The text calls upon all critical educators to (re)commit to deep learning toward our collective anti-racist queer-inclusive liberation, toward intersectional futures where healing, justice, and repair are prioritized.

Excellence in Youth Studies Teaching Award

May 23, 2022

CUNY SPS Youth Studies Program

Dr. Elizabeth Bishop, an adjunct faculty member in the Youth Studies program, has been awarded the inaugural CUNY SPS Excellence in Youth Studies Teaching Award. She received this honor for effectively synthesizing theory, source material, and personal experience in her teaching, and for prioritizing student growth and process.