{"id":79434,"date":"2024-07-29T15:29:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T19:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=79434"},"modified":"2025-06-10T17:11:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T21:11:05","slug":"bishop-named-bu-wheelock-dean","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2024\/bishop-named-bu-wheelock-dean\/","title":{"rendered":"Penny Bishop Named BU Wheelock Dean"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin news-block-editorial-leadin is-style-default-alt has-media has-media-focus-center-middle has-secondary-theme\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2560\" height=\"1752\" src=\"\/wheelock\/files\/2024\/07\/24-1346-DEAN-306-scaled.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Dean Penny Bishop stands smiling in front of Silber Way in Boston Massachusetts with BU Wheelock in the background\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2024\/07\/24-1346-DEAN-306-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2024\/07\/24-1346-DEAN-306-877x600.jpg 877w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2024\/07\/24-1346-DEAN-306-1500x1027.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2024\/07\/24-1346-DEAN-306-768x526.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2024\/07\/24-1346-DEAN-306-1536x1051.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2024\/07\/24-1346-DEAN-306-2048x1402.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2024\/07\/24-1346-DEAN-306-1200x821.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2024\/07\/24-1346-DEAN-306-500x342.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2024\/07\/24-1346-DEAN-306-992x679.jpg 992w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2024\/07\/24-1346-DEAN-306-1920x1314.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2024\/07\/24-1346-DEAN-306-1000x684.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2024\/07\/24-1346-DEAN-306-1984x1358.jpg 1984w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2024\/07\/24-1346-DEAN-306-1461x1000.jpg 1461w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Penny Bishop assumes the role of dean of BU Wheelock on August 1. Photo by Cydney Scott<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">News<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPenny Bishop Named BU Wheelock Dean\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar news-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">July 29, 2024<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-comments\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#comments\" class=\"wp-prepress-component-comment-counter label\">1<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/authors\/finn-gardiner\/\">Finn Gardiner<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p>After a national search, Boston University has named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/profile\/penny-bishop\/\">Penny Bishop<\/a> the new dean of Wheelock College of Education &amp; Human Development. Bishop, who will also hold a faculty appointment as professor of teaching and learning, will assume the role on August 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDr. Bishop\u2019s strong track record of strategic leadership, her impressive scholarly work, and her reputation as a gifted teacher and community builder are an ideal fit for the needs of Wheelock College of Education &amp; Human Development,\u201d wrote Provost Gloria Waters in a memo to the BU community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With more than 25 years of academic experience, Bishop joins BU from the University of Maine, where she was the dean of the College of Education and Human Development, and a professor within the college\u2019s School of Teaching and Learning. Prior to that, Bishop served as a professor and associate dean at the University of Vermont\u2019s College of Education and Social Services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Noted for her scholarship and practice in middle and secondary education, Bishop has written seven books, as well as numerous book chapters and peer-reviewed articles, about education reform and responsive learning environments for young adolescents. Additionally, she is the coeditor of the <em>Middle Grades Review<\/em>, codirector of the Middle Grades Collaborative, and the former executive advisor to the Middle Grades Education Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bishop has also been recognized for her commitment to equity and inclusion in her leadership. At the University of Maine, for instance, she diversified new faculty and staff hires, intentionally recruited students from historically marginalized groups, and partnered with state Tribal communities to require a course in Teaching Wabanaki Studies for teacher candidates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bishop holds a doctorate in educational leadership and policy studies and a master\u2019s in curriculum and instruction, both from the University of Vermont, and a bachelor\u2019s degree in English from Norwich University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a national search, Boston University has named Penny Bishop the new dean of Wheelock College of Education &amp; Human Development. 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