Dr. Penny A. Bishop is dean of Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development and professor of teaching and learning. A scholar of early adolescence and middle grades education, Dr. Bishop joined BU in 2024 after a competitive national search for the college\u2019s new leader.<\/p>\n
Dr. Bishop comes to BU most recently from the University of Maine, where she served as dean of College of Education and Human Development. She began her career in higher education as a faculty member at the University of Vermont in 1998, where she served as associate dean of their College of Education and Social Services from 2014\u20132020 and founding director of the Tarrant Institute for Innovative Education from 2009\u20132017. She chaired the American Educational Research Association\u2019s Middle Grades Education Research Special Interest Group and the Association for Middle Level Education\u2019s Research Advisory Board, and she is founding coeditor of Middle Grades Review<\/em>.<\/p>\n A former middle school teacher, Dr. Bishop has published seven books on education reform, along with dozens of widely cited book chapters and articles in top peer-reviewed journals. Her research, which focuses on providing responsive learning environments for young adolescents, has garnered more than $13 million in external support from public and foundation sources, and she has received several major honors for her work, including the John H. Lounsbury Award for Distinguished Achievement in Middle Level Education from the Association for Middle Level Education and the James P. Garvin Distinguished Service Award from the New England League of Middle Schools. Her global engagement work includes serving as a Sir Ian Axford Fellow at New Zealand\u2019s Ministry of Education and the establishment of two long-standing international programs for preservice and practicing educators and leaders.<\/p>\nRecent News<\/h3>\n
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