photo of Elizabeth Bishop

Elizabeth Bishop

Author, Co-Founder
Global Turning Points

Dr. Elizabeth Bishop is an educator, researcher and youth advocate with two decades of experience holding instructional and administrative appointments in public schools, universities and non-profit organizations across the United States. Bishop currently teaches on the faculty of the City University of New York and the University of San Francisco. She is Co-Founder of Global Turning Points, an international consulting collective based on the praxis of critical pedagogy. Bishop’s writing includes her 2015 “Becoming Activist: Critical Literacy and Youth Organizing” and her 2018 “Embodying Theory: Epistemology, Aesthetics and Resistance“ which she created in collaboration with artist Tamsen Wojtanowski. She has two new books expected out in 2023. Dr. Bishop holds a Ph.D. in Education: Language, Literacy and Culture and has been featured in numerous articles on youth activism, civic engagement and voting including on Good Morning America, PBS NewsHour, Business Insider and PolitiFact. Dr. Bishop also serves on the board of the International Surf Therapy Organization. Find her online @DrBishopDigital.

Programming descriptions are generated by participants and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SXSW.

Events featuring Elizabeth Bishop
Events featuring Elizabeth Bishop