Cathy Bishop-Clark, Ph.D.

Cathy Bishop-Clark had a 34-year career at Miami University of Ohio. She finished her career as Associate Provost of Miami’s regional campuses and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Applied Sciences. She launched a new academic division with 12 departments, developed and offered many new bachelor’s degrees, developed the first master’s program on the campuses, and began development of the first doctoral program in the division.  Prior to her Dean position, she was an assistant, associate, and full professor in Computer and Information Technology, an Associate Dean of the Middletown Campus, a department chair, and Associate Dean of the College of Professional Studies and Applied Sciences. 

Her company (Bishop-Clark Consulting) focuses on developing leadership skills and mindsets, especially in higher education through coaching and workshops.  She has designed and delivered workshops on creating effective teams, conflict management, having difficult conversations, using mindfulness and meditation to manage stress, happiness, creating effective 1:1 meetings, the importance of a mentoring network, creating effective time management skills, and several others. 

She has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Dayton, an M.S. in Quantitative Analysis and a doctorate in Educational Foundations from the University of Cincinnati. Her research has ranged from studying novice programmers to studying a variety of innovations in the computing classroom.  She has published over 40 articles and a book, most of which are related to the scholarship of teaching and learning. 

Cathy and her husband (a former third-grade teacher) have two adult daughters.  She enjoys the outdoors, exercise, and new adventures. She has bicycled across America, kayaked in Antarctica, and hiked in New Zealand.