Malachy Bishop, Ph.D., CRC, is the Norman L. and Barbara M. Berven Professor of Rehabilitation Psychology in the Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education Department at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
From 2000–2018, he served as a professor of Rehabilitation Counseling with the University of Kentucky and was Rehabilitation Counseling Doctoral Program Coordinator (2012–2018) and Director of Research and Development for the University of Kentucky’s University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, the Interdisciplinary Human Development Institute (2014–2018).
Bishop conducts research on employment and psychosocial aspects of chronic neurological conditions, and on applying quality-of-life research to adaptation to chronic illness and disability.
Bishop has served as an appointed member of the Institute of Medicine Committee on Public Health Dimensions of the Epilepsies. He is on the editorial board of several professional rehabilitation journals. Bishop has authored over 130 articles in professional journals, over 35 book chapters in rehabilitation and health care, co-edited 7 books, and delivered over 100 research and training presentations throughout the U.S. and internationally.
Bishop was the 2020 recipient of the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association James F. Garrett Distinguished Career in Rehabilitation Research Award, the 2015 George N. Wright Varsity Award, the 2015 National Council on Rehabilitation Education’s Researcher of the Year Award, and has received the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association’s Research Award.