About Dr. Bishop

Since 2015, Dr. Kristy Bishop has been leading Westmoreland County Community College’s Academic Affairs team through growth and change. Dr. Bishop has led Westmoreland in the development and expansion of the programs and credentials offered. Her leadership afforded the college a favorable visit and re-accreditation through the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. She also managed the implementation of the Title III grant which resulted in Brainfuse Tutoring, transition to D2L Learning Management System, the hiring of an instructional designer and the programming to train all faculty in online design and pedagogy. 

Over the years, Bishop has developed, tracked and guided short and long term strategic plans for the college. She has pioneered new processes for program review and established a new faculty orientation program. Bishop also designed year-long seminars with a mentor program to successfully onboard and retain new faculty. She continues to oversee the creation and updating of many college policies important to governance of the college and the students served by Westmoreland. Bishop is managing and implementing the strategic goals for the Events/Rentals team, a revenue generating division of the college and the Business Development/Corporate College team, providing educational opportunities for the business community.

Dr. Bishop currently sits on multiple state committees and groups including the Pennsylvania Transfer and Articulation Oversight Committee and the Pennsylvania Department of Education Transfer Policy Focus Group. She has been on the Pennsylvania Performance Funding group and Master Plan Data Metrics group. She serves on the advisory boards for Adelphoi Village, Inc., the National Community College Benchmarking Project and several other committees in Missouri where Bishop spent the early years of her career. 

Bishop previously worked in Kansas City, Missouri at Metropolitan Community College and at Avila University, and in Lawrence, Kansas at the University of Kansas. She holds a PhD in Educational Policy and Leadership from the University of Kansas, a Master of Science degree in Psychology from Avila University, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of Missouri - Kansas City. She also has a certificate from the Harvard University Institute for Higher Education.

Bishop and her husband, Ed, reside in Greensburg. They have two adult children, Viktor who attends Clelian Heights, and Vivian, who is currently in Pediatric residency and lives with her husband, Matthew, in Orlando, Florida.