Sandra Bishop-Josef, Ph.D.

Associate Research Scientist, Child Study Center
Assistant Director, Zigler Center
Co-Director, Zigler Center Child Welfare Unit

Email:
sandra.bishop@yale.edu

 

 

Sandra Bishop-Josef directs the Zigler Center’s training program. Her primary research interests are in the areas of child abuse and neglect, childhood intervention programs, and the application of research to social policy. With colleagues at Massachusetts General Hospital, she has been tracking cases of child maltreatment adjudicated in the Boston Juvenile Court over the past 15 years. Information gained from this research has been used to develop state legislation and court policy. Bishop-Josef is also interested in early childhood intervention programs and other services children receive. She is Co-Chair of the Working Group on Children’s Rights at Yale’s Interdisciplinary Center on Bioethics. Bishop-Josef also co-directs the Zigler Center’s Child Welfare Unit.

Select Publications

Aber, J. L., Bishop-Josef, S. J., Jones, S. M., McLearn, K. T., & Phillips, D. A. (Eds.) (2006). Child development and social policy: Knowledge for action. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Bishop-Josef, S. J. & Portwood, S. G. (Eds.) (2006, Spring). A tribute to Edward Zigler: Products of a lifetime of work to improve the lives of children through research and policy. Child and Family Policy and Practice Review, 2 (1).

Maton, K.I., & Bishop-Josef, S. J. (2006). Psychological research, practice, and social policy: Potential pathways of influence. Professional Psychology: Research & Practice, 37 (2), 140-145.

Rothbaum, F., Martland, N., & Bishop-Josef, S.J. (2006). Using the web to disseminate research and affect public policy. In J. L. Aber, S. J. Bishop-Josef, S. M. Jones, K. T. McLearn, & D. A. Phillips (Eds.). Child development and social policy: Knowledge for action. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Zigler, E. F., & Bishop-Josef, S. J. (2006). The cognitive child vs. the whole child: Lessons from 40 years of Head Start. In D. G. Singer, R. M. Golinkoff, & K. Hirsh-Pasek (Eds.). Play = learning: How play motivates and enhances children’s cognitive and social-emotional growth (p. 15-35). New York: Oxford University Press.

Jellinek, M. S., Bishop-Josef, S. J., Murphy, J. M., & Zigler, E. F. (2005). Mental health in Head Start: Leave no child behind. NHSA Dialog, 8(1), 25-35.

Zigler, E. F., Singer, D. G., & Bishop-Josef, S. J. (Eds.) (2004). Children’s play: The roots of reading. Washington, DC: Zero to Three Press. Selected for CHOICE's Outstanding Academic Title list.

Bishop, S. J. (2002, Fall). The federal role in the prevention of child maltreatment. Section on Child Maltreatment Newsletter (Division 37, American Psychological Association), 7 (2), 8-9.

Bishop, S. J., Murphy, J. M., Hicks, R., Quinn, D., Lewis, P.J., Grace, M., & Jellinek, M.S. (2001). The youngest victims of child maltreatment: What happens to infants in a court sample? Child Maltreatment, 6, 243-249.

Bishop, S.J., Murphy, J.M., Hicks, R., Quinn, D., Lewis, P.J., Grace, M., & Jellinek, M.S. (2000). What progress has been made in meeting the needs of seriously maltreated children?: The course of 200 cases through the Boston Juvenile Court. Child Abuse & Neglect, 24, 599-610.