Dorothy Vera Margaret Bishop (born 14 February 1952) is a British psychologist specialising in developmental disorders specifically, developmental language impairments. She is Professor of Developmental Neuropsychology and Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow in the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford, where she has been since 1998. Bishop is Principal Investigator for the Oxford Study of Children's Communication Impairments (OSCCI). She is a supernumary fellow of St John's College, Oxford. Early life and education Bishop was born on 14 February 1952. In 1973, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honours in Experimental Psychology from St Hugh's College, University of Oxford. In 1975, she completed her Master of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology at the University of London. In 1978, Bishop completed her Doctor of Philosophy at University of Oxford. While studying for her undergraduate degree, Bishop developed an interest in cognitive disorders. After her MPhil, she returned to Oxford to work with Freda Newcombe at the Neuropsychology Unit in Radcliffe Infirmary. The careful direction provided by Newcombe steered Bishop towards cases of children with developmental language disorders. This direction launched her career as a developmental neuropsychologist. Research and career Bishop conducts research into Psychology, Neuroscience, Language and Developmental disorders. She is one of the co-founders of the video-led campaign, RALLI, which aims to develop awareness of language learning impairments including Specific language impairment. Bishop has published some of her academic work as D.V.M. Bishop. This is to avoid any prejudices that may be held against her as a female academic. Her publications include Language development in exceptional circumstances (1988), Handedness and developmental disorders (1990), and Uncommon understanding (1997). Bishop's research is extensive as she helped to build and develop the developmental language impairment field. Dorothy Bishop, occasionally published as DVM Bishop, is Professor of Developmental Neuropsychology at the University of Oxford. Bishop, funded by the Wellcome Trust, leads a series of research of children's communication disorders. Unlike many of her contemporaries, Bishop's interests are wide spread, deviating from neuropsychology, towards behavior genetics, auditory processing, hemispheric specialization, specific language disorders, autism, and dyslexia. Many of today's assessment methods for children's language were generated by Bishop including the Test for Reception of Grammar and the Children's Communication Checklist. Her research has been funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the Wellcome Trust. Children's Communication Checklist In 1998, Bishop created what she called the Children's Communication Checklist (CCC). The