Biography
Ben's research uses rhetorical perspectives to consider how identity, affect, and conspiracy theory/disinformation logics function in US transantagonism. Before coming to Pitt, Ben earned his M.A. in Communication Studies at California State University, Long Beach.
Publications
Bishop, B. (2025). TERF by any other name: The constitutive rhetoric of gender-critical feminism. Women’s Studies in Communication, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/07491409.2025.2483692
Bishop, B. (2023). Inauthenticity, delusion, and victimization: Interrogating affective rhetoric targeting trans* youth. Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Communication Research, 21(1), 133-153. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1408&context=kaleidoscope