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'''Christopher James Bishop''' (1971-2007), known as '''Jamie Bishop''', was an instructor of the [[German (language)|German language]] at [[Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University]], as well as an artist and craftsman. He was the third person, and the first professor, shot in the [[Virginia Tech massacre]] <ref name="German Instructor Killed">{{cite news | Author= | title = German Teacher Killed at Virginia Massacre | publisher = Ajc | date = [[2007]]-[[April 16|04-16]] | accessdate = 2007-04-17}}</ref><ref name="LAtimes Victims">{{cite news | url = http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-na-victim17apr17,1,415124.story?coll=la-headlines-technology | title = Professor among Virginia Tech victims | publisher = [[Los Angeles Times]] | accessdate = 2007-04-17}}</ref>. He was the son of [[Michael Bishop (author)|Michael Bishop]], an award-winning [[science fiction]] author.
'''Christopher James Bishop''' (1971-[[April 16]], [[2007]]), known as '''Jamie Bishop''', was an instructor of the [[German (language)|German language]] at [[Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University]], as well as an artist and craftsman. He was the third person, and the first professor, shot in the [[Virginia Tech massacre]] <ref name="German Instructor Killed">{{cite news | Author= | title = German Teacher Killed at Virginia Massacre | publisher = Ajc | date = [[2007]]-[[April 16|04-16]] | accessdate = 2007-04-17}}</ref><ref name="LAtimes Victims">{{cite news | url = http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-na-victim17apr17,1,415124.story?coll=la-headlines-technology | title = Professor among Virginia Tech victims | publisher = [[Los Angeles Times]] | accessdate = 2007-04-17}}</ref>. He was the son of [[Michael Bishop (author)|Michael Bishop]], an award-winning [[science fiction]] author.


==Biography==
==Biography==

Revision as of 05:35, 1 January 2008

Christopher James Bishop (1971-April 16, 2007), known as Jamie Bishop, was an instructor of the German language at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, as well as an artist and craftsman. He was the third person, and the first professor, shot in the Virginia Tech massacre [1][2]. He was the son of Michael Bishop, an award-winning science fiction author.

Biography

Mr. Bishop grew up in Pine Mountain, Georgia., and earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in German from the University of Georgia[3]. He was a Fulbright scholar at Christian-Albrechts University in Kiel, Germany. He helped run an exchange program at Darmstadt University of Technology in Germany. Bishop spent four years living in Germany, where (according to his web site) he "spent most of his time learning the language, teaching English, drinking large quantities of wheat beer and wooing a certain fraulein,"[4] Stephanie Hofer, who later became his wife. From 1995 to 1996 he taught at the Zentrales Sprachlabor of Ruprecht-Karls University,[5] and collected survey data for his Master's Thesis, 'Jugendsprache: a critical study of German "Youth Language".[6]

Before teaching at Virginia Tech, Mr. Bishop worked in the Office of Arts and Sciences Information Services (OASIS) as an academic-technology liaison at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he provided technical support for faculty and staff members and graduate students. While at the UNC-CH, in addition to instructing German language classes, he developed a software package for students to digitally record and submit spoken language assignments to professors, a significant improvement over the previously used magnetic tape method. He received an OASIS Director's Choice Award in 2004.[5]

He left UNC in 2004 for Virginia Tech, where he was an instructor in German, and taught information technology for VT's Faculty Development Institute. In addition to being a German professor, Bishop was an multimedia artist, photographer and graphic designer, who spoke of "changing the world with art" [7]. He produced the cover art for Michael Jasper's book Gunning for the Buddha, and for five of Michael Bishop's books; and designed "ingenious pieces of furniture." [8]

According to Michael Bishop, Jamie "spoke German like a native, understood computers inside out, played drums in a basement band, bicycled and hiked, followed the fortunes of the Atlanta Braves as obsessively as his mother, grandmothers, and I did, and made friends everywhere. He was a people lover from the get-go, and his energy levels put mine to shame."[8]

Bishop was killed on April 16, 2007 by Seung-Hui Cho in the Virginia Tech massacre, while teaching an Elementary German class.[2][9][10]

Jamie Bishop Scholarship Fund; Jamie Bishop Memorial Award

A scholarship fund was established in Jamie Bishop's name for German majors at Virginia Tech[11].

The annual "Jamie Bishop Memorial Award for an Essay Not in English" was established by the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts as a prize for an essay on the subject of science fiction or speculative fiction not written in English,[12][13] open to graduate students presenting papers at the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts.

References

  1. ^ "German Teacher Killed at Virginia Massacre". Ajc. 2007-04-16. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |Author= (help)
  2. ^ a b "Professor among Virginia Tech victims". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2007-04-17.
  3. ^ Chronicle of Higher Education, April 17 2007
  4. ^ Fox News. "Victims of Virginia Tech Shooting".
  5. ^ a b SEECOOS website (retrieved Nov 20 2007)
  6. ^ Christopher James Bishop, Jugendsprache: a Critical Study of German 'youth language, University of Georgia (1998)
  7. ^ "Jamie Bishop: He talked about 'changing the world with art'," Roanoke Times April 18, 2007 (retrieved Nov. 18 2007
  8. ^ a b Michael Bishop Website (retrieved Nov 18 2007)
  9. ^ "Student Survivors Recount Shooting". ABC. 2007-04-17. Retrieved 2007-04-25.
  10. ^ "Special Report: Tragedy at Virginia Tech," Newsweek
  11. ^ http://www.sfwa.org/news/2007/jbishop.htm
  12. ^ http://www.escribirte.com.ar/concursos/170.htm (in Spanish)
  13. ^ http://www.portal-cifi.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=721 (in Spanish)

See also

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