Dr. J. Steven Bishop began his career at Southwest Mississippi Community College as an instructor in 1992, Vice-President for Student Affairs in 2004, and became President July, 2011. He is a 1988 graduate of Southwest Mississippi Junior College, earned a B.S. degree from the University of Southern Mississippi and a Master’s of Arts from Southeastern Louisiana University. He received his PhD in Higher Education Administration from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1997.
Bishop, a native of Gillsburg, Mississippi, is the son of the late Curtis Bishop and the late Barbara Blount Bishop. He is married to Dr. Melanie Hammill Bishop of Poplarville. They are the parents of four children - Katherine, Ruth, Eleanor and Arthur.
