Sarah C. Bishop is an Associate Professor of Communication Studies, with affiliations in the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs and the Macaulay Honors College at Baruch College. She is the author of the award-winning book U.S. Media and Migration: Refugee Oral Histories (Routledge, 2016).

Winner of the American Studies Division Best Book Award, National Communication Association
Winner of the Intercultural Communication Division Outstanding Book of the Year Award, National Communication Association

"The book makes a useful contribution to the growing literature on undocumented youth in its inclusion of migrants from diverse nations, including not only Mexico and Central American countries but also Colombia, Bangladesh, South Korea, Philippines, and Hungary, among others. The use of an intersectional lens illustrates the multiple statuses and identities that shape migrant lives. Migrant storytellers challenge flat and exclusionary narratives about undocumented youth, including the "cookie cutter" portrayal of "successful" college students with high grades, which fails to address the limits of US immigration policy or the diversity of immigrant experiences. A chapter on storytelling in digital media demonstrates the ways this forum can break isolation and educate US-born citizens." -- C. M. Kovic, University of Houston-Clear Lake, CHOICE

"Sarah Bishop has given us an illuminating book about storytelling--as testimony, as evidence, and as method--and the undocumented storytellers who find identity and power in their narratives." --Mae Ngai, Columbia University

"Undocumented Storytellers is an incredibly important scholarly work that offers an insightful and incisive analysis of the role of narrative in the contemporary undocumented immigrant rights movement. Drawing largely from rhetoric and communication studies, Bishop's comprehensive study of storytelling in the movement takes readers through several iterations of storytelling--from how activists understand their role in the movement, to their own narrations of their undocumented lives, to their use of story in digital space. For anyone who wants to understand the complicated connections between stories and activism or the details about the narrative strategy in this vibrant movement, Undocumented Storytellers is a must-read." --Karma R. Chávez, University of Texas, Austin

"In Undocumented Storytellers, Sarah Bishop brings the voices of undocumented, immigrant, activist storytellers to life. She coins the theoretical concept of 'reclaimant narratives' to mean the autobiographical stories marginalized people tell from the heart that help effect social change. In the remarkable narratives woven throughout this book, we witness people speaking as a way to gain voice, cope, and survive injustice and oppression. Readers of Undocumented Storytellers can respond to this era's 'alternative facts' by learning how to listen so that we, too, can know ourselves and change the world for the better." --Kent Ono, The University of Utah; Incoming President (2020), National Communication Association

"With a keen sense of narrative detail, Sarah Bishop offers a powerful account of the lives of young immigrant activists. Undocumented Storytellers is a compelling contribution to the study of contemporary migration in the United States." --Radha S. Hegde, New York University