Expertise

Research Areas:

  • cognitive aging
  • racial disparities in cognitive aging
  • contributions of African Americans to the field of psychology

An associate professor of cognitive psychology, Dr. Black is interested in age-related changes in attentional and semantic processes. She is also interested in age-related changes in episodic memory. Dr. Black teaches the cognitive aging class in the geropsychology emphasis, and clinical students also have the opportunity to work with her on projects involving cognitive aging.

Past Affiliations
Communities
Psychology
Degrees
PhD, Washington University in St. Louis, 1994
MA
BA
Keywords
psychology