Jessica M Black
Associate Professor
Biography
Jessica M. Black, MA, PhD, is associate professor, chair of Children, Youth and Families Field of Practice, teaching chair, and The Cell to Society Lab director at the School of Social Work, Boston College. Professor Black is an educational neuroscientist whose research centers on ways in which child and adolescent biological development is informed by surrounding proximal and distal experiences such as with sleep, family, school, and religion. Professor Black is dedicated to illuminating the strengths young people hold and share including humor, play, flexibility, and drive. She is at the forefront of championing efforts to fuel bridges between neuroscience and social work nationally and locally related to pedagogy, theory, and practice. She developed and leads the Neuroscience and Social Work Certificate , the first and only training of its kind. Professor Black’s interdisciplinary emphasis in scholarship and teaching is informed by her formal educational background in psychology, education, and neuroscience, and her essential collaborations with esteemed scholars and seasoned practitioners in social work, ministry, theology, and psychiatry.
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