Kathy Black is a Professor of Social Work and Gerontology at the University of South Florida at Sarasota/Manatee. Dr. Black obtained her Ph.D. from the University at Albany in New York in 2000 and Master’s Degrees in Social Work and Gerontology from the University of Southern California in 1988 and a Master’s Degree in Public Health from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1990.Dr. Black is a Hartford Geriatric Social Work Faculty Scholar and a Fellow in the Gerontological Society of America. Dr. Black has over 30 years of experience working with older adults and their families in the capacity of geriatric case manager, medical social worker, and geriatric nurse in acute and long term care, hospital, nursing home, and community-based settings. Dr. Black has conducted over 100 presentations in the field of health and aging at local, state, national, and international venues. Dr. Black has been the Principal Investigator of more than a dozen grants has authored over 35 peer-reviewed publications in such journals as: Educational Gerontology, Clinical Gerontologist Journal of Women & Aging, and the Journal of Applied Gerontology.
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Aging and Social Change
