Alison Black

Over the past ten years as an educator, Alison Black has worked in a variety of roles, communities, and classrooms throughout San Diego County, including as a special education instructional aide, a CAHSEE small-group and individual instructor for juniors and seniors, and an eighth-grade sheltered English learner teacher. She has also taught general education history, humanities, and language arts and served as a board member and curriculum development leader for BeREALStudents, a San Diego nonprofit whose mission is to empower youth by cultivating connectedness and school community through student-led initiatives.

Alison received a bachelor’s degree in International Studies, with a primary emphasis in political science and a secondary emphasis in world literature with a special focus on French literature, along with a Multiple Subject credential, Single Subject credentials in language arts and social studies, and a Master of Education (M.Ed.) with a focus on social-emotional learning from the University of California, San Diego. She completed her Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Teaching and Learning at UC San Diego in June 2016.

Her research focuses on the experiences of military-connected early adolescents in civilian schools and how they use available assets and resources to navigate the challenges associated with multiple cultural contexts. Her work examines social networks and the role they play in shaping early adolescent development and school experiences, especially for highly mobile youth, with attention to social justice and differing experiences across student subgroups.

University of California, San Diego, BA,  2005

University of California, San Diego, M.Ed. 2009

University of California, San Diego, Ed.D. 2016

Multiple Subject Teaching Credential, 2009

English Single Subject Teaching Credential, 2010

Social Studies Single Subject Teaching Credential, 2010

Refereed Conference Proceedings:

West, G. & Black, A. M. (2020, Apr 17 - 21) Predicting Friendship and Advice-Seeking Behaviors of Military Connected Adolescents: A Social Network Analysis. AERA Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA http://tinyurl.com/r8zyrx5 (Conference Canceled).

Black, A., West, G. (2020, March). Predicting Friendship and Advice-Seeking Behaviors of Military Connected Adolescents: a Social Network Analysis (Practical Applications of Mixed and Multimethod Research). Paper to be presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescents, San Diego, California (Conference Canceled).

Black, A. (2019, April). Friends are Like Flowers: How Military-Connected Adolescents in Civilian Schools Cultivate Social Networks. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Toronto, Canada.

Black, A. (2019, April). The Kids Are Alright: Eliciting Feedback in the Mixed Methods Research Process. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Toronto, Canada.

Black, A. (2019, March). Friendship-Making: How Military-Connected Youth Cultivate Social Networks. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Baltimore, Maryland.

Black, A. (2018, November). Resiliency Networks: the Friendships and Support Networks of Military-Connected Adolescents. Paper presented at the second annual meeting of the North American Social Networks (NASN) of the International Network for Social Network Analysis, Washington D.C.

Warstadt, M., Black, A. (2018, November). Sharing Social Justice Beliefs: The Role of Social Networks in a Cohort- Based Teacher Preparation Program. Paper presented at the second annual meeting of the North American Social Networks (NASN) of the International Network for Social Network Analysis, Washington D.C.

Black, A. (2016, April). Military-connected adolescents in civilian schools: How underserved youth find support. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington D.C

Black A. (2016, April). Teaching for impact: Innovative strategies for today’s standards sponsored by the Education Studies Department and the Center for Research on Educational Equity, Assessment and Teaching Excellence (CREATE).

Black, A. (2014, April). Facilitating cognitive and social-emotional growth in the middle school classroom: An evaluation of the Empathy Integrated curriculum. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Book Chapters:

Black, A. (2016). Facilitating cognitive and social-emotional growth: Empathy and prosocial behavior in Osanloo, A. (Ed.), Creating and negotiating collaborative spaces for socially just anti-bullying interventions and innovations for k-12 schools. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

OpEds:

Black, A. (2019, November 8). How we can honor veterans bu serving active-duty families. San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved from https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/story/2019-11-07/commentary-how-we-can- honor-veterans-by-serving-active-duty-families

Featured in:

Neebe, D., and Roberts, J. (2015). Power up: Making the shift to 1:1 teaching and learning. Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers.

Reising, A. (2011). Inquiring knowledge: Reflections on inquiry-based teaching. San Diego, CA: San Diego County Office of Education Brown Bags: Tips from the Faculty Success Program: Writing and Work-Life Balance

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• Faculty Co-Chair for the Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Women 2020-2021
• Outstanding Dissertation Award, AERA Division E: Counseling and Human Development, April 2019
• Faculty Success Program Office of Equity Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship Award, January 2019
• Elected Member - Chancellor's Advisory Committee on the Status of Women, 2017- 2020
• Golden Key Honor Society, 2015
• Travel Grant Awards Showcase, sponsored by GSA and the Alumni Association, May 2016
• Selected to attend the AERA Division E Graduate Student Preconference Seminar, April 2016
• Dean of Social Sciences Travel Funds Grant, April 2014