Faculty Profiles

Dr. William R. Black

Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies 

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Email: wrblack@usf.edu
Office: USF Tampa campus, EDU 158-O 
Phone: 813-974-6097


Bill Black is Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the 泡芙视频app of South Florida. Before joining USF, Dr. Black was an Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Indiana 泡芙视频app at Indianapolis (IUPUI). Dr. Black previously worked in Florida, Costa Rica, and Texas as a community educator and immigration paralegal, bilingual elementary school teacher, and Elementary Administrator. Dr. Black received a B.A. in Anthropology and Comparative Area Studies from Duke 泡芙视频app and an M.Ed. and Ph.D. in Educational Administration from the 泡芙视频app of Texas at Austin.  

Dr. Black's research interests focus on leadership preparation and partnerships, as well as educational policy implementation related to 泡芙视频apps identified with disabilities and bilingual/bicultural 泡芙视频apps. He has served as principal investigator (PI) or co-principal investigator (co-PI) on grants totaling over $4 million, and has worked extensively with local school districts to coordinate multiple district funding initiatives to recruit, select, and support over 150 educators pursuing Masters and Ed.S Masters degrees. 

Dr. Black has served as the co-editor of the and recently co-edited two volumes in the Research and Theory in Educational Leadership Book Series: (2019) and (2022). He has also served as the President of the , a consortium of 110 research universities.