Faculty Profile: Kristen Jennings Black

Kristen Jennings Black is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. She received her PhD in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from Clemson University. Her current research focuses on employee health and well-being, with specific interests in high-risk work environments, workplace stress, social support, and meaningful work. At the undergraduate level, she teaches courses in introductory statistics and health psychology. At the graduate level she teaches research methods and statistics, organizational psychology, and groups and teams. Beyond teaching and research, she is an associate editor for Occupational Health Science and an active member of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and the Society for Occupational Health Psychology, for which she currently serves as Secretary-Treasurer.