She teaches a graduate course, Death, Dying, and Care of the Bereaved, for nursing and social work students, an undergraduate course on nursing inquiry and evidence-based practice, and two graduate writing courses. She has published numerous articles on perinatal loss, several monographs, and book chapters; and authored a book on professional nursing practice. Dr. Black has had National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding twice to study perinatal loss and palliative care and recently completed a study on reproductive loss in lesbian couples.