Our Team

Jessica Black is the Rita McGinley Endowed Chair in Early Learning and Children’s Media at Saint Vincent College and the Fred Rogers Institute, where she champions research and programming the serves families and communities inspired by Fred Rogers’ works. Jessica is a licensed clinical psychologist. She holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology with a concentration in health psychology from the University of Cincinnati. She then completed a two-year T-32 funded postdoctoral fellowship at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital. She has experience in a variety of settings that serve children and families, including Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. She has taught at Saint Vincent College since 2017 and is excited to work with the team at the Fred Rogers Institute. Her primary focus is to drive initiatives that help bridge the gap between scholarship and community impact while engaging Saint Vincent College students in the work. Outside of work, Jessica likes to ski, hike, play tennis and pickleball, and most of all be with her family.