Bonnie Black is a Faculty Associate at ASU’s School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. She teaches CRJ 461, “Domestic Violence” online. She has also taught CRJ 443, Community Corrections and CRJ 305, Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice. Professor Black has extensive experience teaching in higher education and worked as a full-time faculty in the Justice Studies Department at Mesa Community College (MCC) for over twenty years. She retired in August 2016 and was awarded a "Faculty Emeritus" in October 2016 based on her contributions to the college. During her tenure at MCC, she was appointed in 2008 as the Distance Learning Faculty Coordinator and from 2009 to 2012 was on reassignment as the eLearning Director. Other leadership positions include Justice Studies Program Director, Program Review Committee Chair and eLearning Committee Chair. She received several awards initiated by students including Club Advisor of the Year and Phi Theta Kappa Mentor Award (2011, 2014 and 2015). She also received a faculty driven nomination, receiving the Distinguished Faculty Award in 2012.
Professor Black has experience in curriculum development and has taught diverse topics. She has taught over 13 different courses. She has experience in online, hybrid and traditional formats and is committed to quality online courses. She was a Peer and Master Reviewer for Quality Matters, a national online standards organization and has participated in 20 course reviews.
Her career focused on community corrections and includes adult probation officer, domestic violence program director and correctional officer. Professor Black’s expertise is in violence against women areas, including domestic violence. She has developed and instructed numerous training programs locally and nationally for the community, law enforcement, probation, judges, prosecutors and other criminal justice professionals in the areas of sexual assault, domestic violence, stalking, elder abuse, instructor development and other related topics.