Dr. Millie D. Black is from Biloxi, Mississippi, and currently lives in North Texas. Dr. Black graduated from William Carey University in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and earned a Master of Science in Education with an emphasis in Secondary Education and History in 2000. She earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science in 2007 from The University of Texas at Dallas and is a two-time recipient of the ‘Engaged Faculty’ award. Dr. Black’s research focuses on the effects of race, racial consciousness, and income on political trust and examining relationships between a teacher’s race-ethnicity and gender and student teaching expectations. Currently, Dr. Black is a Professor of Political Science at Collin College located in Wylie, Texas, where she teaches Texas government, federal government, Introduction to Political Science, and Mexican American politics courses.