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Sarah Black

Assistant Teaching Professor

Email: [[v|sblack]]
Phone: (804) 684-7801
Office: Andrews Hall 132 (also W&M Campus: Blow Hall 326)
Section: Coastal and Ocean Processes
Research Interests: Coastal geomorphology, Coastal sedimentology

Education

  • B.A., Mathematics and Philosophy, Boston University, 2018.
  • PhD, Earth and Environment, Boston University, 2025.

Publications

  • Black, S.K., Hughes, Z.J., FitzGerald, D.M., 2025. Controls on coastal bluff erosion of a drowned drumlin field: Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. Geomorphology vol. 468, 109490.
  • FitzGerald, D.M., Hughes, Z.J, Georgiou, I.Y, Black, S., and Novak, A., 2020. Enhanced, climate-driven sedimentation on salt marshes. Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 47 (10).
  • FitzGerald, D., Ryerson, O, Hughes, Z., Black, S., Georgiou, I., Hein, C., and Novak, A., 2020. Long-term Variability in Inorganic Sediment Contributions to the Great Marsh, Massachusetts. Journal of Coastal Research, SI no. 95, pp. 1-5.