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Dr. Carlie Black

Chair, School of Psychology & Biblical Counseling; Assistant Professor, Neuroscience

Area

Chair of Psychology and Biblical Counseling | Faculty | School of Psychology and Biblical Counseling

Office Phone

706-865-2134 ext. 6201

Email

cblack@truett.edu

Location

Hood 102
  • BS in Biological Sciences and Psychology from Florida State University
  • PhD in Neuroscience from Emory University
  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology
  • Biology

Neuroscience

  • Faculty Excellence Award, 2025
  • Vulcan Materials Company Teaching Excellence Reward, 2024
Former name: Carlie A. Hoffman
1. Curtis MA, Dhamsania RK, Branco RC, Guo JD, Creeden J, Neifer KL, Black CA, Winokur EJ, Andari E, Dias BG, Liu RC, Gourley SL, Miller GW, Burkett JP. Developmental pyrethroid exposure causes a neurodevelopmental disorder phenotype in mice. PNAS Nexus. 2023 Apr 25. doi: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad085. PMID: 37113978
2. Black CA, Bucher ML, Bradner JM, Jonas L, Igarza K, Miller GW. Assessing vesicular monoamine transport and toxicity using fluorescent false neurotransmitters. Chem Res Toxicol. 2021 May 17. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.0c00380 PMID: 33378168
3. Branco RC, Burkett JP, Black CA, Winokur E, Ellsworth W, Dhamsania RK, Lohr KM, Schroeder JP, Weinshenker D, Jovanovic T, Miller GW. Vesicular monoamine transporter 2 mediates fear behavior in mice. 2020 Jun. doi: 10.1111/gbb.12634 PMID: 31898856
4. Stout KA, Dunn AR, Hoffman CA, Miller GW. The Synaptic Vesicle Glycoprotein 2: Structure, Function, and Disease Relevance. ACS Chem Neurosci. 2019 Sep 18. doi: 10.1021/acschemneuro.9b00351 PMID: 31394034
5. Ahlgrim NS, Garza K, Hoffman CA, Rommelfanger KS. Prodromes and Preclinical Detection of Brain Diseases: Surveying the Ethical Landscape of Predicting Brain Health. eNeuro. 2019 Jul 25. doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0439-18.2019 PMID: 31221862
6. Ahlgrim N, Garza K, Hoffman C, Coolidge S, Purcell RH. Select Interviews From the INS Annual Meeting- Keith Humphreys, Tom Insel, Uma Karmarkar, Carl Marci, Ariel Cascio, Winston Chiong, Frederic Gilbert, Cynthia Kubu, and Jonathan Pugh. AJOB Neurosci. 2019 Jan-Mar. doi: 10.1080/21507740.2019.1595773 PMID: 31070549
7. Huang Z#, Hoffman CA#, Chelette BM, Thiebaud N, Fadool DA. Elevated Anxiety and Impaired Attention in Super-Smeller, Kv1.3 Knockout Mice. Front Behav Neurosci. 2018 Mar 19. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00049 PMID: 29615878. (# indicates co-authorship)
8. Dunn AR, Hoffman CA, Stout KA, Ozawa M, Dhamsania RK, Miller GW. Immunochemical analysis of the expression of SV2C in mouse, macaque and human brain. Brain Res. 2017 Dec 21. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2017.12.029. PMID: 29274878.
9. Dunn AR, Stout KA, Ozawa M, Lohr KM, Hoffman CA, Bernstein AI, Li Y, Wang M, Sgobio C, Sastry N, Cai H, Caudle WM, Miller GW. Synaptic Vesicle Glycoprotein 2C (SV2C) Modulates Dopamine Release and Is Disrupted in Parkinson Disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017. Epub 2017/03/02. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1616892114. PubMed PMID: 28246328.
10. Cliburn RA, Dunn AR, Stout KA, Hoffman CA, Lohr KM, Bernstein AI, Winokur EJ, Burkett J, Schmitz Y, Caudle WM, Miller GW. Immunochemical Localization of Vesicular Monoamine Transporter 2 (VMAT2) in Mouse Brain. J Chem Neuroanat. 2016. Epub 2016/11/12. doi: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2016.11.003. PubMed PMID: 27836486.
11. Lohr KM, Chen M, Hoffman CA, McDaniel MJ, Stout KA, Dunn AR, Wang M, Bernstein A, Miller GW. Vesicular Monoamine Transporter 2 (VMAT2) Level Regulates MPTP Vulnerability and Clearance of Excess Dopamine in Mouse Striatal Terminals. Toxicol Sci. 2016. Epub 2016/06/12. doi: 10.1093/toxsci/kfw106. PubMed PMID: 27287315.
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Biography

Dr. Black received her B.S. in Biological Science and Psychology from Florida State University with a minor in Chemistry, and her Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Emory University. She has many years of lab experience: Dr. Black characterized a mouse model of ADHD during her time at Florida State University and investigated the function of a protein implicated in Parkinson’s disease risk during her time at Emory University. After completing her Ph.D., Dr. Black taught Biology and Anatomy and Physiology at Blessed Trinity Catholic High School in Roswell, GA for three years. She started teaching at Truett McConnell University in 2022 and developed the BS in Psychology with a Concentration in Neuroscience as well as the neuroscience minor. She became the Chair of the School of Psychology and Biblical Counseling in 2024 and is always seeking to improve the undergraduate and graduate programs within the School of Psychology. She is married to Alex Black, the technology director at North Hall Church in Gainesville, and has two young daughters, Ruby and Violet.