Ken Black is currently Professor of Decision Sciences in the School of Business at the University o Houston-Clear Lake. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts and raised in Missouri, he earned a Bachelor's degree in mathematics from Graceland College, a Master's degree in math education from the University of Texas at El Paso, a Ph.D. in business administration in management science, and a Ph.D. in educational research from the University of North Texas.

Since joining the faculty of UHCL in 1979, Professor Black has taught all levels of statistics courses, forecasting, management. In 2005, he was awarded the President's Distinguished Teaching Award for the University. He has published twenty journal articles and over twenty professional papers, as well as two textbooks: Business Statistics: An Introductory Course and Business Statistics: Contemporary Decision Making. He is presently serving as President of the Council of Professors at UHCL. Black has consulted for many different companies, including Aetna, City of Houston, NYLCare,, At&T, Johnson Space Center, Southwest Information Resources, Connect Corporation, and Eagle Engineering.