Associate Professor
Glendale, AZ
Currently working to identify visual skills, abilities and talents required by professional baseball players to perform at a consistently proficient level.
Title
Associate Professor
Campus
Glendale, AZ
College
Arizona College of Optometry
Department
Arizona College of Optometry
Program
Optometry
OPTOG 1630 - Ophthalmic Optics I
OPTOG 1632- Ophthalmic Optics II
OPTOG 1397 - Sports Vision Workshop (Co-Instructor)
Scientific Paper Presentations
Blacker A, Mitchell GL, Bullimore MA, Long B, Dillehay SM, Bergenske P, Donshik P, Secor G, Yoakum J, Chalmers RL. “Myopia progression in contact lens wearers.” Paper presented to the American Academy of Optometry, December 2006, Denver, CO. Optom Vis Sci 2006;83: E-abstract 060025
Scientific Poster Presentations
Blacker A, Mortensen J, Terry R, White K. “Anti-Fog Awareness for Safety Eyewear Poster.” Poster presented at the Kenneth E. Suarez Research Day. May 2015. Results from student Capstone Study.
Barney J, Boboth C, Hauptman J, Vanderstar V, Blacker A, “Z-Maps: A New Baseball Statistic” Poster presented at the Kenneth E. Suarez Research Day. May 2016. Results from student Capstone Study.
Baldwin B, Ochoa R, Wilson D, Blacker A, “Pupil Diameter Differences at Home Plate in Night Game & Day Game Scenarios” Poster presented at the AOA: Optometry’s Meeting. Boston 2016.
Blacker A, “Vision Training in Minor League Baseball Players” Poster presented at the AOA: Optometry’s Meeting. Washington DC 2017.
A Andzelik, Cozzetta D, Jackson C, Wright I, Blacker A, “Contact Lens Solution and Case Cost Comparison.” Poster presented at the AOA: Optometry’s Meeting. Denver 2018
Corey Dunlop, Jasdeep Soni, Hannah Munyan, Adam B. Blacker, OD MS, “The Effect of Defocus on Baseball Spin Pattern Recognition.” Poster presented at the Kenneth E. Suarez Research Day. May 2019. Results from student Capstone Study.
Tyler Stathis, Jeremy Gardner, Matthew Roe O.D., Adam Blacker O.D. M.S. “Awareness of Sports Vision Performance in a Multi-Disciplinary Community.” Poster presented at the Kenneth E. Suarez Research Day. May 2019. Results from student Capstone Study.
Carmen Huang, Eric Yoshinaga, Nathaniel Nielsen, Adam Blacker OD MS, Caitlin Miller OD FAAO. “Objective & Subjective Measurement of Difficulty While Performing Interceptive Tasks with Stroboscopic Glasses”. Presented at AAO Annual Conference. Nashville, TN. October 2020.
Continuing Education Lectures
Hollingshead M, Blacker A, Schrempp D. “Retinal grand Rounds: Real Life Cases of Posterior Segment Pathologies Captured on the OPTOS 200TX.” Lecture presented to over 30 optometrists at Hollingshead Eye Center. Boise, Idaho September 10, 2013.
Smithson K, Nanasy A, Edmonds F, Watt J, Blacker A, “DIY Sports Vision Workshop” 3-hour interactive workshop presented at AOA: Optometry’s Meeting. Denver 2018.
Nanasy A, Edmunds F, Watt J, Blacker A, Horn F, “Performance Vision Testing and Training Techniques Hands-on Workshop” presented at AOA: Optometry’s Meeting. St. Louis 2019
Blacker A. “Optical Optometry 2020: Educating Your Patient for Today’s Offerings”. Presented at Indiana Optometric Association. April 2020. Postponed due to COVID-19
Blacker A. “Vision & Hitting: A Visual Task Analysis of Hitting a Baseball”. ”. Presented at Indiana Optometric Association. April 2020. Postponed due to COVID-19
Nanasy A, Watt J, Blacker A, “Sports Vision Series Workshop: Establishing Sports Vision in Your Practice.” presented at AOA: Optometry’s Meeting. Denver 2021
Blacker A, Wiese, K “Sports Vision Series Lecture 2: Sports Vision Testing & Evaluation” To Be Presented at AOA Virtual Learning Livecast. Online 2021
7/2006 to American Optometric Association
Present
7/2006 to American Academy of Optometry
Present
7/2009 to Arizona Optometric Association
Present
06/2006 National Institutes of Health T-35 Student Research Grant
Received grant to assist in research designed to aid interested students in beginning their path towards a career in research or education. Presentations listed above under myopia progression with contact lenses were results of this grant.
11/2010 Essilor Technology Grant
Received at American Academy of Optometry Meeting. San Francisco, CA
With Drs. Joseph Zinkovich, Balamurali Vasudevan, and Scott Schatz, obtained a $25,000 grant. The money of this grant will be used to educate the students on cost/benefit analysis of technology introduction to a private practice. The goal is to not only introduce the students to improved optical dispensing technology but to also educate them on the assessment and implementation of such devices
06/2012 Starter Grant for Education
Provided by American Schools and Colleges of Optometry and the Vision Care Institute, LLC
Received $900 of funding for the proposal: “Can Three Wrongs Make a Right: A Comparison of Feedback Methods in Ophthalmic Optics Students”.
06/2016 Arizona College of Optometry- Intramural Research Stimulation Grant
Provided by Midwestern University
Received $3345 of funding for the proposal: “The Effect of Visual Acuity and Blur on Pitch-Spin Pattern Recognition”
Spring 2015 Donald E. Jarnagin Award of Excellence
Certificate of Excellence in Teaching
Spring 2018 Donald E. Jarnagin Award of Excellence
Certificate of Excellence in Teaching
Spring 2020 Donald E. Jarnagin Award of Excellence
Certificate of Excellence in Teaching
