Rufus Edward Ries Black (born 20 May 1969)[citation needed] is 20th the vice-chancellor of the University of Tasmania.

His DPhil thesis was entitled "Towards an Ecumenical Ethic: Reconciling the Work of Stanley Hauerwas, Germain Grisez and Oliver O'Donovan".

From 1997 to 1999, he served as chaplain of Ormond College and the Sanderson Fellow at the United Faculty of Theology, where he lectured in ethics.

Black was involved across the education sector as master of Ormond from 2009 to 2017, deputy chancellor of Victoria University from 2013 to 2017 and the founding chair of the board for Teach for Australia from 2009 to 2017.

He was a director of the law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth, the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Museums Victoria and Innovation Science Australia.