Assistant Professor
Physical Therapy

Contact Information
Office: 214 Ricketts
Phone: 518-244-2058
Email: brennj@sage.edu

Degree Information

University of Massachusetts
Medical Anthropology
Ph.D  Sept. 2006

Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Physical Therapy
September 1976 - August 1977

Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
M.A. in Adaptive Physical Education
September 1975 - August 1976

Springfield College
Springfield, MA
B.S. in Physical Education
September 1971 - May 1975

Clinical Practice

Outpatient orthopedics, general physical therapy practice

Courses Taught

PTY 506 Biomechanics
PTY 610 Health , Culture and Society
PTY 723 Medical Imaging

Research

Disability Studies, intersection of disability/violence/spirituality, Holocaust Studies

Recent Publications

Brennan, J. Chronic Pain and Working Women in Berkshire County, VDM Verlag Publisher, Saarbrucken, Germany 2008.

Brennan, J. "Chronic Pain and Working Women in  Berkshire County: Towards a Critical Physical Therapy". PhD dissertation, UMASS, Amherst 20. 2006.

Accomplishments

Brennan, J. "Theology of Disability: Attitudes toward Clergy with    Mobility Impairments; A Photo Elicitation presented at the 3rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Spirituality, Theology and Health, Duke.

Brennan, J. "Critical Physical Therapy" September 2009 Society for  Medical Anthropology Conference

Brennan, J. "Women with Chronic Pain as Time Travelers" June 2009 Society for Disabilities Studies.

Brennan, J.  "Chronic Pain as Critique of Western/Biomedicine" July 2007 Conference of the International Society of Critical Health Psychology

Brennan, J.  "Women with Chronic Pain; the Intersection of Biology and Culture", Platform paper the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National conference (2007).

Brennan, J.  "The cultural construction of Disability, Platform paper The Siena College Conference on Diversity (2004).

Brennan, J. "How chronic pain becomes psychologized by Physical Therapy, Paper presentation at the Society for Disability Studies (2004)

Brennan, J., A. Fergus, M. Petruzzi, S. Haggarty  "Spirituality and Healing in the Islamic Faith, Poster presentation at NYAPTA (2003) conference was cancelled).

Brennan, J.  "How the categories of chronic pain became reified by The hierarchy of rehabilitation professionals" Paper presented The Society for Disability Studies (2003).

Non-Peer Reviewed Presentations

Brennan, J. Key note speaker, Episcopal Diocese Western Massachusetts "Movement, Mindfulness, Theology, May 2009

Brennan, J. "Imaging for CVA", Presentation at Berkshire Medical Center (2007).

Brennan, J. Neuroradiology. Program at St. Peter’s Hospital (Rehab. Dept) (2006)

Presentation Humor and Healing to Community Health Care  Professionals, Lenox, Ma
May 2004                      

Key Note Address at Phi Theta Kappa, NYS Regional Honors Institute
Jan. 2003, Complementary Health Care RPI, Troy, N.Y.

Presentation on Qualitative Health Research to NYS Chapter of APTA
Oct. 2002, Qualitative Health Research

Professional Organizations

American Physical Therapy Association
American Anthropological Association
Society for Disability Studies

Service

SGS curriculum committee

Personal

Handball, running