Salome Brooks

Program Director, Associate Professor

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EDUCATION

Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven CT  
EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies      2004-2011

Teachers College, Columbia University, New York NY  
MA, Motor Control and Education
Concentration: Motor Learning      1999-2004

Sacred Heart University, Fairfield CT
MBA, Concentration: Health Care Administration      1985-1990

Quinnipiac College, Hamden CT  
BS, Physical Therapy                                     1978-1982

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Physical Therapy

COURSES TAUGHT

• PTH516 Psychosocial Issues in Healthcare
• PTH720 Capstone Research Project I
• PTH730 Capstone Research Project II

RESEARCH INTERESTS AND AREAS

• Professional Practice
• Practice Management
• Professional Development
• Qualitative & Mixed Method Research
• Geriatrics
• Neurological
• Adult Neurological Rehabilitation
• NAO Humanoid Robotics in the treatment of patients suffering from Parkinson's Disease

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Professional Membership

NYSARH and Common Ground Health for Rural Communities Board  2023                              

Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Examiners            2019

ACAPT Consortium for Humanities, Ethics and Professionalism       2019-present

African American Female Professor Faculty Award Committee      

Western MA Association       2018-2021

American Council on Education, Office of Women in Higher Education    2010-2019

New England Educational Research Organization 2005-2007

The Gerontological Society of America  2005-2012

New England Consortium of Academic Coordinators of Clinical Education         1998-2012

American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) 1981-present        

• Geriatric Section  
• Health Policy and Administration Section  
• Education Section  
• Research Section    

CONFERENCES/PRESENTATIONS

Salome V. Brooks, Sheri R. Kiami. Edgar Torres. Cultural Agile Clinicians: Cultural Humility from the Classroom to Clinical Practice.  
2021 Northeast Physical Therapy Annual Conference. Tolland CT. (Virtual)

Salome V. Brooks, Martin Shell. Integrating actor training and improvisation into patient centered communication, cultural competencies, and rapport.  2021
(Workshop) Mayo Clinic Humanities in Medicine Symposium.  
Engaging Across Disciplines: Toward a Practice of Trans-disciplinarity. (Virtual))

Salome Brooks, Martin Shell. Integration of actor training methods and improvisation into an appreciation of patient-centered communication for Physical Therapy students.  2019
(Platform Presentation) Humanities in Medicine Symposium.  
The Human(ities) Connection: meeting people where they are. Phoenix AZ.

Salome Brooks. Participation in a knitting group in later life: A mixed-methods  approach to understanding social knitting and well-being. 2018 (Poster Presentation) Healthy Aging Summit, Washington D.C.  
 
Salome Brooks, Tracie Klekotka. Determinants of Job Selection in New Graduates. 2017 (Poster Presentation) APTA Combined Sections Meeting, San Antonio Texas.

GRANTS RECEIVED

Clarkson University 2023                                                                                                          
Lewis School of Health Sciences, $150,000
Faculty Grant  
Grant Title: Integration of Robotics Technology in teaching LSVT BIG

Springfield College 2015  
Dean Award for Research  
School of Health Sciences & Rehabilitation Studies $10,800
Grant Title: A PT and PTA Learning Activity to Examine Student Collaboration  and Collaboration Readiness: An Intraprofessional Educational Process with Interprofessional & Implications.

HONORS AND AWARDS

Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Examiners    
New Examiner Status 2019
       
African American Female Professor Faculty Award                  
Western MA AAFPFA Association 2017
         
SAS Global Forum              
National Faculty Scholarship Award Recipient 2012
         
American Physical Therapy Association        
National Minority Faculty Scholarship Award Recipient 2005

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Wise D, Moerchen V, Williams-York B, Dominguez J, Kapasi Z, Brooks S, Ross L.  
Underrepresented Minority Student Recruitment and Retention in DPT Programs: A Feasibility Survey of Students. JOPTE. 2018:38(3):209-217.  
 
Wise D, Dominguez J, Kapasi Z, Williams-York B, Moerchen V, Brooks S, Ross L. Defining Underrepresented Minorities and Promoting Holistic Review Admission Strategies in Physical Therapist Education. JOPTE. 2017:31(4):8-13.  
 
Brooks SV, Gorman R. A Physical Therapist and Physical Therapist Assistant Learning Activity to Examine Student Collaboration and Collaboration Readiness: An Intraprofessional Educational Process. The Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice. 2017 Jan 23;15(1), Article 9.  
 
Brooks, SV. Bigelow, S. Preparing Students for Research: Faculty/Librarian Collaboration in a  
Pre-Doctoral Physical Therapy Research Course.  Health Information & Libraries Journal, November 2015, 32, pp. 332–338. DOI: 10.1111/hir.12123  
 
Brooks, S. Exploring the five phases of physical therapist professional development advanced by the clinical doctorate degree. 2011. DAI-B 72/10, p. Southern Connecticut State University.