Glenn Brassington

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Biography

Dr. Brassington was born in Sydney, Australia. He came to the United States at age 16 to attend university on a tennis scholarship. After earning a bachelor's degree in humanities, he studied clinical, health, and performance psychology in graduate school and beyond. He has co-authored (including with SSU students) 26 journal articles and book chapters. Dr. Brassington's publications appear in such journals as the Journal of American Medical Association, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, and Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. He has presented (including with SSU students) more than 50 research conferences symposia, papers, and posters. Dr. Brassington works to promote community health, happiness, and compassion through his teaching, research, and clinical work. He lives with his wife and teenage son just a "stone's throw" away from the SSU campus. You can see him and his family walking around the beautiful SSU campus almost every day of the week. Please feel free to say, "Hi" and of course, drop by his office.

Education

Licensed Psychologist (Lic. #: 199236)

Post-doctoral Fellow Preventive Cardiology & Biostatistics (Stanford University)

Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology (University of Missouri-Columbia)

Clinical Psychology & Behavioral Medicine Intern (Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System)

M.A. in Psychology (San Jose State University)

B.A. in Humanities (St. Joseph's College)

Academic Interests

Clinical Psychology, Health Psychology/Behavioral Medicine, Sport/Performance Psychology, Multicultural Psychology, Sleep, and Coping with Race-Based Social Stressors (Diversity Resilience Training).

Courses Taught

Sonoma State University 

Introduction to Counseling 

Advance Methods in Counseling Psychology

Health Psychology

Peak Performance Psychology

Introduction to Research Methods

Development of the Person/Life Span Development

Child Psychology

Psychopathology (formerly Abnormal Psychology)

Advance Research Methods

Stanford University

Mental Dimensions of Sport and the Performing Arts

Excellence Is No Accident: Mental Skills Training for Business Leaders, Athletes, and Performing Artists

Psychology of the Body

The Power of Sleep

San Jose State University

Introduction to Research Methods

University of Missouri-Columbia

Research Methods & Statistics in Psychology II

Selected Publications & Presentations

Brassington, G.S. & Brassington, G.T. (2024). Promoting Performance Enhancing Sleep. In D. Todd & K. Hodge (Eds.) Routledge Handbook of Applied Sport Psychology. New York, NY: Taylor & Francis Group.

Brassington, G.S. & Brassington, G.T. (2023). Sleep science. In G. Merlo & K. Berra (Eds.) Lifestyle Nursing (pp. 63-79). New York, NY: Taylor & Francis Group.

Brassington, et. al (2019). Diversity Resilience Training. A poster presented at the Western Psychological Association, Los Angeles, California.

Brassington, G.S. (2016). Cyberpsychology: The interdisciplinary design of a computer-assisted mental training program to enhance athletic performance. A poster presented at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Sacramento, California.

Brassington, G.S., Hekler, E.B., Cohen, Z., & King, A.C. (2012). Health-Enhancing Physical Activity. In A. Baum, J. Singer, & T.A. Revenson (Eds.), Handbook of Health Psychology (pp. 353-375). New York, NY: Psychology Press: Taylor & Francis Group.

Brassington, G.S. & Goode, C. (2010). Sleep. In Hanrahan, S. (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Applied Sport Psychology. Florence, KY: Routledge Press.

Brassington, G.S., Howell, J. & Steiner, H. (2007). What athletes anticipate missing when they retire from college sports. A poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, California.

Brassington G.S., & Froiland, J. (2005). Spiritual benefits of an undergraduate psychology course: Psychology of the body. A poster presented at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Portland, Oregon.

Adam. M., Brassington, G.S. Steiner, H., & Matheson, G. (2004). Psychological and social factors associated with performance-limiting injuries in professional ballet dancers. Journal of Dance Medicine and Science, 8(2), 43-46.

Brassington, G.S. (2004). Excellence is No Accident: Mental Training for Business Leaders, Athletes, and Performing Artists. Somatics, 14 (2) 14-24.

Brassington, G. S., Gurtler, S., Tucker, J., Grady, S., Velasquez-Andrade, E., & Hicks, R.A. (2004). Overweight College Students Differ in their Recollection of their Parents’ Authority Styles. In Glenn S. Brassington (Chair), Ethnicity and health promoting behavior in the management of Stress, Sleep Problems, and Obesity. A symposium presented at the annual meeting of the National Latino Psychological Association, Scottsdale, Arizona.

Brassington, G.S., Atienza, A.A., Perczek, R.E., & Abby C. King. (2002). Intervention-related cognitive versus social mediators of exercise adherence in the elderly. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 23(2), 80-86.

Brassington, G.S., King, A.C., & Bliwise, D.L. (2000). Sleep problems as a risk factor for falls in a sample of community-dwelling adults aged 64-99 years. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 48(10), 1234-1240.

King, A.C., Oman, R.F., Brassington, G.S., Bliwise, D.L., & Haskell, W.L. (1997). Moderate-intensity exercise and self-rated quality of sleep in older adults: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of the American Medical Association, 277(1), 32-7.