Joann Brennan is a dedicated educator and accomplished artist, and former academic leader in higher education.
She has taught photography at the University of Rhode Island, School of Art and Design at the State University of New York, and Princeton University.
Brennan was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2003 and a Smithsonian Fellowship from the Smithsonian Museum of American Art in 2010. Her work has been presented in exhibitions and publications nationally and internationally including; Land Matters, Culture and Identity by Liz Wells, Earth Now (exhibition and book) New Mexico Museum of Art, International Fototage Photography Festival, Mannheim/Ludwigshafen, Germany; Paradise Paved (exhibition and catalogue), Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA; Princeton University Art Museum; Center for Photography, Woodstock, New York, Peggy Notebeart Nature Museum, Chicago, Il.; and European Photography Magazine and Photo Review Quarterly. Her artwork is in the collections of the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Mexico State University Museum, the Paine Webber Collection, Princeton Art Museum and Danforth Art Museum.
Since joining the faculty of the College of Arts & Media (CAM) in 1998, she has focused her efforts on enhancing the success and well-being of students, faculty, and staff, in projects and initiatives at the course, program, university, and college level. She has served in a variety of leadership roles including; Interim CO-Dean of the College of Arts & Media, Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty Affairs at CU Denver, Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty Affairs at CU South Denver, Senior Associate Dean and Arts Bridge Director College of Arts & Media, and Chair of the Visual Arts Department College of Arts & Media.
In 2006 and 2010 Brennan was elected to the National Board of Directors for the Society for Photographic Education (SPE) to serve two four-year terms. Brennan has served SPE in numerous capacities including membership on the Executive Committee, Chair of the Regional Affairs Committee and participation on three national conference committees. In March 2008, Brennan chaired and provided the vision for the 2008 SPE National Conference titled “Agents of Change: Art and Advocacy.”
Email Address: Joannbrennanphotography@gmail.com