{"id":8896,"date":"2026-10-07T16:45:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T20:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/academics\/faculty\/bballenger\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T16:45:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T20:45:59","slug":"bballenger","status":"publish","type":"faculty","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/experiments\/faculty\/bballenger\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballenger, Brantley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns faculty-accolades is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-academic-history\">Academic History<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ph.D., Mississippi State University, 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>M.S., University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>B.S., University of Montevallo, 2018<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-courses-taught-at-transy\">Courses Taught at Transy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Physiology of Exercise<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Strength and Conditioning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Introduction to Exercise Science<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Health and Wellness<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Becoming a Personal Trainer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-awards-and-honors\">Awards and Honors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mississippi State University Graduate Student Hall of Fame Scholar, 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Montevallo Alumni Association Junior Board 15 Within 15 Honoree, 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Montevallo Outstanding Alumnus Award in Exercise and Nutrition Science, 2022<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-areas-of-specialization\">Areas of Specialization<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Physical activity and sedentary behavior measurement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exercise programs for people with Down syndrome<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exercise is Medicine on campus initative<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-recent-publications\">Recent Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ballenger, B.K., S.P. Brown, R.W. Motl, B. Fernhall and S. Agiovlasitis, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1123\/apaq.2024-0157\">Levels and Patterns of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Adults With and Without Down Syndrome<\/a>,\u201d <em>Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly<\/em>, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 566-579, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ballenger, B.K., S.L. Carter, G. Norman, S.P. Brown, B. Fernhall, R.W. Motl and S. Agiovlasitis, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00421-023-05296-z\">Physical Activity and Arterial Stiffness: Is Body Fat a Mediator?<\/a>\u201d <em>European Journal of Applied Physiology<\/em>, vol. 124, no. 2, pp. 527-535, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ballenger, B.K., E.E. Schultz, M. Dale, B. Fernhall, R.W. Motl and S. Agiovlasitis, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1123\/apaq.2022-0102\">Health Outcomes of Physical Activity Interventions in Adults With Down Syndrome: A Systematic Review<\/a>,\u201d <em>Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly<\/em>, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 378-402, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-professional-memberships\">Professional Memberships<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>American College of Sports Medicine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clinical Exercise Physiology Association<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National Strength and Conditioning Association<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USA Weightlifting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10735,"template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"Relevanssi image attachment filter Relevanssi index exclude","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"academic_division":[77,59],"class_list":["post-8896","faculty","type-faculty","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.5 (Yoast SEO v28.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ballenger, Brantley - Website Experiments<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/experiments\/faculty\/bballenger\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ballenger, Brantley\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Academic History Courses Taught at Transy Awards and Honors Areas of Specialization Recent Publications Ballenger, B.K., S.P. 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