Carrie Minahan

PT, DPT, EdD

Hybrid Learning

Bio

Dr. Carrie Minahan, PT, DPT, EdD is the Director of Curriculum and Associate Professor at the South College Nashville campus Doctor of Physical Therapy Program. She holds a Doctor of Education from South College (2024), Doctor of Physical Therapy from Russell Sage College (2010), a Master of Science in Neurological Physical Therapy from Massachusetts General Hospital Institution of Health Professions (1998) and a Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy from University of Vermont (1994). She holds the Neurological Clinical Specialist Certification (Emeritus) through the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties. Dr. Minahan’s clinical certifications and primary patient care interests within neurology are vestibular rehabilitation, hippotherapy, with a special interest in balance disorders and brain injury. She has a graduate certification from Johns Hopkins University School of Education in Mind, Brain and Teaching and Hybrid Teaching certification from Evidence in Motion. Her scholarship interests are related to evidence-based teaching and learning within physical therapy education with a science of learning focus. She taught in entry-level DPT education as an adjunct (2010-2015) and has been full-time core faculty since 2015. Her teaching areas are primarily in the foundational sciences and include clinical anatomy, movement science, and clinical neuroscience.