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Cavell Brownie | |
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| Alma mater | Cornell University |
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| Institutions | North Carolina State University |
| Thesis | Stochastic models allowing age-dependent survival rates for banding experiments on exploited bird populations. (1973) |
Cavell Brownie (née Sherlock) is a Professor Emeritus of Statistics at the North Carolina State University. Her research considered biometric methods and wildlife sampling.
Early life and education
Brownie was born in Jamaica.[1] She was awarded a scholarship.[2] She earned her doctoral degree at Cornell University in 1973. Whilst at Cornell University Brownie developed mathematical models to estimate bird populations.[3]
Research and career
Brownie was a faculty member at North Carolina State University from 1982 to 2007.[4] Her research involved wildlife sampling and biometric methods.[5] Brownie was awarded the George W. Snedecor award in 1983 and 1990, and the North Carolina State University D.D. Mason Faculty Award in 1988.[6] She was elected a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 2003. The Department of Statistics at North Carolina State University award an annual Cavell Brownie Mentoring Faculty prize in her honour.[4]
Selected publications
Her publications include:
- Brownie, Cavell; Hines, James E. (1990). "Statistical Inference for Capture-Recapture Experiments". Wildlife Monographs. 107: 3–97.
- Brownie, Cavell (1985). "Statistical inference from band recovery data: a handbook". Wildlife Monographs.
- Brownie, Cavell (1985). "Capture-Recapture Studies for Multiple Strata Including Non-Markovian Transitions". Biometrics. 49: 1173–1187. doi:10.2307/2532259.
Personal life
Brownie married Cecil Brownie, a Veterinarian at North Carolina State University, in August 1968.[7] Together they have two sons.[7]
References
- ^ "Scholars Meet Mentors at JSM". Amstat News. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- ^ "Kingston Gleaner Newspaper Archives, Nov 4, 1966, p. 10". NewspaperArchive.com. 1966-11-04. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- ^ author, United States Department of the Interior U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife (1975). Population Ecology of the Mallard. U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service.
{{cite book}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ a b "Dr. Cavell Brownie Mentoring Faculty Award". North Carolina State University. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Celebrating Black History Month: Cavell Brownie". magazine.amstat.org. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Lin, Xihong; Genest, Christian; Banks, David L.; Molenberghs, Geert; Scott, David W.; Wang, Jane-Ling (2014-03-26). Past, Present, and Future of Statistical Science. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4822-0498-8.
- ^ a b "FEATURED SPEAKERS". CbVMA. Retrieved 2020-02-24.