Polly Sarah Brown

Background

Brown, Polly Sarah was born on December 30, 1952 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of David Randolph and Sally Brown.

Education

Bachelor in Psychology, Computer Science, Mills College, Oakland, California, 1976; Master of Arts in Cognitive Psychology, U. Denver, 1982; Doctor of Philosophy in Cognitive Psychology, U. Denver, 1985.

Career

Computer programmer, Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, 1976-1977; technical writer, English as Second Language, Sunnyvale, California, 1977-1978; instructor psychology, research assistant, computer programmer, U. Denver, 1978-1985; postdoctoral research human factors, International Business Machines Corporation Research, Yorktown Heights, New York, 1985-1987; human factors scientist, International Business Machines Corporation, San Jose, California, 1987-1991; consultant human-computer interaction, 1992-1998; usability engineer, Lotus, Mountain View, California, 1996-1997; usability engineer, Intraspect Software, Los Altos, California, 1997-1998; usability engineer, Bellcore, Piscataway, New Jersey, since 1998.

Achievements

• Polly Sarah Brown has been listed as a noteworthy Psychologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Association for Computing Machinery (special interest group in computer-human interaction since 1985), Sierra Club, Phi Beta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocations: piano, swimming, writing, walking, reading.

Connections

Father:

David Randolph Brown

Mother:

Sally Brown