Judy Brown

Following an early interest in experimental quantum optics, my long-term research efforts were in computer perception of musical and marine mammal sounds. My publications are available online. I was a Visiting Scientist at the MIT Media Lab in the Machine Listening Group for over 20 years and am a Fellow in the Acoustical Society of America.

I taught the first Quantum Mechanics course at Wellesley and continued to teach it for many years; it was my favorite for the beauty of its mathematics. I also enjoyed teaching Vibrations and Waves, Musical Acoustics, and Mechanics. I served for many years on the Musical Acoustics and Animal Bioacoustics Technical Committees of the Acoustical Society of America.

Since retirement my longtime passions for animals and photography have led me to speciality of photographs of farm animals; it is my wish to affect the cruelty with which these animals are treated by the Factory Farm Industry. See judybrownphotography.com. These photographs have been shown in solo shows in Griffin Museum of Photography satellite galleries and MIT Architecture Department Tele-exhibit. Selections from my "Antique Skin", "Elliott", "Weatherbury Farm", and “Unity Farm Sanctuary” portfolios have been selected for over four dozen juried exhibitions. My book of photographs, "Weatherbury Farm," received an honorable mention by Elizabeth Avedon in her list of Best Photography Books of 2020: Round-up Part II. Most gratifying I was chosen as a 2019 Critical Mass 200 Finalist.