CURRICULUM VITAE
9313 53rd Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118
Mobile: (815) 814-2260
Email: bcassell@uw.edu
EDUCATION
University of Washington, College of the Environment
School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
Degrees:
September 2009 – Present
Ph.D., Environmental and Forest Sciences
(expected) June 2017
Master of Science, Forest Resources
August 2012
Research Interests: Forest Restoration, Dendroecology, Fire Ecology, Carbon
Sequestration
Current Research: Slash pile burning effects in western forests and restoration
alternatives
Master’s Thesis: Fire History of the Sierra de Manantlán
Biosphere Reserve in Western México
Defended June 2012
GPA: 3.93/4.0
Academic Positions:
Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Environmental Science
Spring 2010, 2011
Peer Teaching Assistant: Fire Ecology and Fire Management
Autumn 2010
Research Assistant: UW Wildland Fire Sciences Laboratory
Autumn 2010
Awards and Honors:
• Ford Foundation Fellowship - Honorable Mention
• School of Forest Resources Outstanding Community
Participation Award - Recipient
• College of the Environment’s Graduate Dean Medalist Award
Nominee
Scholarships:
• College of the Environment Endowed Scholarship
• NASA Space Grant Graduate Fellowship
• Marvin Klemme Endowed Scholarship
• International Association of Wildland Fire Scholarship
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2013
2011
2011
2013-2014
Spring 2013
2010, 2011
2010
CURRICULUM VITAE – Brooke A. Cassell
Columbia College Chicago
September 1999 – June 2003
Degree: Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude
June 2003
Major: Audio Arts and Acoustics (Recording)
GPA: 4.00/4.00
Awards/Honors:
• Salutatorian
•
Dean’s List all semesters
Scholarships:
• David R. Rubin Scholarship
2001-2002
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Woodstock Professional Women’s Association Scholarship
2002-2003
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Columbia College Academic Excellence Award
2002-2003
PUBLICATIONS
Cassell, B. A., and Alvarado, E. (2012). Reconstruction of fire history in Mexican
tropical pines using tree rings. The Forestry Chronicle, 88(5).
Cassell, B. A. (2012). Fire history of the Sierra de Manantlán Biosphere Reserve in
Western México. (Master of Science Thesis) University of Washington, Seattle,
WA.
Brown, P., Gentry, C., Cassell, B., Dugan, A., Harris, J., King, C., Marschall, J.,
Perez Salicrup, D., Smith, G., and Waldron, J. (2011)"Fire and Recruitment
History of a Jeffery Pine Stand in the Eastern Sierra Nevada, California; Final
Report, North American Dendroecological Fieldweek 2010 Fire History Group
August 13, 2010." 20th Annual North American Dendroecological Fieldweek.
Terre Haute, IN, 2011. 1-8. Web. <http://dendrolab.indstate.edu/nadef/>.
Cassell, B. A., Alvarado, E., Heyerdahl, E., Perez-Salicrup, D. and Jardel-Peláez,
E. (2010) "Climate change and fire regimes in the Sierra de Manantlán, México."
Proceedings of 3rd Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference. Dale Wade:
Birmingham, Alabama, USA, International Association of Wildland Fire.
PRESENTATION OF RESEARCH
“Fire history of the Sierra de Manantlán Biosphere Reserve in Western Mexico”
Association for Fire Ecology/Joint Fire Sciences Program – 5th International Fire
Ecology and Management Congress, Portland, OR December 2012: poster
“Dendrochronological Reconstruction of Fire in a Monsoon Climate” Future
Forestry Leaders – Student Symposium, Victoria, B.C., February 2012: oral
presentation
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“Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Fire Regimes at the Las Joyas Research
Station in the Sierra de Manantlán Biosphere Reserve, México” Association for Fire
Ecology – Interior West Conference, Snowbird, UT November 2011: oral
presentation
“History of Fire at the Las Joyas Research Station in the Sierra de Manantlán
Biosphere Reserve, Jalisco and Colima, México” Society for Ecological Restoration,
International – 4th World Conference, Mérida, Mexico August 2011: oral
presentation
“Climate Change and Fire Regimes in the Sierra de Manantlán, México”
International Association of Wildland Fire – 3rd Annual Fire Behavior and Fuels
Conference, Spokane, WA October 2010: poster
ACADEMIC and PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Society for Ecological Restoration, UW Student Guild
October 2009 - Present
President
June 2011 - Present
Vice President/Project Manager
December 2009 –May 2011
Xi Sigma Pi, Forestry Honors Society, Alpha Chapter
Continuity Officer
Vice President
May 2010 - Present
June 2011 – June 2012
May 2010 – May 2011
International Association of Wildland Fire
March 2010 – present
Association for Fire Ecology
October 2010 – present
Puget Sound Mycological Society
December 2010 - present
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
University of Washington Office of Minority Affairs
and Diversity, McNair Achievement Program/
Early Identification Program
September 2011 – Present
Title: Graduate Student Adviser
Duties: Provide pre-graduate advising to undergraduate
students in STEM programs, facilitate undergraduate
research, co-teach Senior Seminar and Presidential
Scholar Seminar
UW Wildland Fire Sciences Laboratory – FERA Team
Title: Student Research Technician
Duties: Data collection in the field including vegetation
and fuel inventory for the Fuels and Environmental
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June 2012 – Present
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Research Applications team (FERA); in-lab sample
processing and data entry
UW Wildland Fire Sciences Laboratory
June 2011 – September 2011
Title: Research Assistant
Duties and Skills: Research vegetation species characteristics
for the Fuelbed Characteristic Classification System (FCCS);
data entry and management (Microsoft Access); basic web
design
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