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Education

MA in Cognitive Psychology	2010 to 2015
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Cognitive Psychology: recognition memory, recollection and familiarity
Mentored by Colleen M. Parks
Retroactive interference in recognition memory: The effects of mental effort and similarity on recollection and familiarity

BA in Psychology	2006 to 2010
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Psychology

Programming Skills (Years of Experience)

Professional Development

Big Data: Exploratory Data Mining in Behavioral Research	2016
Arizona State University
For example: Exploratory modeling of longitudinal data (e.g., SEM decision trees), genetic search algorithms
Programming languages used: R and Mplus

Structural Equation Modeling in Longitudinal Research	2014
University of California, Davis
For example: Latent growth curve models, mixed-effects multi-level modling with multivariate extensions
Programming languages used: R and Mplus

Certifications

Machine Learning (Andrew Ng on Coursera)	2019
Mathematics for Machine Learning Specialization (Coursera)	2019

Professional Experience

Marketing Analyst	2019 to 2021
Caesars Entertainment Corporation
Automated ad hoc P&L statements and Daily Operating Revenue KPI charts using Python for monthly marketing reviews, saving 5 hours of work each month Implemented test and control groups where none previously existed to analyze marketing data, increasing SMT visibility into scientific method Authored an Excel and R pipeline to improve standard data visualizations and statistics in R, increasing SMT visibility into best research practices

Pricing Analyst	2018 to 2019
American Homes 4 Rent
Forecasted rental prices for 22 markets and 50,000 single-family homes using Zillow, proprietary software, Tableau, and Excel, resulting in near-95% same-home occupancy each quarter Guided SMT on scientific principles, test/control methodologies, and A/B testing, increasing SMT visibilities into best research practices Mentored and trained a junior data scientist in proper methods for data cleaning, visualization, and programming machine learning projects in Python and Excel Conducted exploratory data analysis in R to uncover price elasticity of demand over time

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Barchard, K. A., & Picker, C. J. (2018). Computer scoring of emotional awareness in a nonclinical population of young adults. Journal of Personality Assessment, 100, 107-115. doi:10.1080/00223891.2017.1282866

Silver, N. C., Ullman, J., & Picker, C. J. (2015). COMPCOR: A computer program for comparing correlations using confidence intervals. Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, 1, 26-28. doi:10.17140/PCSOJ-1-104

Refereed Posters and Presentations

Barchard, K. A., Doherty, H., Picker, C. J., Frazee, J., Williams, D. A., & Lumley, M. A. (April, 2018). The relation of emotional awareness to fibromyalgia symptoms. Paper presented at the Western Psychological Association Annual Convention, Portland, OR.

Barchard, K. A., Contreras, A., & Picker, C. J. (2017, April). Sex differences in emotional awareness: More than just words. Poster presented at the annual conference for the Western Psychological Association, Sacramento, CA. (Poster was also presented at American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Las Vegas, NV on January 2017).

Picker, C. J., & Barchard, K. A. (2017, January). Perceptual category development explains emotion processing abilities. Poster presented at the annual conference for the American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Las Vegas, NV.

Barchard, K. A., & Picker, C. J. (2016, January). Women use more precise emotion words. Poster presented at the American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Las Vegas, NV.

Barchard, K. A., Picker, C. J., Ermini Leaf, D. (2016, April). Women use a greater number and variety of emotion words. Poster presented at the Western Psychological Association convention, Long Beach, CA.

Picker, C. J., & Parks, C. M. (2015, April). Effect of retroactive interference on recollection and familiarity estimates. Poster presented at the Western Psychological Association conference, Las Vegas, NV.

Posters and Presentations (non-Refereed)

Davis, L., & Picker, C. J., & Parks, C. M. (2014, May). The spread and control of attention of action video game experts in a memory flanker task. Poster presented at 2014 UNLV Psi Chi Poster Conference, Las Vegas, NV.

Lein, E., & Picker, C. J., & Parks, C. M. (2014, May). Mental effort as retroactive interference: Comparing cued recall and pair recognition performance. Poster presented at 2014 UNLV Psi Chi Poster Conference, Las Vegas, NV.

Picker, C. J. (2013, April). Retroactive interference in recognition memory: The roles of mental effort, consolidation, and similarity. Talk presented in partial fulfillment of program requirements for UNLV Psychology department, Las Vegas, NV.

Picker, C. J. (2013, March). Retroactive interference in recognition memory: The roles of mental effort and consolidation. Talk presented at the 2013 GPSA Research Forum, Las Vegas, NV.

Courses Taught

Structural Equation Modeling	Spring 2017
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Cognitive Psychology (PSY 316)	2014 to 2016
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Introduction to Psychology (PSY 101)	2012 to 2013
University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Service

Mentor for Outreach for Undergraduate Mentoring Program

Vice President of Experimental Student Committee

GPSA Liberal Arts College Representative

Community Outreach: Brain Awareness Presentations

Cashman Middle School (Las Vegas, NV) x2
Laughlin Middle School (Laughlin, NV)
Paradise PDS Elementary School (Las Vegas, NV)

GPSA Psychology Representative Awards Committee

Professional Memberships

American Statistical Association (ASA)

Association for Psychological Science (APS)

American Psychological Association (APA)

Psi Chi

Caleb J. Picker’s Curriculum Vitae