Carter Rees Resume

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Carter Rees, PhD
Data Scientist • Product Development/Engineering
Domo • American Fork, UT 84003
Phone: 801-857-1713 • Email: carterrees@gmail.com • Website: www.carterrees.com
Twitter: @CJPHD • LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/cjphd
Summary: Data Scientist with 15 years of applied and theoretical statistical research experience. Strong ability and history of leading
quantitative research projects from problem conception, data collection, analysis and reporting. I’d welcome the opportunity to build a
team of data science experts to help achieve company enterprise research goals.
Current Employment
• 2016 – Present Data Scientist, Product Dev/Eng Team, Domo, American Fork, UT
o I am on the Development/Engineering team and report to the Head of Systems Scale. My main objective is to develop
Domo visualization, statistical, and machine learning features to give our users a complete 360-degree view of their
data. I meet regularly with UX designers, software engineers, and data architects to plan and achieve these goals.
Technical Skills & Training
Formal coursework and research experience: Machine Learning (KNN • K-means • Neural Networks • Text Mining methods •
Bayesian Networks • Linear Regression • Generalized Linear Models) • Time Series (AR, MA, ARCH, GARCH) • Introductory
Statistics, Design & Analysis of Experiments • Statistical Sampling • Multilevel Models • Structural Equation Models • Multivariate
Analysis • Social Network Analysis (Exponential Random Graph Models, Markov Models) • GIS Weighted Regression • Hurdle
Models • Continuous and Discrete Time Survival Models • Dyad Models • Multiple Imputation Methods for Missing Data
Computer Languages
• Fluent in R and Stata. Strong understanding of Python and SQL with exposure to Apache Spark and Hadoop.
Education
• Ph.D. Criminology (quantitative emphasis), University at Albany, State University of New York 2011
• M.A., Political Science (Graduate Minor in Statistics), University of Wyoming 2002
• B.A., History, Dakota Wesleyan University1998
Previous Employment
• 2014 – 2016 Assistant Professor, Sociology Department, Brigham Young University
• 2011 – 2014 Assistant Professor, School of Criminology & Criminal Justice, Arizona State University
• 2002 –2005 Associate Research Scientist, Wyoming Survey & Analysis Center
o Managed a research team consisting of a SQL programmer, two Assistant Research Scientists, and a graduate
student. Conducted original research on criminal justice topics for state and federal agencies including the United
States Attorney’s Office for the District of Wyoming, Wyoming Department of Corrections, Wyoming Department
of Health, and Wyoming Victim Services Division. This was a soft money position in which I was responsible for
finding projects to fully or partially fund my team’s salaries.
Expertise in human behavior
• My academic expertise is the quantitative study of how personal characteristics and the social environment can be used to
predict human behavior. I am well versed in methods and techniques of human behavior modification and how social influence
is perpetuated through social networks via network structure.
University teaching experience
• Introduction to Statistics • Data Management & Visualization • Introduction to Research Design
• Criminology & Juvenile Delinquency
Publications
• Author or co-author on 9 quantitative peer-reviewed journal publications and 4 peer-reviewed book chapters.
Consulting/Grant activity
• Principal Investigator/co-Principal Investigator on state and federal research grants totaling $789,123. I’ve been a statistical
consultant on a variety of projects involving small legal data sets to criminal data systems with records in the millions.

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Carter Rees, PhD
Complete Resume
Data Scientist • Product Development/Engineering
Domo • American Fork, UT 84003
Phone: 801-857-1713 • Email: carterrees@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2011 Ph.D. Criminology (quantitative emphasis)
University at Albany, State University of New York
2002 M.A., Political Science
Graduate Minor, Statistics
University of Wyoming
1998 B.A., History (minor in Social Studies)
Dakota Wesleyan University
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Statistical Methodology, Decision Making, Social Networks, Big Data, Information Flows, Data Science
EMPLOYMENT
2016-Present Data Scientist, Domo, American Fork, UT
2014 – 2016 Assistant Professor, Sociology Department, Brigham Young University
2011 - 2014 Assistant Professor, School of Criminology & Criminal Justice, Arizona State University
2002 –2005 Associate Research Scientist, Wyoming Survey & Analysis Center
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
Zimmerman, Gregory, Rees, Carter, and Farrell, Chelsea. (2016). Contextual determinants of adolescent perceived early fatality. Journal
of Youth and Adolescence, 45(8), 1546-59.
Zimmerman, Gregory, Rees, Carter, Posick, Chad, and Zimmerman, Lori. (2016). The power of (mis)perception: Rethinking suicide
contagion in youth friendship networks. Social Science & Medicine, 157, 31-38.
Rees, Carter and Zimmerman, Gregory. (2016). The first delinquent peers are the most important: Examining nonlinearity in the peer
effect. Justice Quarterly, 33(3): 425-454.
Rees, Carter and Wallace, Danielle. (2015). The myth of conformity: Adolescents and abstention from unhealthy drinking behaviors.
Social Science and Medicine, 125, 151-162. (Reprinted from Rees, C., & Wallace, D. (2014). The myth of conformity: Adolescents
and abstention from unhealthy drinking behaviors. Social Science and Medicine, 108, 34–45.
Burt, Callie and Rees, Carter. (2015) Behavioral heterogeneity in adolescent social networks. Justice Quarterly. 32(5): 872-899.
Rees, Carter and Wallace, Danielle. (2014). The myth of conformity: Adolescents and abstention from unhealthy drinking behaviors.
Social Science & Medicine, 108: 34-45.
Rees, Carter, Freng, Adrienne, and Winfree, Tom. (2014). The Native American adolescent: Social network structure and perceptions
of alcohol induced social problems. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 43(2): 405-425.
Zimmerman, Gregory, and Rees, Carter. (2014). Do School Disciplinary Policies Have Positive Social Impacts? Examining the
Attenuating Effects of School Policies on the Relationship between Personal and Peer Delinquency. Journal of Criminal Justice,
42(1): 54-65.
Zimmerman, Greg, Messner, Steven, and Rees, Carter. (2014). Incorporating unstructured socializing into the study of secondary
exposure to community violence: Etiological and empirical implications. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 29:1802-1833.

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Rees, Carter and Pogarsky, Greg (2011). One bad apple may not spoil the whole bunch: Best friends and adolescent delinquency.
Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 27(2): 197-223.
BOOK CHAPTERS & OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Rees, Carter and Winfree, Latham. (accepted). Social Learning, Social Networks, and Offender Decision Making: Matching Theory as
a Unifying Framework for Recasting a General Theory. In Wim Bernasco (Ed.) Oxford Handbook of Offender Decision Making. New
York, New York: Oxford University Press.
Rees, Carter and Young, Jacob T.N. (2015). Parents and Peers as Institutions of Socialization. In Childhood and Adolescence:
Implications for Delinquent Behavior. In Kevin Beaver, J.C. Barnes, and Brian Boutwell, (Eds.). The Nurture vs. Biosocial Debate in
Criminology. Sage.
Zimmerman, Gregory and Rees, Carter. (2014). Peer Networks and Delinquency. In Richard Wright (Ed.), Oxford Bibliographies in
Criminology. New York: Oxford University Press.
Young, Jacob T.N. and Rees, Carter. (2013). Social networks and delinquency in adolescence: implications for life-course
criminology. In Chris Gibson and Marvin Krohn (Eds.) Handbook of Life-Course Criminology (pp.159-180). Springer Science: New
York.
TECHNICAL REPORTS
Fridell, Lorie, Faggiani, Don, Rees, Carter, Taylor, Bruce, Sole Brito, Carina, and Kubu, Bruce (2006). The impact of agency policies
and practices on violence against the police. Washington D.C. The Police Executive Research Forum.
Taylor, Bruce, Fridell, Lorie, Kubu, Bruce, Rees, Carter, and Jordan, Tom (2005). The cop crunch: Identifying strategies for dealing
with the recruiting and hiring crisis in law enforcement. Washington D.C. The Police Executive Research Forum.
Rees, Carter and Robertson, Lindsay (2004). Project Safe Neighborhoods in Wyoming: Phase II Final Report. WYSAC Technical
Report CJG-403, Wyoming Survey and Analysis Center, University of Wyoming.
Freng, Adrienne and Rees, Carter (2004). Youth case processing in the state of Wyoming: An analysis of four counties. WYSAC
Technical Report CJG-404, Wyoming Survey and Analysis Center, University of Wyoming.
GRANTS
External Funding
Rees, Carter and Parker West, Laurel. Co-Principal Investigator. Wyoming Domestic Violence Database Project. 2005. Wyoming
Division of Victims Services. $50,000.
Rees, Carter and Parker West, Laurel. Co-Principal Investigator. Wyoming Domestic Violence Shelter Reporting Standardization
Project. 2004 -2005. Wyoming Division of Victim Services. $37,292.
Rees, Carter and Freng, Adrienne. Co-Principal Investigator. Wyoming Juvenile Court Processing Study. 2004. Wyoming
Department of Family Services. $157,891.
Rees, Carter and Parker West, Laurel. Co-Principal Investigator. Analysis of the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation
Domestic Violence Reporting Program. 2004. Bureau of Justice Statistics. $50,000.
Rees, Carter. Principal Investigator. Project Safe Neighborhoods in Wyoming Phase I. 2003. United States Attorney’s Office for
the District of Wyoming. $169,000.
Rees, Carter. Principal Investigator. Project Safe Neighborhoods in Wyoming Phase II. 2004. United States Attorney’s Office for the
District of Wyoming. $70,000.

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Rees, Carter. Principal Investigator. Project Safe Neighborhoods in Wyoming Phase III. 2005. United States Attorney’s Office for
the District of Wyoming: $65,000.
Rees, Carter. Principal Investigator. Wyoming Department of Corrections Quarterly Reports. 2001-2005. Wyoming Department of
Corrections. $150,000.
Rees, Carter. Principal Investigator. Wyoming Juvenile Jail Roster Data Collection System. 2001-2005. Wyoming State Advisory
Council on Juvenile Justice. $40,000.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Rees, Carter, and Wallace, Danielle. Adolescents’ In-Group Friendships and Drinking Abstention: The Role of Popularity and
Conformity. American Society of Criminology National Conference, Washington D.C. 2015
Rees, Carter. Capturing the peer effect: Moderators of differentially associating with delinquents. American Society of Criminology
National Conference, San Francisco, CA 2014
Freng, Adrienne, Rees, Carter and Winfree, L. Thomas. The social networks of gang members: Do they set them apart? Western Society
of Criminology Conference, Honolulu, Hawai’i 2014
Freng, Adrienne, Rees, Carter and Winfree, L. Thomas. Native Networks and Adolescent Delinquency. American Society of
Criminology National Conference, Atlanta, GA 2013
Rees, Carter and Burt, Callie Peer Behavioral Heterogeneity in Adolescent Social Networks. American society of Criminology National
Conference, Chicago, IL 2012
Louton, Brooks and Rees, Carter Defining Best friends for Measuring Delinquency Associations. American Society of Criminology
National Conference, Chicago, IL 2012.
Rees, Carter and Pogarsky, Greg. The Impact of Best Friend Behavioral Sequences on Delinquency During Adolescence. American
Society of Criminology National Conference, Washington D.C., November 2011
Zimmerman, Greg and Rees, Carter. Longitudinal and Contextual Peer Effects on Crime and Delinquency. American Society of
Criminology National Conference, Washington D.C., November 2011.
Rees, Carter and Pogarsky, Greg. Adolescent peers and delinquency: The interrelated influence of best and remaining friends.
American Society of Criminology National Conference, Philadelphia, PA, November 2009.
Rees, Carter and Pogarsky, Greg. Adolescent peers: Specific friends and specific offenses. American Society of Criminology
National Conference, St. Louis, MO, November 2008.
Fridell, Lorie, Faggiani, Don, and Rees, Carter. An application of routine activities theory. American Society of Criminology
National Conference, St. Louis, MO, November 2008.
Rees, Carter and Pogarsky, Greg. Differentiating peer contexts and the adolescent/peer delinquency association. American Society
of Criminology National Conference, Atlanta, GA, November 2007.
Rees, Carter and Pogarsky, Greg. Friendship networks and delinquency: Who matters? American Society of Criminology National
Conference, Los Angeles, CA, November 2006.
Loftin, Colin, Lovett, Brent, Rees, Carter and Sandler, Jeff. The paradoxical effects of personal relationships within neighbors on
burglary victimization. American Society of Criminology National Conference, Los Angeles, CA, November 2006.
Freng, Adrienne and Rees, Carter. Juvenile case processing: Where have all the juveniles gone? American Society of Criminology
National Conference, Toronto, Ontario Canada, November 2005.

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Rees, Carter, Faggiani, Don, and Bibel, Dan. Working with the National Incident-Based Reporting System: Developing a typology of
aggravated assaults. American Society of Criminology National Conference, Nashville, TN, November 2004
Rees, Carter and Parker West, Laurel Parker. Domestic violence in Wyoming: A snapshot of rural domestic violence data and policy
issues. Bureau of Justice Statistics/Justice Research Statistics Association National Conference, Seattle, WA, October 2004.
Rees, Carter. Project Safe Neighborhoods in Wyoming: Lessons for today and directions for the future. Bureau of Justice
Statistics/Justice Research Statistics Association National Conference, San Francisco, CA, October 2003.
Rees, Carter. The decision to arrest: Effect of multiple domestic violence contacts with law enforcement. Bureau of Justice
Statistics/Justice Research Statistics Association National Conference, Seattle, WA, October 2002.
Rees, Carter, Cantrell, Sam, and Vila, Bryan. Objective analysis of the effects of retention elections on judges’ sentencing practices
ender the Missouri (Merit) Plan. American Society of Criminology National Conference, San Francisco, CA, November 2000.
ADDITIONAL AWARDS/EXPERIENCE/TRAINING
Awards
Eliot H. Lumbard Award for Academic Excellence, School of Criminal Justice University at Albany, SUNY, 2010
Disability Resource Center Outstanding Achievement Award for demonstrated teaching commitment to those with disabilities,
University at Albany, SUNY, 2010
Michael J. Hindelang Fellow, School of Criminal Justice University at Albany, SUNY, 2005-2008
Consulting
Rees, Carter. Statistical consultant for the plaintiffs in ACS v. ComAdd. Spring 2012. The law offices of Deutsch, Kerrigan, & Stiles.
2510 14th
Street, Suite 1001. Gulfport, MS 39501
Rees, Carter. Statistical consultant for the plaintiffs’ in Watts v. ABQI. Summer 2010. The law offices of Allen, Cobb, Hood, &
Atkinson, P.A. 2510 14th
St., Suite 1212 Gulfport, MS 39501.
Faggiani, Don and Rees, Carter. ‘Cop Crunch’ Recruitment and Hiring Project. 2005. Developed OLS and negative binomial
regression models to aide law enforcement officials in the identification of the most effective recruitment/hiring strategies. Police
Executive Research Forum.
Faggiani, Don and Rees, Carter. CDC Workplace Violence Study. 2005. Selected a random sample of all law enforcement agencies
with a jurisdiction population of 50,000 or greater and compared this to a sample drawn from agencies who reported NIBRS data. The
purpose of this project was to test whether or not the NIBRS sample was representative of similar agencies across the nation.
Variables compared came from Census, UCR, and LEOKA data. Police Executive Research Forum.
Rees, Carter. 2004. Conducted a four-hour training on the use of SPSS as an analytical and data restructuring tool. Wyoming
Community Colleges Commission.
Faggiani, Don and Rees, Carter. CDC Workplace Violence Study. 2003. Compiled and analyzed various theoretically relevant
variables from UCR, NIBRS, and Census data. The purpose of this project was to identify key characteristics of law enforcement
agencies with high LEOKA rates. Police Executive Research Forum.
Faggiani, Don and Rees, Carter. Police Executive Research Forum ‘Cop Crunch’ Recruitment and Hiring Project. 2003. Compiled
and analyzed various theoretically relevant variables from UCR, NIBRS, and Census data. The analysis aided in the development of a
regression model to predict the number of LEOKA incidents within a given police agency. Police Executive Research Forum.
Faggiani, Don and Rees, Carter. Police Response to Domestic Violence Cases: Same Sex Couples vs. Heterosexual Couples. 2003.
Compiled and analyzed NIBRS data for the year 2000. The key issued examined was whether similar cases involving same sex and
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Faggiani, Don and Rees, Carter. NIBRS Symposium. 2002. Reviewed and edited several papers concerning the implementation of
NIBRS in various law enforcement agencies across the United States.
Rees, Carter. Statistical consultant for a dissertation titled Attachment Style and Group Member Perception of Group Climate and
Group Therapist. 2001. Aided Michigan State University doctoral candidate (Dr.) Jim Wyssman via GLM techniques to extend the
application of attachment theory into the realm of group processes by examining adult attachment style-related differences in
perceptions of group leaders to perceptions of group climate.
Training
University of Kansas Quantitative Training Program of Psychology Summer Institute
2012: Completed 40 hour course titled Structural Equation Modeling taught by Dr. Todd Little & Dr. Noel Card
2012: Completed 40 hour course titled Longitudinal Structural Equation Modeling taught by Dr. Todd Little
2012: Completed 40 hour course titled Social Network Analysis with SIENA taught by Dr. Christian Steglich
University of Michigan ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research
2006: Completed 40 hour course titled Introduction to Social Network Analysis. Taught by Dr. Stanley Wasserman
2004: Completed 40 hour course titled Categorical Data Analysis: Models for Binary, Ordinal, Nominal, and Count Outcomes.
Taught by Dr. J. Scott Long
Environmental Research Systems Institute (ESRI) Boulder, CO
2002: Completed 40 hours of training in ArcView 3.xx covering introductory and advanced GIS mapping. Also experienced with
ArcGIS 8.xx mapping procedures.
TEACHING
Undergraduate Teaching Experience
Introduction to Statistics; Data Management & Visualization; Juvenile Delinquency; Introduction to Research Design
Graduate Teaching Experience
Juvenile Delinquency & Justice 517, Arizona State University, Fall 2013
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Academic Societies
American Society of Criminology 2001-2016
SERVICE
Service to the Profession
Editorial Boards:
Journal of Youth and Adolescence (2014-2016)
Adolescent Research Review (2014-2016)
Reviewer: American Sociological Review, British Journal of Sociology, Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice,
Criminal Justice & Behavior, Journal of Criminal Justice, Journal of Early Adolescence, Journal of Quantitative Criminology,
Journal of Research in Crime & Delinquency, Journal of Youth & Adolescence, Justice Quarterly, Routledge Publishing, Social
Psychology Quarterly, Social Forces

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Service to the University
2015: Essay reviewer for University Honors Program (BYU)
2014: Essay reviewer for University Honors Program (BYU)
2015: ORCA grant reviewer (BYU)
2014: ORCA grant reviewer (BYU)
Service to the Department
2015: Hiring Committee (BYU Department of Sociology)
2014: Hiring Committee (BYU Department of Sociology)
2013: Co-organizer of Network Perspectives on Criminology and Criminal Justice Symposium with Dr. Jacob Young. The ASU
School of Criminology & Criminal Justice hosted this event in January of 2013 and drew over 100 registrants from across the country.
Invited speakers included leading experts in the fields of social networks and criminology, criminal justice, and psychology. (Arizona
State University School of Criminology & Criminal Justice)
Service to the Community
Member: Utah County Disproportionate Minority Committee
Masters/Ph.D. Committee Member
Dallin Everett (Masters supervisory committee while at BYU)
Janie Demtrepoulos (Masters supervisory committee while at BYU)
Brooks Louton (Ph.D. supervisory committee while at ASU)
Brianne Posey (Masters supervisory committee while at ASU)