Daniel Caldera Email & Phone Number

Skills: Unmoderated & Moderated Usability Testing, Survey Research, Thematic Analysis, User Interviews, Card Sort, Recruitment, Intercept Research, Accessibility Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Cognitive Walk through, ethnographic research

Texas, United States

• Coordinated and managed multiple NIH-funded research projects within the Development of Mind and Emotions Lab.• Collected mother and infant behavioral, cortisol, and electrophysiological data. • Preprocess and analyze EEG from current and former projects within the lab space. • Direct 12 undergraduate research assistants on behavioral coding paradigms and EEG data collection. • Design and manage survey data for ongoing projects via Qualtrics.• Ensure research practices are kept in line with Texas A&M University's Institutional Review Board (IRB).• Assist Spanish-speaking families and translate lab materials (i.e, survey, recruitment, paradigms) into Spanish► Publications: Jennifer L. Kling, Sejal Mistry-Patel, Sarah G. Peoples, Daniel R. Caldera, Rebecca J. Brooker,Prenatal maternal depression predicts neural maturation and negative emotion in infants,Infant Behavior and Development, Volume 70, 2023https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2022.101802

• Compiled and synthesized relevant research literature about master's thesis. • Executed research design for masters thesis project (i.e., selection of appropriate sample size, method, and data analysis).• Programmed experiment using online platforms such as PsychoPy and Open-sesame. • Collected, preprocessed, exported, and analyzed electrophysiological EEG data. • Analyzed data utilizing statistical programming languages such as R-Studio and Python (i.e., Pandas, SciPy, etc.) • Collaborated closely with researchers from across the European continent.

Taipei City, Taiwan

Taipei City, Taipei City, Taiwan

• Developed class curriculums for cognitive psychology, cultural diversity, literary analysis, and critical thinking courses. • Maintained blog and assisted in the editing of the English platform. • Coordinated outreach events for both teachers and interested students.

• Collobrated closely with international students on summer exchange program; Highschool to University level;• Taught English grammar focused on immersed settings;• Conducted weekly Cultural Workshops (i.e., California History, Slang & Idioms, Cultural Differences)

Hong Kong

• Assisted first-year students in transition from high school to university level English;• Coordinated and facilitated workshops on topics such as: English Syntax, Essay Formation, Citations, etc;• Conducted one-on-one IELTS and TOEFL test preparation sessions;• Assisted in the development of Reading and Speaking Assistance Program Curriculum;• Assisted in recruitment and coordination of speakers for Lingnan university's annual TED X program.

Pitzer College

• Programmed experiments using platforms and programming languages, Psyscope and Python;• Assisted in analysis of collected data using SPSS;• Ran participants in experiment, and administered psychological measures to note participants memory before engaging in experiment.► Publications: North, L. ,Olfman, D. , Caldera,D. ,Munoz, E. , Light, L. (2017). Age, criterion flexibility, and item recognition. Aging, Neuropsychology, and CognitionDOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2017.1319144

San Francisco Bay Area

-participated in mental health messaging board to help assist youth find resources-coordinated and lead out reach events in high school and university seeings focusing on destigmatizing mental illness-worked alongside colleagues on mental health advocacy workshops

San Diego

Bonita, Ca

Focus: Ux/Ui Research, User Experience (Ux) Design

Master Of Science - Ms, Cognitive & Behavioral Neuroscience

►Masters Thesis Title: Grammatical Gender Selection During Speech Production: Cross-Linguistic Evidence

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Linguistics & Cognitive Science

►Bachelors Thesis Title: Language, Thought, and Grammatical Gender: The Effects of Grammatical Gender on Semantic Differential Scales

Associate Of Arts And Sciences (Aas), Behavioral Sciences

Activities and Societies: San Diego Community College District Board of Trustee, San Diego City College Student Government, Phi Theta.