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Biography of Gary Carson

I was raised in central and south Texas, spent most of my adult life in Baton Rouge, Chicago, San Francisco, Mississippi, and various spots in central, south, and east Texas. Currently I live in Cushing, Oklahoma.

I have a BS in computer science and statistics from LSU, an MS in quantitative business analysis from LSU, and an MS in industrial engineering from Northwestern University. I finished the coursework for a PhD in criminal justice at Sam Houston State University.

I taught in the business schools of Loyola (Chicago) and Sam Houston State University, held adjunct positions at LSU, Univeristy of Illinois (Chicago), City College of Chicago, and Embry-Riddle University. I've taught statistics, criminology, financial accounting, math, and data processing courses.

I was project manager of management sciences division of information systems at Northern Trust Company (Chicago) and senior systems and operations planner in the investment securities division of Bank of America (San Francisco).

I'm the author of The Complete Book of Hold 'em Poker(2001), The Complete Book of Casino Poker and scores of magazine and newsletter articles on a wide variety of subjects. My gambling articles have appeared in Cardplayer, Poker Digest, American Turf Monthly, Racing Star Digest, pokermagazine.com pokerpages.com, and gaminglinks.com.

I maintain a bunch of different websites and blogs on subjects ranging from poker to espresso coffee.

I have one son, Robert Pickens, who lives in Austin, Texas, and one daughter, Melanie Eaddy, who lives in Shertz, Texas.

A partial list of publications and presented papers

"A Questionnaire Pilot: Descriptive Terms Test and Definition Comparison", Business Trends for the 21st Century, February, 1994, 232-240, with Shirley H. Tucker and Gary L. Whaley.

"Question Order Influence on Perceived Sexual Harassment", paper presented to Association for Business Communication International Convention, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, October, 1993, with Shirley H. Tucker and Kathy L. Hill.

"Techniques for Forecasting an Urban Jail Population During Periodsof Policy Disequilibrium", presentation to Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 12, 1992, with Charlie Friel.

Disaggregated Forecasts of the Harris County Jail Population: 1992-1997. Prepared for Commissioners Court, Harris County Texas, May 1991, 1-114, with C. M. Friel and M. Bodapati.

"Unemployment, Crime, and Unemployment Insurance". Presentation to American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA, November 20-23, 1991. With Steve Cuvelier and George Greenwade.

"The Use of Private Security in Public Housing: A Case Study". Journal of Security Administration, 17(1), pp.53-60. with David Armstrong.

URISA and prison labor, Presenation to the Southwest Society of Economists, San Antionio, 1993.

Poker Bankrolls, Presenation to INFORMS, Pittsburgh, 2006.

Police liability for killing pets, Police Liability Review, 1992.

Some biographical stories