Sam C. Carrier
Born: 4 January 1945
Home: 111 Forest Street
Oberlin, Ohio 44074
216-774-3681
Business: Department of Psychology
Oberlin College
Oberlin, Ohio 44074
216-775-8681
Sam_Carrier@qmgate.cc.oberlin.edu
Undergraduate: Wesleyan University
Middletown, Connecticut
1962-1966 B.A.
High Honors in Psychology
Walkley Prize for research in Psychology
Graduate: University of California
Berkeley, California
1966-1970 Ph.D.
NIMH Predoctoral Fellowship
President, Graduate Association of Students of
Psychology
President, Graduate Council of the University of
California, Berkeley
Professional appointments:
Oberlin College:
Department of Psychology 1970-
Associate Chair 1973-1975
Associate Dean, College Arts & Sciences 1975-1981
Director of Planning and Research 1976-1981
Acting Dean, College Arts & Sciences 1980 (Fall)
Acting Vice President and Provost 1981-1984
Provost 1984-1995
Assistant to the President
for Planning and Analysis 1995-1996
Harvard University:
Visiting Scholar in Psychology 1981 (Spring)
College Properties of Oberlin, Inc.:
Vice President 1991-1995
Courses taught in 1998-99:
Psychology and the Arts (Fall 1998)
Sensory Processes and Perception (Spring 1999)
Research Methods II (Fall 1998 and Spring 1999)
Courses previously taught:
Introductory Psychology
Elementary Psychology
Aspects of Consciousness
Research Design and Experimental Methods
Human Brain Processes and Behavior
Drugs and Behavior
Psychopharmacology
Motivation and Emotion
Cognition
Perception
Sensory Processes
Laboratory Sensory Processes and Perception
Signal Detection Theory in Behavioral Research
Major committees:
College Faculty Council
Conservatory Faculty Council
General Faculty Council
Educational Plans and Policies
General Faculty Planning
Other committee work:
Admissions and Financial Aid, Advising and Academic Standing,
Benefits, Budget Advisory, College Music, Computer, Enrollment,
Honorary Degrees, Long-Range Planning, Professional Standards,
Nominations, Recruitment Strategy, Research and Development,
Research Involving Human Subjects, Retention, Salary Policy, Social
and Political Concerns, Student Life, Tenure Review, Urban Studies
Professional memberships:
Acoustical Society of America
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Sigma Xi
Honors, grants, and awards:
Research Grants from Oberlin College
Co-Director, NSF Undergraduate Research Participation Program
Co-Director, NSF Instructional Scientific Equipment Program Award
Fellow, Great Lakes Colleges Association Faculty Development
Program
Director, Grant from R. S. Clark Foundation,
"Investigation & Development of Feeder High Schools"
Co-author, numerous institutional grants
Other professional activity:
Board of Directors: Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium
(founding Chairman), Center for Planning Information,
College Venture Program (member of Executive Committee),
Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges, Association of
Independent Colleges and Universities of Ohio, Great Lakes
Colleges Association
Advisory Committees: American Institute of Physics Panel on
Publishing, Educational Consulting Study, Higher Education Data
Sharing Consortium, Ohio Board of Regents, Brandeis University
research project on women alumni of liberal arts colleges,
Liberal Arts Colleges Computing and Telecommunications Group
Reviewer for: Professional journals, National Science Foundation,
Institute of Medicine, National Institutes of Mental Health,
National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Technology
Assessment
Consultant for: Davidson College, Kenyon College, Occidental College
Publications:
Changes in the occipital cortex of rats as a function of light and dark
rearing. Psychon. Sci., 1967, 7 , 379-380. (with R.C. De Bold, W.
Firshein, and R.C. Leaf).
Color association values and responses interference on variants of the
Stroop test. Acta Psychologica, 1967, 26 , 286-295. (with K.E. Scheibe
and P.R. Shaver).
Masking levels differences as a function of alpha obtained with pulsed
tone maskers. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., 1969, 45 , 336 (A). (with E.R.
Hafter).
Inability of listeners to trade completely interaural time for
interaural intensity in a detection task. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., 1969,
46, 125 (A). (with E.R. Hafter).
Masking level differences obtained with a pulsed tonal masker. J.
Acoust. Soc. Amer., 1970, 47, 1041-1047. (with E.R. Hafter).
Direct comparison of detection and lateralization under the condition
NOSM. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., 1970, 48, 86 (A). (with E.R. Hafter, R.M.
Shotland and F.K. Stephan).
Direct comparison of lateralization and the MLD for monaural signals in
gated noise. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., 1971, 49, 102 (A). (with E.R.
Hafter).
Detection of opposed interaural-time and interaural-intensity
differences as a function of over-all level. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer.,
1971, 49, 103 (A). (with E.R. Hafter).
Binaural interaction in low frequency stimuli: the inability to trade
time and intensity completely. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., 1972, 51, 1852-
1862. (with E.R. Hafter).
Direct comparison of lateralization and the MLD for monaural signals in
gated noise. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., 1973, 53, 1553-1559. (with E.R.
Hafter and F.K. Stephan).
Auditory masked detection during marihuana intoxication. J. Acoust.
Soc. Amer., 1974, 55, 403-404 (A). (with D.L. Weber).
Computer simulation of auditory nerve characteristics: an interactive
program for undergraduate laboratory instruction. J. Acoust. Soc.
Amer., 1974, 56, S22.
Cognitive factors in masked frequency discrimination. J. Acoust. Soc.
Amer., 1974, 56, S43-44. (with E.R. Hafter).
Computer analysis of statuary finds from the Demeter sanctuary at
Cyrene. Amer. J. Archaeology, 1982, 86, 258 (A). (with S.E. Kane).
Educating America's Scientists: The Role of the Research Colleges.
Oberlin, Ohio: Oberlin College, 1985. 101 pp. (with D. Davis-Van Atta
and F. Frankfort).
Educating America's scientists. J. College Science Teaching, 1985, 15
(1), 56-57. (with D. Davis-Van Atta and F. Frankfort).
Using the institutional research office. In D. Hossler (Ed.), Managing
College Enrollments. New Directions in Higher Education, no. 53. San
Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1986, 73-87. (with D. Davis-Van Atta).
Maintaining America's Scientific Productivity: The Necessity of the
Liberal Arts Colleges. Oberlin, Ohio: Oberlin College, 1987. 140 pp.
(with D. Davis-Van Atta).
Undergraduate science programs: how to choose? Private Colleges and
Universities, Science & Engineering Edition, 1988, 50-52. (Reprinted in
1989-93 editions).
Relationships between style and size of statuary and the availability of
marble at Cyrene. In N. Herz and M. Waelkens (Eds.), Classical Marble:
Geochemistry, Technology, Trade. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: M.
Nijhoff, 1988, 197-206. (with S.E. Kane).
Teaching and research: vital for student and faculty recruitment.
Council on Undergraduate Research Newsletter, 1989, 9 (3), 33-46.
Relationships between style and size of statuary and the availability of
marble in the eastern Roman empire. In M. Waelkens, N. Herz, and L.
Moens (Eds.) Ancient Stones: Quarrying, Trade and Provenance
Determination. Leuven, Belgium: Leuven University Press, 1992, 121-127.
(with S.E. Kane).
Poggio Colla: The 1995 Season Sampler. Philadephia: Musuem of the University
of Pennsylvania, 1996. A CD-ROM. (With S.E. Kane and G. Warden).
Outside Presentations:
Changes in ribonucleic acid in the visual cortex as a function of early
visual experience. Eastern Psychological Association meeting, 25 April
1966. (with R.C. De Bold, W. Firshein, and R.C. Leaf).
Drug education on a small college campus. Ohio Drug Studies Institute,
Columbus, Ohio, 16 August 1972. (with D.A. Smith).
What do we do when we teach? GLCA Faculty Development Workshop, Hope,
Michigan, 24 June 1976.
Testing and grading. GLCA Faculty Development Workshop, Hope, Michigan,
27 June 1976.
Stimulating microcomputer use: A case study. Fourth Annual EDUCOM Small
College Conference, Princeton, N.J., 17 January 1983.
Development model development: Preliminary considerations. Fourth
Annual EDUCOM Small College Conference, Princeton, N. J., 18 January
1983.
Faculty compensation planning. Fifth Annual EDUCOM Small College
Conference, Princeton, N.J., 16 January 1984.
Academic planning. University of Akron. 24 October 1985.
Uses of computing in academic leadership: How computers affect
leadership styles. American Association of Colleges annual meeting, New
Orleans, La., 9 January 1986.
Promises and perils of computing: Issues of productivity and leadership.
Seventh Annual EDUCOM Small College Conference, Princeton, N.J., 23
January 1986.
Faculty involvement and supervision of interns. Conference on Student
Aid for Educational Quality. Charles A. Dana Foundation, New York,
N.Y., 7 March 1986.
Use of comparative data in institutional planning. Tufts-EDUCOM Winter
Data Sharing Workshop, Miami, Florida, 6 January 1987.
Financial planning models. Tufts-EDUCOM Winter Data Sharing Workshop,
Oakland, California, 14 January 1988.
Faculty flow models. Tufts-EDUCOM Summer Data Sharing Workshop,
Medford, Massachusetts, 15 June 1988.
Teaching and research: Vital for student and faculty recruitment.
Plenary session address, Council on Undergraduate Research national
conference, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, 13 July 1988.
Comparative data for endowment planning. Tufts-EDUCOM Winter Data
Sharing Workshop, New Orleans, Louisiana, 12 January 1989.
Setting the institutional agenda. American Council on Education
conference "Educating One-Third of a Nation II: What Works," San
Francisco, California, 6 November 1989.
Response to Robert Zemsky's "Can Colleges and Universities Cut Costs?"
Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium Summer Workshop, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, 21 June 1990.
A model of lifetime giving. GLCA Chief Development Officers annual
meeting, Oberlin, Ohio, 29 June 1990.
Response to President Richard Morrill's "Values and Decision Making
within Higher Education Institutions." Higher Education Data Sharing
Consortium Winter Conference, San Antonio, Texas, 17 January 1991.
Trends in admissions at COFHE institutions and at Oberlin College.
COFHE Fall Assembly meeting, Providence, Rhode Island, 17 October 1991.
Endowment modeling. Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium Winter
Conference, Lake Buena Vista Park, Florida, 8 January 1992.
Moderator, Panel on Fringe Benefits. Higher Education Data Sharing
Consortium Summer Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, 1 July 1992.
Economic and demographic factors affecting higher education. Rotary
Club, Oberlin, Ohio, 16 October 1992.
Comparative analyses of Pentelic sculpture from the Roman Nymphaeum of
Herodes Atticus and Regilla at Olympia. Third International AMOSIA
Conference, Athens, Greece, 22 May 1993. (with S. Kane, K. Polikreti,
N. Herz, and Y. Maniatis).
Strategic planning at Oberlin: a progress report. Higher Education Data
Sharing Consortium Summer Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, 29 June
1993.
Demonstration of information technology in higher education. COFHE Fall
Assembly meeting, Ithaca, New York, 25 October 1994.
A history of HEDS and reflections on the use of comparative data.
Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium Summer Conference, Lancaster,
Pennsylvania, 26 June 1995.
Detailed investigation of the Nymphaeum sculptures at Olympia and the
association of their marble with the Pentelikon quarries. ASMOSIA 1995: Fourth
Inernational Conference of the Association for the Study of Marble and Other
Stones used in Antiquity. Bordeaux, France, 13 October 1995. (with S. Kane,
K. Polikreti , N. Herz, and Y. Maniatis).
Isotopic Strontium: Its potential for improving the determination of the
provenance of ancient marble. Paper presented at the International
Archaeometry Conference, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. 20 May 1996. (with N.
Herz and B. Turi).
Information technology at Poggio Colla. Invited lecture for the Cleveland
chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America. Cleveland Museum of Art,
Cleveland, Ohio. 4 March 1997.
Live (almost) from Italy: Information technology at Poggio Colla. Invited
presentation at a symposium, "The Virtual Dig: Computers and the Pursuit of the
Past." University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 22
March 1997.
Occasional Pieces:
Brains, balance, and bikes. Cycle News East, 1971, 5, 5-6.
The Keller plan. Oberlin Alumni Representative Newsletter. December,
1973. pp. 3-4.
Financial aid to be restrained in 1982-83. Oberlin Alumni Magazine,
1982, 78 (3), 1-2.
Oberlin College: The past years, and the next four. Oberlin New Student
Handbook. Annual editions since 1983.
Oberlin's budget process starts early. Oberlin Observer, 1984, 5 (14),
4.
Administrative and Professional Staff salaries compared. Oberlin
Observer, 1985, 6 (14), 3.
"College is still the best investment in life." Cleveland Plain Dealer,
30 March 1985, 18A.
Science education: It's never too early. Oberlin Alumni Magazine, 1985,
81 (3), 13.
The 1986 Oberlin conference on the future of science at liberal arts
colleges. Oberlin Alumni Magazine, 1986, 82 (3), 22-25. (with D.
Davis-Van Atta).
Oberlin's standing among top colleges. Oberlin Observer, 1987, 8 (9),
6.
OC has long-term plans to be the best. Oberlin Observer, 1988, 9 (9),
6.
Review of Carlos Castaneda's The Power of Silence: Further
Conversations with don Juan. The Oberlin Co-operator, 1988, 5 (4), 6.
Academic support now more complex and expensive. Oberlin Observer,
1988, 9 (13), 2.
The costs of Oberlin. Cleveland Plain Dealer, 31 May 1988, 10A.
Trustees view progress to 'top third.' Oberlin Observer, 1988, 10
(8),1.
Trustees view five-year financial plan. Oberlin Alumni Magazine, 1989,
85 (1), 33-34.
1991-92 budget completed. Oberlin Observer, 1991, 12 (18), 4.
Smaller admissions goal and reduced staff in 1992-93 budget guidelines.
Oberlin Observer, 1991, 13 (8), 1,4.
Belts tighten in 1992-93 budget guidelines. Oberlin Alumni Magazine,
1992, 88 (1), 9.
Coordinating strategic thinking. Oberlin Observer, 1992, 13 (14), 1,4.
Publication co-editor (with Susan Kane):
The Borderline. The quarterly publication of the Border Terrier Club of America.