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Christopher K. Randall, Ph.D.
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Biographical Information
Educational History
1989 - 95
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 40506
Major: Experimental Psychology, Behavioral and Neural StudiesDegree: Ph.D., August 1995
Thesis: Conditioned and Unconditioned Effects of Morphine: A Comparison of Place Preference and
Locomotor Activity in Preweanling and Adult Rats. Advisor: Philipp J. Kraemer, Ph.D.
Degree: M.S., May 1992
Thesis:The Use of Search Strategies by Pigeons: Win-Stay versus Win-Shift Learning.Advisor:
Thomas R. Zentall, Ph.D.
1985-89 Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, 47933
Degree: A.B., Magna Cum Laude, May 1989
Major: Psychology Minor: English (Language)
Professional Positions
2002 - Present
Interim Dean, College of Education, Troy State University Montgomery
2001 - Present
Associate Professor of Psychology, College of Education, Troy State University
Montgomery
1998 - Present
Chair, Department of Psychology, College of Education, Troy State University Montgomery
Duties: Responsible for all matters pertaining to the psychology program, including
textbook selection, curriculum revision and development, class scheduling and assignment of
full-time and adjunct faculty for four academic quarters, evaluation of full-time and adjunct
faculty members in psychology program, and periodic program review.
1998 - 2001
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Division of Counseling, Education, & Psychology,
Troy State University Montgomery
1997 - 98
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology & Education,
Program in Neuroscience & Behavior, Mount Holyoke College
1995 - 97
Instructor, Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Binghamton
1995 - 97
Post-Doctoral Research Scientist, Center for Developmental Psychobiology, State
University of New York at Binghamton
Duties: Designed and conducted experiments; supervised both undergraduate and graduate
research assistants; computer programming; advised on equipment and software purchases;
maintained animal colony; general laboratory duties and maintenance.
1990 - 94
Instructor, Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky
Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky
1990 - 92
Research Assistant, Midwest Consortium for Hazardous Waste Worker
Training, HazWaste Project, University of Kentucky
Duties: Conducted statistical analyses of training program evaluations; prepared training
reports for institutions and consortium; conducted phone surveys of minority trainees.
1989 - 94
Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky
Duties: Designed and conducted experiments; supervised student research assistants;
computer programming; equipment maintenance; general laboratory duties; animal care.
1987 - 89
Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, Wabash College
Duties: Designed and conducted experiments; animal care; library research - compilation
of a comprehensive bibliography of radial arm maze research in animals.
Honors and Awards
2001
Fellow, Chancellor’s Faculty and Staff Fellowship Program, TSU System1998Sigma Xi, the
Scientific Research Society, Mount Holyoke College Chapter
1997
Mellon Web-Based Curriculum Grant, Library, Information, and Technology Services, Mount Holyoke
College
1994
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Department of Psychology, The University of Kentucky
Graduate School
1990
Graduate Student Support in Aid of Research, Department of Psychology, The University of Kentucky
Graduate School
1989 - 90
Haggin Fellowship, Department of Psychology, The University of Kentucky Graduate School
1989
Distinguished Senior in Psychology Award, Wabash College1989Psi Chi Honorary Society, Wabash
College
Professional Organizations
American Psychological Association
American Psychological Society
Association of Heads of Departments of Psychology
Midwestern Psychological Association
Psychonomic Society: Associate Member
Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society: Full Member
Publications
Randall, C. K. (2000). Course Pack for Comparative Psychology. Ann Arbor, MI: XanEdu,
Bell & Howell Information and Learning Systems; www.XanEdu.com
Bizub, A., Siiter, R., & Randall, C. K. (1999). Instructor’s Manual to Accompany Siiter’s
Introduction to Animal Behavior. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.
Valone, J. M., Randall, C. K., Kraemer, P. J., & Bardo, M. T. (1998). Olfactory cues and
morphine-induced conditioned analgesia in rats. Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Behavior,
60, 115-118.
Randall, C. K., Kraemer, P. J., & Bardo, M. T. (1998). Morphine-induced conditioned place
preference in preweanling and adult rats. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, & Behavior, 60,
217-222.
Randall, C. K., & Zentall, T. R. (1997). Win-stay/lose-shift and win-shift/lose-stay
learning by pigeons in a delayed conditional discrimination. Behavioural Processes, 41,
227-236.
Kraemer, P. J., Randall, C. K., Dose, J. M., & Brown, R.W. (1997). The impact of
d-amphetamine on temporal estimation in pigeons tested with a production procedure.
Pharmacology, Biochemistry, & Behavior, 58, 323-327.
Kraemer, P. J., Randall, C. K., & Brown, R. W. (1997). The influence of stimulus attributes
on duration matching-to-sample in pigeons. Animal Learning & Behavior, 25, 148-157.
Kraemer, P. J., Brown, R. W., & Randall, C. K. (1995). Signal intensity and duration
estimation in rats. Behavioural Processes, 34, 265-268.
Kraemer, P. J., & Randall, C. K. (1995). Spatial learning in preweanling rats trained in a
Morris water maze. Psychobiology, 23, 144-152.
Randall, C. K., Kraemer, P. J., Valone, J. M., & Bardo, M. T. (1993). Odor conditioning with
morphine: Conditioned preference, aversion, and analgesia. Psychobiology, 21, 215-220.
Zentall, T. R., Sherburne, L. M., Steirn, J. N., Randall, C. K., Roper, K. L., & Urcoilli,
P. (1992). Common coding in pigeons: Partial versus total reversals of one-to-many conditional
discriminations. Animal Learning & Behavior, 20, 373-381.
Randall, C. K., Kraemer, P. J., Dose, J. M., Carbary, T. J., & Bardo, M. T. (1992). The
biphasic effect of morphine on odor conditioning in neonatal rats. Developmental
Psychobiology, 25, 355-364.
Kraemer, P. J., Hoffman, H., Randall, C. K., & Spear, N. E. (1992). Devaluation of Pavlovian
conditioning in the 10-day-old rat. Animal Learning & Behavior, 20, 219-222.
Kraemer, P. J., Randall, C. K., & Carbary, T. J. (1992). Ontogenetic differences in
expressed fear of context following aversive conditioning. Bulletin of the Psychonomic
Society, 30, 223-225.
Kraemer, P. J., & Randall, C. K. (1992). Latent inhibition in preweanling rats.
Psychobiology, 20, 81-84.
Presentations
Pastuszak, K. A., Cohen, J. D., & Randall, C. K. (1999, May). Premature visual stimulation
in rats: An investigation of visual acuity across early postnatal development. Midwestern
Psychological Association (71st Annual Meeting), Chicago, IL.
Randall, C.K., & Spear, N.E. (1998, May). The effects of alcohol on time perception in
rats. Midwestern Psychological Association (70th Annual Meeting), Chicago, IL.
Randall, C. K. (1998, April). Early visual stimulation in rats: A behavioral analysis of the
ontogeny of visual perception. Invited Presentation. Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN.
Randall, C. K., Zentall, T. R., & Spear, N. E. (1997, May). Acquisition and delay
performance of win-stay and win-shift learning: A comparative study of pigeons and rats.
Midwestern Psychological Association (69th Annual Meeting), Chicago, IL.
Johnson, J. A., Randall, C. K., & Spear, N. E. (1996, November). Effects of premature
visual experience on conditioned context fear and context discrimination. International
Society for Developmental Psychobiology Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
Johnson, J. A., Randall, C. K., & Spear, N. E. (1996, May). Context preexposure enhances
one-trial context conditioning in 21-day-old rats. Midwestern Psychological Association
(68th Annual Meeting), Chicago, IL.
Dose, J. M., Randall, C. K., Brown, R. W., & Kraemer, P. J. (1996, May). The effect of
d-amphetamine on temporal processing in pigeons tested with a production procedure.
Midwestern Psychological Association (68th Annual Meeting), Chicago, IL.
Dose, J. M., Kraemer, P. J., Randall, C. K., Brown, R. W., & Zolman, J. F. (1995, November).
Hippocampal lesions and temporal processing in the pigeon: The use of a duration matching-to-
sample procedure to examine hippocampal function. Society for Neuroscience (25th Annual
Meeting; Abstract # 762.14), San Diego, CA.
Dose, J. M., Brown, R. W., Randall, C. K., Zolman, J. F., & Kraemer, P. J. (1995, May).
The influence of hippocampal lesions on duration processing in pigeons. Midwestern
Psychological Association (67th Annual Meeting), Chicago, IL.
Randall, C. K., Kraemer, P. J., & Bardo, M. T. (1995, May). Conditioned and unconditioned
effects of morphine in preweanling and adult rats. Midwestern Psychological Association
(67th Annual Meeting), Chicago, IL.
Randall, C. K., Brown, R. W., & Kraemer, P. J. (1995, May). A comparison of saccharin and
sucrose in CTA: Asymmetrical release from latent inhibition. Midwestern Psychological
Association (67th Annual Meeting), Chicago, IL.
Randall, C. K., & Kraemer, P. J. (1994, May). Premature visual stimulation and bilateral
vibrissae removal affect locomotor activity in preweanling rats. Midwestern Psychological
Association (66th Annual Meeting), Chicago, IL.
Randall, C. K., Kraemer, P. J., & Bardo, M. T. (1994, May). Morphine-induced conditioned
place preference in preweanling rats. Midwestern Psychological Association (66th Annual
Meeting), Chicago, IL.
Valone, J. M., Randall, C. K., Kraemer, P. J., & Bardo, M. T. (1994, May). Dose dependent
analgesia using an odor paired with morphine in rats. Midwestern Psychological Association
(66th Annual Meeting), Chicago, IL.
Kraemer, P. J., & Randall, C. K. (1993, May). Patterning discriminations in preweanling
and adult rats. Midwestern Psychological Association (65th Annual Meeting), Chicago, IL.
Randall, C. K., & Kraemer, P. J. (1993, May). Early visual experience and spatial
learning in rats. Midwestern Psychological Association (65th Annual Meeting), Chicago, IL.
Valone, J. M., Randall, C. K., Kraemer, P. J., & Bardo, M. T. (1993, May). An odor paired
with morphine produces conditioned analgesia in rats. Midwestern Psychological Association
(65th Annual Meeting), Chicago, IL.
Randall, C. K. (1993, March). Effect of correction penalty for incorrect responses in the
acquisition of matching-to-sample by pigeons. Seventh Annual Indiana-Purdue-Kentucky
Conference on Animal Learning and Behavior, IUPUI. Indianapolis, IN.
Kraemer, P. J., & Randall, C. K. (1992, November). Stimulus intensity effects on
perception and memory for event duration. 33rd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society.
St. Louis, MO.
Randall, C. K., & Zentall, T. R. (1992, November). Win-stay versus win-shift learning by
pigeons. Annual Convention of the Kentucky Psychological Association, Lexington, KY.
Taylor, R. D., Randall, C. K., Kraemer, P. K., & Wilson, N. (1992, November). Behavioral
reactivity and preference in 15-, 21-, and 60-day old rats tested with home nest, fox urine, and
orange odors. Annual Convention of the Kentucky Psychological Association, Lexington, KY.
Kraemer, P. J., & Randall, C. K. (1992, May). Sequential compound matching-to-sample in
pigeons. Midwestern Psychological Association (64th Annual Meeting), Chicago, IL.
Randall, C. K., & Kraemer, P. J. (1992, May). The role of context in the retrieval of
latent inhibition. Midwestern Psychological Association (64th Annual Meeting), Chicago, IL.
Taylor, R. D., Randall, C. K., Kraemer, P. K., & Wilson, N. (1992, May). Behavioral
reactivity and preference in 15-, 21-, and 60-day old rats tested with home nest, fox urine, and
orange odors. Midwestern Psychological Association (64th Annual Meeting), Chicago, IL.
Randall, C. K., Kraemer, P. J., & Bardo, M. T. (1992, April). Ontogeny of odor-morphine
conditioning in rats. Annual Spring Neuroscience Day, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.
Randall, C. K. (1991, October). The biphasic effect of morphine in neonatal rats. Annual
Convention of the Kentucky Psychological Association, Louisville, KY.
Carbary, T. J., Randall, C. K., & Kraemer, P. J. (1991, May). Ontogeny of conditioned
fear in rats: Measurement issues. Midwestern Psychological Association (63rd Annual Meeting),
Chicago, IL.
Randall, C. K., & Kraemer, P. J. (1991, March). Devaluation of Pavlovian conditioning in
the 10-day-old rat. Sixth Annual Indiana-Purdue-Kentucky Conference on Animal Learning and
Behavior, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.
Randall, C. K., Carbary, T. J., & Kraemer, P. J. (1990, November). Cross-modal transfer
in preweanling rats (Rattus norvegicus). Annual Meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Sciences,
Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY.
Student Research Projects
Undergraduate Honors Thesis Research Committees
Project Sponsor:
Pastuszak, Kinga (1998). Early visual stimulation in rats: An investigation of visual acuity
and the functional maturation of the visual system across early postnatal development. Mount
Holyoke College.
Committee Member:
Blay, Wendy (1998). Examining the integral color dimensions of saturation and brightness for
evidence of primacy. Mount Holyoke College.
Friedman, Barry (1997). Comparator mechanisms and conditioned inhibition: Comparison of the
effects of CS preexposure on Pavlovian conditioned inhibition and explicitly unpaired inhibition.
State University of New York at Binghamton.
Undergraduate Senior Projects
Jernigan, Valeria (2001). Millennium recipe for long life. Troy State University
Montgomery.
Norquist, Blake (2000). Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Troy State University Montgomery.
Norris, Paul (2000). Happiness can’t be bought: An investigation of factors that contribute
to the perception of happiness in adults. Troy State University Montgomery.
Caldwell, James (1999). Availability of independent living for the mentally challenged in
three Alabama counties. Troy State University Montgomery.
University Service
Department Chair:
Undergraduate Psychology Program, College of Education, TSUM, 1998-Present
Undergraduate Independent Research, Department of Psychology and Education, Mount Holyoke
College, 1997-1998
Committees:
Chair, Departmental Secretary II Search Committee, TSUM, 2001
Chair, Classroom Planning Advisory Committee, TSUM, 2000
Counseling Faculty Search Committee, TSUM, 2000
HEP Partnership Leadership Council, TSUM, 2000
State of Alabama Articulation and General Studies Committee (AGSC), Psychology Representative,
TSUM, 1999-Present
Web Manager Search Committee, TSUM, 1999
TSU Psychology Curriculum Review Committee, TSU, 1999
Distance Learning Resources Spec. Search Comm., TSUM, 1999
Technology Enhancement Coordinator Search Comm., TSUM, 1999
Educational Psychology Faculty Search Committee, TSUM, 1999
Majors’ Fair Committee, TSUM, 1999
Academic Advisor Selection Committee, TSUM, 1999
Institutional Effectiveness Committee, TSUM, 1998-Present
Undergraduate Council, TSUM, 1998-1999
Semester Conversion Committee, TSUM, 1998-2000
Cognitive Faculty Search Committee, Department of Psychology and Education, Mount Holyoke
College, 1997
Invited Speaker:
Annual Psychology Faculty-Student Luncheon, Mount Holyoke College, 1997
Professional Service
Faculty Consultant:
Educational Testing Service: Advanced Placement Psychology Exam: Summers, 1997 - 2001
Representative:
Midwestern Psychological Association, Local Representative for Montgomery, Alabama, 1998-Present
Ad hoc Reviewer:
American Journal of Psychology, Developmental Psychobiology, Brooks/Cole Publishers (ITP),
McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, Society for the Teaching of Psychology - Office of Teaching
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