Background
Carroll, John Douglas was born on January 3, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Joseph and Nolie Fay (Godwin) Carroll.
Mathematical and statistical psychologist
Carroll, John Douglas was born on January 3, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Joseph and Nolie Fay (Godwin) Carroll.
Bachelor of Science honors, University Florida, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1963.
Research assistant department psychology, Yale University, 1961-1963;
mathematics-statistical psychologist, Bell laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1963-1965, 66-89;
Board of Governors, professor management and psychology, Rutgers University, Newark, since 1990. Assistant professor industrial engineering and operations research New York University, 1965-1966, adjunct associate professor statistics, 1968-1970. Acting professor psychology University of California-San Diego, 1975-1976.
Acting professor social science University of California-Irvine, 1975-1976. Adjunct Professor statistics Baruch College, CUNY, 1971, Adjunct Professor marketing University of Pennsylvania, 1978-1979. Procter & Gamble Adjunct Professor of marketing University of Pennsylvania, 1987-1989.
Visiting research professor cognitive science University of California Irvine, 1993.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Psychological Association (active Division 5, president-elect 1990-1991, president 1991-1992, Distinguished Science Contribution award 1989), American Psychological Society (William James fellow 1989), American Statistical Association (program chair statistics in marketing section 1992, chair statistics in marketing section 1993-1994, executive committee 1991-1995). Member Psychometric Society (trustee 1971-1977, 81-83, 84-87, 93-96, president 1975-1976, editorial council 1975-1981, Lifetime Achievement award 2010), Classification Society North America (governing council 1974-1977, president 1980-1983, board directors 1984-1996), International Federation Classification Societies (representative to council since 1984, vice president/president-elect 1995, president since 1996), Society Multivariate Experimental Psychology (editorial advisory board 1980-1981, president 1982-1983), Eastern Psychological Association, Psychonomic Society, Society Mathematics Psychology, American Marketing Association, Association Consumer Research, Society Consumer Psychology, Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Beta Gamma Sigma.
Married Sylvia Stevens Booma, January 2, 1965. Children: Gregory Alan, Steven Douglas.