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Robert S. Feldman is professor of psychological and brain sciences and senior advisor to the Chancellor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He previously served as Dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and Deputy Chancellor at UMass. A recipient of the College Distinguished Teacher Award, he has taught psychology classes ranging in size from 15 to nearly 500 students. During the course of 4 decades as a college instructor, he has taught both undergraduate and graduate courses at Mount Holyoke College, Wesleyan University and Virginia Commonwealth University in addition to the University of Massachusetts.
Professor Feldman, who initiated the Minority Mentoring Program at the University of Massachusetts, also has served as a Hewlett Teaching Fellow and Senior Online Teaching Fellow. He initiated distance learning courses in psychology at the University of Massachusetts.
A Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Professor Feldman received a B.A. with High Honors from Wesleyan University (from which he received the Distinguished Alumni Award). He has an M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a winner of a Fulbright Senior Research Scholar and Lecturer award, and he has written more than 250 books, book chapters, and scientific articles.
Professor Feldman has edited Development of Nonverbal Behavior in Children and Applications of Nonverbal Behavioral Theory and Research, and co-edited Fundamentals of Nonverbal Behavior. He is also author of Child Development, Understanding Psychology, and P.O.W.E.R. Learning: Strategies for Success in College and Life. His books have been translated into a number of languages, including Spanish, French, Portuguese, Dutch, Chinese, Korean and Japanese. His research interests include honesty and deception in everyday life, work that he described in The Liar in Your Life, a trade book published in 2009. His research has been supported by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute on Disabilities and Rehabilitation Research.
Professor Feldman is past-president of the Federation of Associations of Behavioral and Brain Sciences Foundation, a consortium of social, behavioral, and brain science societies. In addition, he is president of the board of New England Public Radio.
Professor Feldman loves music, is an enthusiastic pianist, and enjoys cooking and traveling. He has 3 children, 6 grandchildren, and he and his wife, a psychologist, live in western Massachusetts in a home overlooking the Holyoke Mountain Range.
