Rate My Professor David Matsumoto

Matsumoto's research specializations encompass culture and emotion, facial expressions of emotion, nonverbal behavior and gestures, cross-cultural communication, cultural adjustment, and deception. His studies suggest that facial expressions are innate and have examined emotion's role in inciting hostility among ideologically-based groups, with funding from the U.S. Department of Defense's Minerva Initiative—one of the first seven grants awarded in 2009—as well as the National Institute of Mental Health, Army Research Institute, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Defense Intelligence Agency, Department of Homeland Security, and others. He has authored or edited over 400 academic works, including key books such as Culture and Psychology, APA Handbook of Nonverbal Communication, Nonverbal Communication: Science and Application, Cross-Cultural Research Methods in Psychology, APA Handbook of Interpersonal Communication, APA Handbook of Intercultural Communication, and The Oxford Handbook of Culture and Psychology. Prominent journal articles include "Culture, emotion regulation, and adjustment," "Cultural similarities and differences in display rules," and "The spontaneous expression of pride and shame" (PNAS, 2008). Matsumoto is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, International Academy of Intercultural Research, and International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology. He received the Excellence in Professional Achievement Award from San Francisco State University's Academic Senate in 2009.