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Robert S. Feldman is Associate Dean in the College of Social and
Behavioral Sciences, and Professor of Psychology at the University
of Massachusetts at Amherst. Feldman, who is winner of the College
Distinguished Teacher award, has also taught courses at Mount Holyoke
College, Wesleyan University, and Virginia Commonwealth University.
As Dean, Feldman is responsible for faculty and student development.
He provides support for the development of sustainable educational
programs that benefit students, faculty, and the public, using
online and traditional delivery systems.
While Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Psychology,
he initiated the Research and Mentoring Program. Feldman regularly
teaches introductory psychology to classes ranging in size from
20 to nearly 500 students. He also has served as a Hewlett Teaching
Fellow and Senior Online Teaching Fellow, and he frequently gives
talks on the use of technology in teaching. He initiated distance
learning courses in psychology at the University of Massachusetts.
Feldman initiated the first first-year experience course for students
at the University of Massachusetts, where is director of the Power-Up
for Success program. In addition, he is Faculty Director of the
McGraw-Hill Student Success Center.
A Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the American
Psychological Society, Feldman received a B.A. with High Honors
from Wesleyan University and an M.S. and Ph.D. from the University
of Wisconsin-Madison. He is winner of a Fulbright Senior Research
Scholar and Lecturer award and has written more than 100 books,
book chapters, and scientific articles.
His books, which have been translated into languages ranging from
Spanish and French to Chinese and Japanese, include Understanding
Psychology, Essentials of Understanding Psychology,
Fundamentals of Nonverbal Behavior, Development of Nonverbal Behavior
in Children, Social Psychology, Development Across the Life Span,
and P.O.W.E.R. Learning: Strategies for Success
in College and Life. His research interests include honesty and deception and
the use of nonverbal behavior in impression management. His research
has been supported by grants from the National Institute of Mental
Health and the National Institute on Disabilities and Rehabilitation
Research.
Feldman’s spare time is most often devoted to serious cooking
and earnest, if not entirely expert, piano playing. He also loves
to travel. He has three adult children and lives with his wife,
also a psychologist, overlooking the Holyoke mountain range in
the Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts.
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