Paul Ekman

Paul Ekman
BornFebruary 15, 1934 (1934-02-15) (age 90)[citation needed]
Washington, D.C., United States[citation needed]
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
New York University
Adelphi University
Known forMicroexpressions, Lie to Me
SpouseMary Ann Mason
Awards
  • Named by the American Psychological Association as one of the most influential psychologists of the 20th century based on publications, citations and awards (2001)
  • Honorary Degree, University of Fernando Pessoa, Portugal (2008)
  • Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Adelphi University (2008)
  • Honorary Degree, University of Geneva, Switzerland (2008)
  • Named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by Time Magazine (2009)
  • Honorary Degree, Lund University, Sweden (2011)
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology
Anthropology
Doctoral advisorJohn Amsden Starkweather
WebsitePaulEkman.com

Paul Ekman (born February 15, 1934)[1] is an American psychologist and professor emeritus at the University of California, San Francisco who is a pioneer in the study of emotions and their relation to facial expressions.[2] He was ranked 59th out of the 100 most eminent psychologists of the twentieth century in 2002 by the Review of General Psychology.[3]

His empirical and theoretical work helped to restart the study of emotion and non-verbal communication in the field of psychology, and introduced new quantitative frameworks which researchers could use to do so. He also carried out important early work on the physiological of emotions.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Ekman, Paul 1934- | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  2. ^ Guthrie, Julian (September 16, 2002) [September 16, 2002]. "The lie detective / S.F psychologist has made a science of reading facial expressions". San Francisco Gate. Archived from the original on December 20, 2022. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  3. ^ Haggbloom, S. J. et al. (2002). "The 100 Most Eminent Psychologists of the 20th Century" (subscription required). Review of General Psychology. Vol. 6, No. 2, 139–15. doi:10.1037/1089-2680.6.2.139. Haggbloom and his team combined three quantitative variables: citations in professional journals, citations in textbooks, and nominations in a survey given to members of the Association for Psychological Science, with three qualitative variables (converted to quantitative scores): National Academy of Sciences (NAS) membership, American Psychological Association (APA) President and/or recipient of the APA Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award, and surname used as an eponym. Then the list was rank ordered. Ekman was #59.
  4. ^ No Authorship Indicated (April 1992). "Paul Ekman". American Psychologist. 47 (4): 470–71. doi:10.1037/0003-066x.47.4.470.
  5. ^ Freitas-Magalhães, A. (1 January 2012). "Facial Expression of Emotion". Encyclopedia of Human Behavior (Second Edition). Academic Press. pp. 173–183. ISBN 978-0-08-096180-4.