Brief
biography: I began my career as a registered nurse in the operating room and then the children's cancer unit, and returned to the university setting to attain my BA in psychology, and MA and PhD in an interdisciplinary program combining psychology, anthropology, and linguistics at the University of Cincinnati. I worked with several primatologists in coordination with the Cincinnati Zoo studying their very prolific gorilla population (handedness, social behavior) and taught a course on primate behavior; Monkeys, Apes, & Men. Following my graduate work, I taught in the Dept. of Family Medicine at the University of Cincinnati as a tenured faculty member; during that time I also attended a postdoctoral program in clinical psycholgy at the Univeristy of Cincinnati. I have been teaching and conducting research at CSUF since 1989. I was awarded sabbaticals at the University of California San Francisco, Harvard University, and the University of Geneva where I was honored to work with Professors Paul Ekman, Robert Rosenthal, and Klaus Scherer, respectively. I have continued to collaborate and publish research with Prof. Rosenthal for 25+ years. I received an NIMH grant, Public Health Service grant, and several intramural grants for my research activities. Like most academics I have many publications in peer-reviewed journals, and recently pulished, The New Handbook of Methods in Nonverbal Behavior Research. I enjoy helping students learn research and begin their academic career, and have participated in nearly 90 student research presentations at international, national, and regional conferences, passing along to students what I have been grateful and fortunate to learn from my mentors. I have been honored to receive several Professor of the Year awards and obtain very positive teaching reviews from students. Former students have attended a variety of PhD programs throughout the country, and I greatly enjoy hearing about their honors and awards. I welcome students to my research team who are challenged to "learn by doing." I continue to have an abiding interest in health, nutrition, and disease prevention and include related materials in my classes.
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