I chose Paul Ekman as my public intellectual to research. He is a psychologist who first received his Ph.D from Adelphi. He had the unique job of being a Clinical Psychology Officer in the US Army, and upon his return to civilian life, he did various studies on emotion, facial expression, and body language. He manages the Paul Ekman Group, LLC, a company that produces training devices that relate to emotional skills. Through this group he is also researching psychology in national security and law enforcement. He has written countless pieces, and appeared on many large television stations. I chose him because I am a psychology major, and I have a particular interest in some of the topics that he researches. I think his vast knowledge base in many different areas, gives him a mind that many things can definitely be learned from, and I look forward to benefitting from these scholarly experiences that he shares. Some of his articles include Becoming Versed In Reading Faces, Similarity of Facial Expressions in Response to Emotion-Inducing films in Reared-Apart Twins, Would you Lie to Me?, Psychological Reactions To Infantry Basic Training, and Why Don't we catch Liars?.In studying his work, I will become familiar with these articles as well as any others that may come up as interest to me.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Paul Ekman
I chose Paul Ekman as my public intellectual to research. He is a psychologist who first received his Ph.D from Adelphi. He had the unique job of being a Clinical Psychology Officer in the US Army, and upon his return to civilian life, he did various studies on emotion, facial expression, and body language. He manages the Paul Ekman Group, LLC, a company that produces training devices that relate to emotional skills. Through this group he is also researching psychology in national security and law enforcement. He has written countless pieces, and appeared on many large television stations. I chose him because I am a psychology major, and I have a particular interest in some of the topics that he researches. I think his vast knowledge base in many different areas, gives him a mind that many things can definitely be learned from, and I look forward to benefitting from these scholarly experiences that he shares. Some of his articles include Becoming Versed In Reading Faces, Similarity of Facial Expressions in Response to Emotion-Inducing films in Reared-Apart Twins, Would you Lie to Me?, Psychological Reactions To Infantry Basic Training, and Why Don't we catch Liars?.In studying his work, I will become familiar with these articles as well as any others that may come up as interest to me.
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Paul Ekman seems as though he will make for a very interesting person to write about. I am interested to learn more about his training devices and how he shares his research with the world. Does he do any public speaking or is his style primarily grounded in articles alone?
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