David Matsumoto

About David Matsumoto

Professor, San Francisco State University (since 1989)-Director, Humintell, LLC (since 2009)-Advisory Board, Center for Interviewer Standards and Assessment, Certified Forensic Interviewing (since 2008)-Chairman of the Board and President, Center for Psychological Studies. Berkeley, CA.(since 2014)-Member, Federal Bureau of Investigation High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HIG) Research Committee-Senior Research Fellow, Behavioral Informatics & Technological Enterprise Studies, Behavioral Science Unit, Federal Bureau of Investigation-Founder and Director of SFSU’s Culture and Emotion Research Laboratory-Former Instructor, Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy-Former Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology-Editor of the Culture and Diversity Section for the Social and Personality Psychology Compass-Founder and Program Advisor, East Bay Judo Institute (since 19••••96 Olympic Coach Olympic Team Leader (Judo)Specialties: Facial expressions of emotion, gesture, nonverbal behavior, culture and emotion.

Experience

1. Director

   Humintell

   Jan 2009 — Present · El Cerrito, CA, US

   Humintell is a cutting-edge research and training company that specializes in leveraging the science of reading people, body language, and nonverbal behavior to facilitate interviewing, deception detection, negotiation, threat assessment, social influence, and cross-cultural competence. Founded in 2009 by Dr. David Matsumoto, Humintell combines a half-century of innovative research and state-of-the-art behavioral science, much of it conducted by Humintell’s own world-renowned scientists, with real world practical experience. Through its online and instructor-led workshops, Humintell has trained tens of thousands of individuals from all walks of life and professions. In the public sector, Humintell’s clients include governments, agencies, and individuals involved in national security, law enforcement, intelligence, and diplomacy. In the private sector, Humintell’s clients include thought leaders as well as practitioners in business, law, and asset protection. Humintell training is the gold standard in these areas because all its products and services are based in the latest and best, validated science. Through its applied research program, Humintell provides solutions to real-world problems related to interviewing, negotiation, deception detection, social influence, or qualitative research methodologies. Clients of Humintell’s applied research program include various agencies and departments of the U.S. government as well as Fortune 500 companies. The results of Humintell’s research program have led to innovations and improvements in a wide variety of applications.

Education

• University of California, Berkeley

  MA, PhD, Psychology

  1981 — 1986

• University of Michigan

  BA, Psychology, Japanese

Skills

• Published Author
• Staff Development
• Mental Health
• Higher Education
• Qualitative Research
• Curriculum Design
• Critical Thinking
• Tutoring
• Leadership
• Grant Writing
• Curriculum Development
• Leadership Development
• Neuroscience
• Survey Research
• Clinical Research
• Grants
• Psychotherapy
• Public Health
• Social Psychology
• Sports Coaching
• Public Speaking
• Survey Design
• Cognitive Psychology
• Research Design
• Psychology
• Lecturing
• University Teaching
• Nonprofits
• Editing
• Data Analysis
• E-Learning
• Social Sciences
• Quantitative Analytics
• Report Writing
• Research
• Community Outreach
• Adult Education
• Quantitative Research
• Science
• Program Development