R. Thomas Boone
Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs
Academic Affairs / Provost
Contact
508-999-8440
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Education
1996 | Brandeis University | PhD |
1995 | Brandeis University | MA |
1987 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | BS |
Teaching
- Introductory Psychology
- Statistics
- Psychology of Sex Differences
Teaching
Programs
Programs
Select publications
See curriculum vitae for more publications
- Schlegel, K., Boone, R.T., & Hall, J. A. (2017).
A multi-level meta-analysis to assess whether judging other people is one skill or many. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 41, 103-137.
Individual differences in interpersonal accuracy - Boone, R. T. & Buck, R. (2003).
The role of nonverbal behavior in the evolution of cooperation. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior 27, 163-182.
Emotional expressivity and trustworthiness
I am a full professor at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth and former chair of the psychology department. I have served as an associate editor for the Journal of Nonverbal Behavior for the last five+ years. My primary research interests include the development of nonverbal emotional communication skills and their behavioral consequences. Another related research area focuses on the development of cooperative systems. In doing this research, I have developed a new variant of the prisoner’s dilemma that allows the independent manipulation of both resource and relational dependency. I have also expanded this research to include the role of the affective signaling of trustworthiness and the role of emotional expressivity and Machiavellianism in the development of cooperation.