Paul Ekman has revolutionized our ability to study human facial expression by developing a method that uses detailed quantitative measurements of those expressions. Dr. Ekman uses this tool in extensive anthropological work to determine which emotional expressions are universally understood and which are culturally bound. He has meticulously defined the specific expressions associated with different emotions having wide-reaching implications for such diverse disciplines as theater studies, art and design, and public policy.

First Annual Lyle Lanier Lecture

This lectureship is in honor of Lyle Lanier who served as Head of Psychology, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Provost at the UIUC campus. Professor Lanier helped assure the broad excellence of this campus, particularly as a research university, in the decades immediately following World War II.

In conjunction with: Office of the Chancellor; College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; College of Medicine; School of Art and Design; School of Human Resources and Family Studies; Department of Anthropology; Department of Educational Psychology; Department of English; Department of History; Department of Kinesiology; Department of Philosophy; Department of Political Science; Department of Psychiatry; Department of Psychology; Department of Sociology; Division of Human Development and Family Ecology; Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security (ACDIS); George A. Miller Committee