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David Matsumoto, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA  94132
U.S.A.

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Speeches and Speaking Engagements 

I regularly give speeches in my areas of expertise around the world. These areas include: 

• Culture and Psychology

• Contemporary Japanese Culture

• Culture and Emotion

• Intercultural Communication

• Intercultural Adjustment and Adaptation

• Judo Coaching and Training

If you are interested in having me give a talk, don’t hesitate to contact me.

 Here are some of the speaking engagements I have had in the last decade: 

• “The New Japan: A new generation and a changing Japan.” Asia Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington. Lexington, KY. (October, 2003).

• “The personal and social costs of emotion management on the job in Japan.” Society for Intercultural Education, Training, and Research, Japan Kansai Chapter, Osaka, Japan (September 2003).

• “The personal and social costs of emotion management on the job in Japan.” Shinko Human Create Invited Speakers Series, Kobe, Japan (September 2003).

• “Development across the lifespan and its implications for the teaching of judo.” 3^rd International Judo Federation World Judo Conference, Osaka, Japan. (September, 2003).

• “The New Japan: A New Generation and a Changing Japan.” Invited Program, The Japan America Society of Dallas Fort Worth, Dallas, Texas. (May, 2003). 

• “Culture and Psychology.” Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. (May, 2003).

• “The New Japan: Debunking Stereotypes of Japanese Culture.” The Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, CA. (April, 2003).

• “Culture and Applied Nonverbal Behavior.” Invited Presentation for the 20^th Annual Claremont Graduate University Symposium on Applied Social Psychology. Claremont, CA. (March, 2003).

• “The Legacy of Universals and Culture Specificity.” Invited Presentation for a Symposium in Honor of Paul Ekman, Association for Research in Personality, Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Burbank, CA. (February, 2003).

• “The New Japan: A New Generation and a Changing Japan.” Invited Program, The Japan Society, New York, New York. (January, 2003).

• “Judo Seifukushi in the 21^st Century.” Tokyo College of Judo Therapy, Kyobun College. Tokyo, Japan. (December, 2002).

• “Teaching Budo in the 21^st Century.” International Symposium on Budo, Kokushikan University, Tokyo, Japan. (November, 2002).

• “Japan’s Cultural Divide: The New Generation and a Changing Japan.” Invited Program, Japan America Society, Seattle, WA. (October, 2002).

•  “Culture and Psychology.” Invited Address, Utrecht University, the Netherlands. (May, 2002).

• “Culture and Psychology.” Invited Address, Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Convention. Chicago, IL (May, 2002).

• “The New Japan: Debunking Stereotypes of Japanese Culture.” Society for Intercultural Education, Training, and Research (SIETAR, Japan). Tokyo, Japan. (April, 2002).

• “Cultural diversity in the classroom: Issues and challenges. Invited address to the university faculty, University of Akron. (March, 2002).

• “Cross-Cultural Psychology and Secondary School Education.” Keynote Address, 5^th Northern California Conference of High School Teachers of Psychology. Holy Names College, Oakland, CA. (March, 2001).

• “Culture and psychology in secondary school education.” Invited address, Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools, Annual Convention of the American Psychology Association, Washington, D.C. (August, 2000).

• “Some thoughts about intercultural education, training, and research.” Keynote address, Annual Convention of the Society for Intercultural Education, Training, and Research, Japan, Tokyo, Japan (April, 2000).

• “Is truth really true? Cross-cultural psychology and scientific philosophy.” Keynote address, Psychology Week, University of Nebraska at Kearney (April, 2000).

• “Intercultural Adjustment Potential: A Necessary Skill in the New Millennium.” Book Publication Commemorative Speech, Kinokuniya Hall, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan (November, 1999).

• “Judo and Science.” Invited lecture to the First International Judo Federation Judo Conference, Birmingham, England (October, 1999).

• “Recent Research on Culture and Emotion” (in Japanese). Invited lecture to the Human Communication Science Section of the Institute of Electronics, Information, and Communication Engineers, Gifu, Japan (September, 1999).

• “Cultural Influences on Judgments of Facial Expressions of Emotion.” Invited Lecture, Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute Symposium on Face and Object Recognition, Kyoto, Japan (April, 1998).

• “Cross-Cultural Psychology to a Cultural Psychology: The Impact of Culture.” APA G. Stanley Hall Lecture, Southeastern Psychological Association Annual Convention, Mobile, AL (March, 1998).

• “The Future of Cross-Cultural Psychology.” Keynote Speech, 1998 Great Plains Psychology Student Convention. Lincoln, NE (March, 1998).

• “The Future of Cross-Cultural Psychology.” Ninth Distinguished Lecture Series, Holy Names College Chapter of the Psi Chi Honor Society. Oakland, CA (March, 1998).

• “Culture, Emotion, and the Teaching of Psychology.” G. Stanley Hall Distinguished Lecture Series, American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL (August, 1997).

• “Quantifying the Contribution of Culture to National Differences in Facial Expressions of Emotion.” Advanced Telecommunications Research (ATR) Institute. Kyoto, Japan (September, 1996).

• “Recent Advances in the Study of Culture and Emotion.”  Invited address, Western Psychological Association 75th Annual Convention. Los Angeles, California (March, 1995).

• "Understanding Culture in our Changing World: Recent Advances in Scientific Approaches to Culture and Diversity."  The Pacific Institute Conference on Empowering and Achieving in a Changing World. University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. (August, 1994).

• "Consciousness and the Neuropsychology of Facial Expressions of Emotion."  Presented in Japanese to the Conference on Brain Fluctuation Phenomena. Kanagawa Science Park, Kawasaki, Japan. (November, 1992).

• "Culture and Emotion." Russian Academy of Sciences, International Symposium on Consciousness and the Brain. Moscow, Russia. (June, 1992)