jmgirard.comJeffrey Girard – Interdisciplinary Researcher

Jeffrey Girard University of Kansas Home Research Resources Publications Curriculum Vitae Gallery Blog Contact Jeffrey M. Girard, PhD I work in clinical psychology and explore the links between mental health and nonverbal behavior. I collaborate with computer scientists and clinicians to develop technologies that support clinical practice. I use observational methods to quantify facial expressions and other behavioral signals. My main goal is to understand the role that behavioral signals play in emotion and interpersonal communication. I use data science techniques from statistics, machine learning, and software engineering to address research challenges. I love to develop, share, and teach about tools that increase scientific rigor and openness. Education Ph.D. 2018 Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology University of Pittsburgh M.S. 2013 M.S. in Clinical Psychology University of Pittsburgh B.A. 2009 B.A. in Psychology and Philosophy University of Washington Positions 2025 2022 Director of Brain, Behavior, and Quantitative Science Program University of Kansas present 2020 Assistant Professor, Wright Faculty Scholar University of Kansas 2020 2018 Postdoctoral Research Associate Carnegie Mellon University 2018 2017 Psychology Resident University of Mississippi Medical Center Featured Publications Reconsidering the Duchenne Smile: Formalizing and Testing Hypotheses About Eye Constriction and Positive Emotion First-Author Journal Article Open Science Jeffrey M. Girard, Jeffrey F. Cohn, Lijun Yin, Louis-Philippe Morency Affective Science, Volume 2, Issue 1, Pages 32-47 Publication year: 2021 Interpersonal problems across levels of the psychopathology hierarchy First-Author Journal Article Open Science Jeffrey M. Girard, Aidan G. C. Wright, Joseph E. Beeney, Lori N. Scott, Sophie A. Lazarus, Stephanie D. Stepp, Paul A. Pilkonis Comprehensive Psychiatry, Volume 79, Pages 53-69 Publication year: 2017 Large-scale observational evidence of cross-cultural differences in facial behavior Journal Article Daniel McDuff, Jeffrey M. Girard, Rana el Kaliouby Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, Volume 41, Issue 1, Pages 1-19 Publication year: 2017 Spontaneous facial expression in unscripted social interactions can be measured automatically First-Author Journal Article Jeffrey M. Girard, Jeffrey F. Cohn, Laszlo A. Jeni, Michael A. Sayette, Fernando De la Torre Behavior Research Methods, Volume 47, Issue 4, Pages 1136-1147 Publication year: 2015 Professional Honors 2017 Barlow Speakership Award, UMMC The David H. Barlow Grand Rounds Speakership Awards were established by the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s grand rounds committee to allow each training program in the department to recognize outstanding trainees by offering them the opportunity to present departmental grand rounds. The honor also comes with a small award to cover educational or career-development expenses and a certificate. 2017 Wiggins Student Award, SITAR The Jerry S. Wiggins Student Award for Outstanding Interpersonal Research is given annually by the Society of Interpersonal Theory and Research in order to recognize and promote outstanding student research in interpersonal psychology. One award is given for the best student presentation (talk) given at the annual SITAR conference. 2017 Bassell Student Award, University of Pittsburgh The Bassell Student Award is awarded annually by the University of Pittsburgh’s Clinical Psychology Program to a student prior to leaving on internship and recognizes outstanding academic achievement in the program and promise for future accomplishments. 2017 Outstanding Presenter Award, University of Pittsburgh The Grad Expo is an all day event where Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences graduate students from a variety of disciplines present papers to their fellow students, faculty, and other members of the Pitt community. Outstanding papers receive a $100 award towards expenses for attending a conference or for the purchase of research material. 2015 Outstanding Reviewer Award, IEEE 2014 E.B. Huey Award, University of Pittsburgh Established by Don Routh, PhD, an alumnus of the program and former Director of the Clinical Psychology Program at the University of Miami, in gratitude for the excellence of his graduate education in clinical psychology at the University of Pittsburgh. The award provides a maximum of $1,000 to be used for master’s thesis (approved proposal required), dissertation (approved proposal required), or other research project expenses, including professional...