Robert S. Feldman is a professor of psychology at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where he is Director of Undergraduate Studies and recipient of the College Outstanding Teacher Award. He has also taught courses at Mount Holyoke College, Wesleyan University, and Virginia Commonwealth University. As Director of Undergraduate Studies, he initiated the Minority Mentoring Program. He teaches the first-year experience course and in the Talent Advancement Program for new students.

A graduate of Wesleyan University, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Professor Feldman is a fellow of both the American Psychological Association and the American Psychological Society. He is a recipient of a Fulbright Senior Research Scholar and Lecturer award and has written some 100 scientific articles, book chapters, and books. His books, some of which have been translated into Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Chinese, include Fundamentals of nonverbal Behavior, Development of Nonverbal Behavior in Children, Understanding Psychology, Social Psychology, and Development Across the Life Span. His research interests encompass the development of nonverbal behavior in children and the social psychology of education, and his research has been supported by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute on Disabilities and Rehabilitation Research.

Professor Feldman's spare time is most often devoted to serious cooking and earnest, but unpolished, piano playing. He lives with his wife, a psychologist, in a home overlooking the Holyoke mountain range in Amherst, Massachusetts, and has three children.