David Givens's Biography(Photos)

David B. Givens began studying "body
language" for his Ph.D. in anthropology at

Signs, and Body Language Cues is used around
the world as a reference tool.

the University of Washington in Seattle. He
served as Anthropologist in Residence at the

David givens, ph.D., is also the director of

American Anthropological Association in
Washington, D.C. from 1985-97, and is

the Center for Nonverbal Studies in Spokane,
Washington. He has been a consultant for

currently Director of the Center for
Nonverbal Studies in Spokane, Washington. He

Pfizer, Epson, Wendy’s, Dell, Unilever, and
Best Buy, and teaches Communication and

taught anthropology at the University of
Washington and teaches in the School of

Leadership in the graduate program of the
School of Professional Studies at Gonzaga

Professional Studies at Gonzaga University.

University.

His expertise is in nonverbal communication,
anthropology, and the brain. Givens has led

David givens'S speeches

seminars for lawyers, judges, social workers,
salespeople, and physicians; worked with

Reading the Person in Front of You: David,
the world's leading expert on the topic,

local law-enforcement agencies and the FBI;
and consulted with the U.S. intelligence

discusses nonverbal signs, signals, and cues,
and how to read them. David speaks across

community. His scholarly articles are
recognized as international classics by the

the globe to major corporations and
high-level executives.

Max Planck Institute in Germany. Givens and
neuroscientist Paul D. MacLean introduced the

Visual Cues of Deception: David discusses how

word "isopraxism" (the reptilian principle of
mimicking) into the English language, as

to tell when someone is telling a lie. An
ideal presentation for corporate groups by

announced by the executive editor of the
American Heritage Dictionary in the Atlantic

the world's foremost authority.

Monthly. He was a member of a team of
anthropologists, linguists, astronomers, and

Love Signals: A talk on the silent language
of courtship, David's book, Love Signals, and

nuclear physicists charged by the U.S. Dept.
of Energy with designing a marker to warn

how we can read the signals of attraction.

human beings 10,000 years in the future about
the dangers of nuclear waste.

Givens has spoken to the Smithsonian

- Your Body at Work. A Guide to
Sight-reading the Body Language of Business,

Institution, National Academy of Sciences,
European colipa, u.s. epa, washington State

Bosses, and Boardrooms. how do you make it in
Business? stop listening and start watching

Administrator for the Courts, and other
groups. He has done consulting for Sandia

Your Body at Work is a guide to seeing past
the words that fill the hallways,

National Laboratories, the Bechtel Group,
U.S. Department of Energy, Pfizer, Epson,

conference...

Wendy's International, Dell Inc., Unilever,
Hallmark, Masterfoods USA, Kimberly Clark,

- Crime Signals. How to Spot a Criminal
Before You Become a Victim. Crime Signals

and Best Buy. His ideas on nonverbal
communication have been written about in

helps you stop crime before it starts. David
Givens, one of the nation’s foremost

Omni, Harpers, the New Yorker, U.S. News &
World Report and in the New York Times,

experts in nonverbal communication, offers a
fascinating and...

Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times.
Givens is the author of Love Signals: A

- Love Signals. A Practical Field Guide to

Practical Field Guide to the Body Language of
Courtship, Crime Signals: How to Spot a

the Body Language of Courtship. A world
renowned anthropologist explores the

Criminal Before You Become a Victim, and
Office Signals: What Corporate Walls Would

nonverbal signs, signals, and cues human
beings exchange to attract and keep their

Say If They Could Talk (forthcoming). His
online Nonverbal Dictionary of Gestures,

mates.