Matthew Hertenstein, a psychologist at DePauw University, discusses his research on touch as a channel of emotional communication in this interview from Yale's Experts in Emotion series, hosted by June Gruber. He explains how he became interested in studying emotion and walks through the central findings of his work, including experiments on how specific emotions can be accurately conveyed through touch alone, without words or facial expression. The bulk of the conversation, running from about the one-minute mark to nearly fifteen minutes in, covers these core discoveries and their implications for understanding nonverbal communication. Hertenstein closes by describing what he sees as promising directions for future research and offers practical advice for students considering a career studying emotion. The format is a straightforward seated interview with chapter markers, plain production, and no visual aids beyond the two speakers talking.