Body language
Wood is a body language researcher, speaker and author. She is a former University Instructor in Communication and taught courses such as; Nonverbal Communication, Public Speaking, Interpersonal Skills, Human Relations, Team Building and Group Dynamics, and later taught Continuing Education Courses on Body language and First Impressions, and Body Language and Deception Detection at Emory University. She earned a bachelor's degree in communication from Florida State University and a Master of Arts in speech communication from Auburn University. She has completed four years doctoral coursework at Florida State University in nonverbal communication and conducts research in nonverbal communication, first impressions, gender differences and deception detection.