James W. Pennebaker is Professor and Chair of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. He and his students are exploring the links between emotional experiences, natural language, and physical and mental health. His most recent research focuses on how everyday language reflects basic social and personality processes. Author or editor of 9 books and over 250 articles, Pennebaker has received numerous awards and honors.

Primary Interests:

Close Relationships
Communication, Language
Emotion, Mood, Affect
Gender Psychology
Group Processes
Health Psychology
Internet and Virtual Psychology
Interpersonal Processes
Personality, Individual Differences
Political Psychology
Research Methods, Assessment

Close Relationships
Communication, Language
Emotion, Mood, Affect
Gender Psychology
Group Processes
Health Psychology

Internet and Virtual Psychology
Interpersonal Processes
Personality, Individual Differences
Political Psychology
Research Methods, Assessment

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Courses Taught:

Health Psychology
Introductory Psychology
Language and Personality
Methodology
Psychosomatic Processes
Social Physics
Social Psychology
Social Psychology of Language
Social Psychology of Religion
The Psychology of Everyday Language
Words and Social Processes

Social Psychology
Social Psychology of Language
Social Psychology of Religion
The Psychology of Everyday Language
Words and Social Processes

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James W. Pennebaker
Department of Psychology
University of Texas
1 University Station A8000
Austin, TX 78712
United States

Phone: (512) 232-2781