James W. Pennebaker

Dr. W. Pennebaker is the Regents Centennial 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. His research interests are 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.

His publications are as follows:
Pennebaker, J. W. (2011). The secret life of pronouns: What our words say about us. New York: Bloomsbury Press.
Pennebaker, J. W. (2004). Writing to heal: A guided journal for recovering from trauma and emotional upheaval. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Press.
Pennebaker, J. W. (1997). Opening up: The healing power of expressing emotions. New York: Guilford Press.
Pennebaker, J.W., & Evans, J. (2014). Expressive Writing: Words that Heal. Idyll Arbor Books.
Pennebaker, J. W., Paez, D., & Rimé, B. (Eds.). (1997). Collective memory of political events: Social psychological perspectives. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.