James Pennebaker
Dr. James W. Pennebaker is Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, and the Executive Director of Project 2021, aimed at rethinking undergrad education at that university.
I first encountered Dr. Pennebaker's work when I was
working on the Self Authoring Suite. He conducted the
original work on "expressive writing," starting in the
1980's, showing that people's health and productivity
improved when they wrote about traumatic experiences or
uncertainty -- particularly if they constructed causal
accounts or plans. He has also investigated the
psychological significance of patterns of word use
(particularly about everyone's favorites, pronouns). We
talk about all of this, and much more.— Jordan B. Peterson
Dr. Pennebaker's books include:
You can find out more about Dr. Pennebaker's research, learn more about psychology, and improve your knowledge of yourself at these websites: