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Society for Personality and Social Psychology's Distinguished Scholar Award

Portrait of James Pennebaker

Pennebaker Honored by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology

October 21, 2012 by Michelle Bryant Leave a Comment

James Pennebaker, professor and chair of the Department of Psychology, is the recipient of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology’s (SPSP) Distinguished Scholar Award — the society’s highest honor. Pennebaker showed that writing about personal trauma and other negative life experiences can positively affect physical health and psychological well being in the long term. […]

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