# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-w-pennebaker
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:48:17.544Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-w-pennebaker"
name: "James W. Pennebaker"
slug: "james-w-pennebaker"
description: "James Whiting Pennebaker is an American social psychologist. He is a Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin and a member of the Academy of Distinguished Teachers. His research focuses on the relationship between natural language use, health, and social behavior, most recently \"how everyday language reflects basic social and personality processes\". He was elected a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2025."
tagline: "American psychology professor and language analyst"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_pennebaker_2011.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1950-03-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.12
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.431366666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/psychology/faculty/pennebak"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_W._Pennebaker"
    title: "James W. Pennebaker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "چيمس دبليو. پينيبيكر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Pennebaker"
    title: "James Pennebaker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_W._Pennebaker"
    title: "James W. Pennebaker"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_W._Pennebaker"
    title: "James W. Pennebaker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_W._Pennebaker"
    title: "James W. Pennebaker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q782814"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump