Kenneth Pargament, Ph.D.
Dr. Pargament’s nationally and internationally known research addresses religion as a resource for coping with major life stressors. His research has also examined how religion can be a source of struggle for people facing major medical illnesses. He has studied the process by which people create perceptions about the sanctity of aspects of their life activities and the various effects of “sanctification” for individual and interpersonal well-being. Most recently, he has been developing and evaluating spiritually-integrated approaches to psychotherapy. Dr. Pargament won the William James Award for Excellence in Research from Division 36 of the American Psychological Association. He also won the 2000 Virginia Staudt Sexton Mentoring Award from the American Psychological Association for his generous work in encouraging both faculty, undergraduate, and graduate research in the psychology of religion. He has published extensively and his work has received national and international media attention.
