Paula Pietromonaco

Paula Pietromonaco is a social psychologist and Professor Emerita, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She received her PhD in Psychology in 1983 from the University of Michigan, and her Bachelor's degree from UCLA. She is currently Editor-in-Chief of the journal Emotion, published by the American Psychological Association. Her research focuses on understanding connections between close relationship processes, emotions, and health. In addition to her research contributions, she has been actively involved in elected leadership positions in major organizations in her field, including the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Society of Experimental Social Psychology, and the American Psychological Association, and has served as Associate Editor for Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Interpersonal Relations and Group Processes, and as Associate Editor and Deputy Editor for Psychological Science. Her research focuses on how basic psychological processes that arise in the context of people's close relationships such as dating and marital relationships might impact relationship outcomes as well as emotional and physical health over time. Relationship processes are investigated using a variety of methods including examining people's subjective perceptions, the speed of their responses (reaction time), physiological responses (e.g., cortisol reactivity), and behavior (e.g., during interactions with their partners).

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