Jean Maria Arrigo

Jean Maria Arrigo (April 30, 1944 – February 24, 2024) was an American social psychologist and oral historian.

Career Arrigo was born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1944. She became known for exposing conflicts of interest of most of the others on the nominally independent task force, who were allied in advance with advocates of harsh interrogation methods.

For her whistleblowing actions, the APA honored Arrigo in 2015, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science presented their 2015 AAAS Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility to her.

On February 24, 2024, Arrigo died of pancreatic cancer in Alpine, California, at the age of 79.

Published works

Sins and Salvations in Clandestine Scientific Research: A Social Psychological and Epistemological Inquiry, Claremont Graduate University, 1999