Adam K. Fetterman

Dr. Adam K. Fetterman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Houston, with research expertise spanning Social Psychology, Personality, Cognition, and Metaphor studies. He also explores Nostalgia and Media Effects through experimental and social cognitive frameworks.

• Key Affiliations: University of Houston, Social Psychology Research Group
• Editorial Role: Editor-in-Chief of Social Psychology (Hogrefe)

Research Themes include:

• Cognitive mechanisms in belief formation
• Emotional processing via personal experience vs data
• Effort paradox in social behavior
• Nostalgia's role in identity and coping
• Metaphor as cognitive tool
• Prosocial aggression dynamics

Recent Publications focus on effort valuation, empathy regulation, media-politics interactions, and cognitive biases in scientific understanding.

Scientific Engagement includes:

• Editorial leadership in advancing innovative social psychology
• Advocacy for open science and methodological rigor
• Mentorship of graduate researchers