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Nick Buttrick is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He holds a PhD in Social Psychology from the University of Virginia (2020) and a BA in Cognitive Science from Yale University (2008). His postdoctoral work (2022) was at Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs.
His research explores socioecological and cultural psychology, focusing on topics like gun ownership symbolism, the psychological effects of residential mobility, and the societal impacts of income inequality. He employs multi-method approaches, including experiments, archival research, and surveys, emphasizing open science practices.
Key publications include studies on historical slavery’s link to modern gun ownership (PNAS Nexus, 2022) and the cultural consequences of declining residential mobility (American Psychologist, 2021). His work has been featured in outlets like Scientific American and The New York Times.
Lab: Action Research Facility. Research interests include gun culture, effort-belief systems, and the psychological effects of built environments.
