I began as a non-traditional undergraduate at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota. Once I graduated with a BA in psychology, I began my graduate work at North Dakota State University. I received my MS in 2010 and plan to complete my PhD Spring of 2013.
My research focuses on a combination of personality, social, cognitive and emotion psychology. My main program of research focuses specifically on metaphor representation theory and embodiment. I also have interests and research in politics, religion, and evolutionary theory.
Fetterman, A. K., Robinson, M. D., Gordon, R. D.. & Elliot, A. J. (2011). Anger as Seeing Red: Perceptual sources of evidence. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2, 312-317.
Fetterman, A. K. & Robinson, M. D. (2010). Contingent self-importance among pathological narcissists: Evidence from an implicit task. Journal of Research in Personality, 44, 691-697.
Fetterman, A. K., Robinson, M. D., Ode, S., & Gordon, K. H (2010). Neuroticism as a risk factor for behavioral dysregulation: A mindfulness-mediation perspective. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 29, 301-321.
-Metaphor Representation Theory & Embodied Cognition: The effect of metaphors and bodily movements on the way we think
-Political Psychology: Individual differences in the way we think and how it reflects our ideology.