Dr. Dylan Selterman is a scientist, researcher, educator, writer, and podcaster. 

I am a trained social-personality psychologist and research scientist currently working as Director of Research and Resource Development at Heterodox Academy. My work involves conducting research on trends in higher education, and creating resources that are useful for faculty and administrators, with the goal of promoting open inquiry, viewpoint diversity, and constructive disagreement at colleges and universities. I also serve as an adjunct psychology course instructor for Johns Hopkins University.

Before this role, I served as a full-time instructional faculty member at two major research universities, University of Maryland College Park, and Johns Hopkins University. My academic research interests include: interpersonal attraction, relationships, and sexuality, morals and ethics, political psychology, antisemitism, happiness and well-being, and patterns of dreaming. I have published in high impact peer-reviewed scientific journals including Social Psychological and Personality Science and Archives of Sexual Behavior. I taught a range of courses including: Introductory Psychology, Positive Psychology, Happiness and Psychological Well-Being, Political Psychology, and Social Attraction. [Click here for full CV]

My column for Psychology Today is called The Resistance Hypothesis. I co-hosted the podcast A Bit More Complicated (Apple, Spotify) with Manuel Galvan. I am passionate about learning, growth, curiosity, creativity, flourishing, human development, and working to create a better world with science. 

My TEDx talk is about what we can learn from our dreams. For my own takes on the “commons dilemma” exercise that went viral, read these opinion pieces in The Washington Post, The Conversation, National Geographic, and The Baltimore Sun. See other media coverage of my academic work on NPR, Vox, Washington Post, OprahMag, Huffington Post, Jezebel, Nerve, BPS Digest, Baltimore Sun, ABC News, USA Today, Buzzfeed, NBC, and PsyPost.