Peter Helm

Peter Helm is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Missouri in the department of Psychological Sciences. He was first introduced to Becker’s work and Terror Management Theory (TMT) as an undergraduate at the University of Vermont and was fascinated by how fundamental these ideas were to understanding the human experience. Pursuing these interests, he joined a social psychology graduate program with Dr. Jeff Greenberg at the University of Arizona focusing on experimental existential psychology and continues to pursue these research directions today. Currently his research revolves around applying Terror Management Theory to health-related outcomes and policy, and understanding the antecedents and consequences of existential isolation.