Dr. Leslie Dechurch

Professor

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Biography

Leslie DeChurch is a professor and the Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani Chair at Northwestern University's School of Communication. She holds courtesy appointments in Management & Organizations at the Kellogg School of Management and in the Department of Psychology at the Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences. DeChurch's research focuses on leadership and teamwork, exploring the dynamics that lead to extraordinary success. Her work covers a range of topics including Italian Renaissance leadership, space exploration, and human-AI partnerships. DeChurch leads the ATLAS lab, which investigates teams, leaders, and systems through laboratory and online experiments, meta-analyses, and field studies. She has been recognized with several prestigious awards, including the NSF CAREER award, and has served as a co-editor for a book on multiteam systems. Her contributions have been published in leading academic journals such as the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and the Journal of Applied Psychology. DeChurch holds a PhD in Organizational Psychology and is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and the Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology.

Research Interests

Awards

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Sage Publishing Award

2024-01-01
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Sage Publishing Award

2023-01-01
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Fellow

2016-01-01
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Fellow

2016-01-01
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Fellow

2016-01-01
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President & Chairperson

2016-01-01
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NSF CAREER

2011-01-01

Courses

Organizational Leadership Team Leadership & Decision Making Collaborative Leadership Managing AI Leading Renaissance

Requirements for Northwestern University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
U.S. Bachelor's degree or equivalent
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Specialization Notes

Standard PhD requirements for TGS departments including Chemistry, Physics, and Sociology.