Leslie DeChurch is Professor of Communication and Psychology at Northwestern and leads the ATLAS research laboratory. Leslie’s research uncovers fundamental truths about teams – how, when, and why they work (or don’t work). She has published more than 75 journal articles, proceedings, chapters, and an edited volume.
Since receiving her PhD in 2002, Leslie has been studying teams in the military, science, healthcare, disaster response, online communities, and most recently, in outer space. Leslie is currently working with NASA’s Human Research Program to solve hard problems about teamwork in space explorer teams. Her research program on teamwork and leadership has been funded by the Army Research Institute (ARI), National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institutes for Health (NIH), Army Research Office (ARO), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and the National Aeronautical and Space Agency (NASA).
Leslie is a fellow of APA, APS, and SIOP, and was the recipient of an NSF CAREER to study Leadership in Virtual Organizations.
Is the future of work…in outer space? I/O Shaken & Stirred (2018): https://youtu.be/0L1v0gy8qxA
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- Slightly jet-lagged in Moscow to kick off our NASA US- Russia collaboration led by Suzanne Bell (DePaul)
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- Exploring Lisbon, Portugal with the EAWOP SGM on New Directions Team Cognition
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- Working with the Tata Institute for Social Sciences in Mumbai, India
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- In Marseille, France working with Project Moonwalk collaborators Noshir Contractor and Diego Urbina
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- Lunching with the kids in Cortona, Italy
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- With collaborators Suzanne Bell (DePaul) and Noshir Contractor (Northwestern) preparing to collect data in NASA’s Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA)
