Northwestern University

Leslie A. DeChurch is an academic and expert in organizational leadership and teamwork. She is Chair and Professor of Communication Studies (School of Communication) and holds courtesy appointments in Management & Organizations (Kellogg School of Management) and the Department of Psychology (Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences) at Northwestern University. Her research examines the leadership and teamwork that make extraordinary success possible, from the Italian Renaissance to space exploration to human-AI partnerships. DeChurch leads the ATLAS lab: Advancing Teams, Leaders, and Systems. Professor DeChurch was awarded an NSF CAREER to explore Leadership for Virtual Organizational Effectiveness and her research program on teamwork and leadership has been continuously funded by agencies including the NSF, NASA and ARO. Her work has appeared in top outlets including the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Applied Psychology, Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, and Journal of Management. Professor DeChurch holds a PhD in Organizational Psychology and is Fellow of the American Psychological Association, Association for Psychological Science, and the Society of Industrial & Organizational Psychology. She is Past-President of INGRoup, the Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research.