Pontus Leander (hj5572)

University information

Title: Associate Professor
Unit: Psychology
Department: College of Liberal Arts & Science

Contact information


College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Title: Associate Professor of Social Psychology
Secondary Title: Director, Center for Peace and Conflict Studies
Office:

8405.4 Maccabees

Curriculum Vitae: https://people.wayne.edu/profile/hj5572/1578/leander_cv_july-29-2022.pdf 320731 1659106016 file
Website: https://cpcs.wayne.edu
Youtube Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew-yarqqqak
Research interest(s)/area of expertise:

Motivation in social contexts

Education – Degrees, Licenses, Certifications: Ph.D., Duke University, 2009
Selected publications:
  • Leander, N. P., Kreienkamp, J., Agostini, M., Stroebe, W., Gordijn, E. H., & Kruglanski, A. W. (2020). Biased hate crime perceptions can reveal supremacist sympathies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 17, 19072-19079. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1916883117
  • Leander, N. P., Agostini, M., Stroebe, W., Kreienkamp, J., Spears, R., Kuppens, T., Otten, S., van Zomeren, M., & Kruglanski, A. W. (2020). Frustration-affirmation? Thwarted goals motivate compliance with social norms for violence and nonviolence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 119(2), 249–271. doi: 10.1037/pspa0000190
  • Leander, N. P., & Chartrand, T. L. (2017). On thwarted goals and displaced aggression: A compensatory competence model. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 72, 88-100. doi: 10.1016/j.jesp.2017.04.010
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Courses taught by Pontus Leander

Winter Term 2025 (future)

Fall Term 2024 (current)

Winter Term 2024

Fall Term 2023

Winter Term 2023

Fall Term 2022

Winter Term 2022

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