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Colin Wayne Leach is a Professor of Psychology & Africana Studies at Barnard College, Columbia University. He holds additional affiliations as a Faculty Fellow at the Institute for Research in African-American Studies and Graduate Faculty in Psychology at the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.
- Education: B.A. (1989), M.A. (1991) from Boston University; Ph.D. (1995) from the University of Michigan
His research spans social and personality psychology, focusing on status and morality in identity, emotion, and motivation, with expertise in protest & resistance, prejudice and stereotypes, and meta-theoretical approaches. He integrates transdisciplinary frameworks from Africana Studies and social behavioral sciences.
Scientific awards and fellowships include:
- Kurt Lewin Medal (2017), European Association of Social Psychology
- Fellowships: Society of Experimental Social Psychology, Society of Personality and Social Psychology
- Research fellowships: U.C. Berkeley Chancellor, Ford Foundation, Raoul Wallenberg Foundation
Prof. Leach has held faculty appointments at the University of Connecticut, University of California-Santa Cruz, and the University of Sussex. He has served as co-editor of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin and associate editor for multiple top journals.
