Daniel Snook
Presidential Fellow- Education
Community Psychology Ph.D. student studying the psychology of terrorism. He earned a M.A. in psychology from University of North Florida. He earned a B.S. in psychology (cum laude) from the University of Florida Honors College.
- Specializations
Research framework is a mix of applied social and community psychology. Psychology of religion, the psychology of religious conversion, and the influence of crisis on identity transformation and intergroup violence.
Grant & Research Award Funding
2020 - American Psychological Foundation & Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology Graduate Research Scholarship, “Fear and Loathing: Understanding the Connection between Americans’ Risk Perceptions for Terrorism and Islamophobia”
2020 - American Psychological Association, Division 48 (Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence) Small Grant, “Reducing Perceived Risk of Terrorism and Islamophobia among Conservative Americans”
2020 - American Psychological Association, Division 36 (Psychology of Religion and Spirituality) Student Research Award, “Measuring Crisis and Assessing its Role in Religious Transformation in Three Groups: Recently Homeless Individuals, College Students, and the General US Population”
- Biography
Daniel Snook earned his Ph.D. in Community Psychology studying the psychology of terrorism. His research framework is a mix of applied social and community psychology. He worked primarily with Dr. John Horgan and the Violent Extremism Research Group (VERG). He focus is on social cognition related to intergroup threat, violence, and terrorism and Americans’ judgments and decision-making related to terrorism and the role intergroup threat and motivated social cognition play in far-right terrorism.
Snook was selected as a recipient of the American Psychological Foundation’s 2020-2021 scholarship by the Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology (COGDOP). His work includes conducting research on issues of measurement in the psychology of religion, the psychology of religious conversion, and the influence of crisis on identity transformation and intergroup violence. He has experience working with more than 15 program evaluations and is currently evaluating countering violent extremism programs and homelessness interventions.
He teaches Research Design and Analysis, a junior-level research methods and statistics course in the psychology department. He also has worked in the non-profit sector as a research analyst. His expertise includes data analysis and reporting, including mass data management using Excel, SPSS, MPlus and MaxQDA.
- Publications
Fodeman, A.D., Snook, D.W., Horgan, J.G. (2020). Pressure to Prove: Muslim Converts’ Activism and Radicalism Mediated by Religious Struggle and Punishing Allah Reappraisal. Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression. https://doi.org/10.1080/19434472.2020.1800788
Arce, M.A., Snook, D.W., Joseph, H., Halmos, M., & Kuperminc, G. (2020). From Theory to Practice: Forging a Collaborative Evaluation Strategy for a Culturally-Informed Domestic Violence Initiative. Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice. https://www.gjcpp.org/en/article.php?issue=37&article=224
Fodeman, A.D., Snook, D.W., Horgan, J.G. (2020) Picking up and Defending the Faith: Activism and Radicalism Muslim Among Converts in the United States. Political Psychology, (41) 4, 679-698. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12645
Snook, D.W., Kleinmann, S.M., White, G., & Horgan, J. G. (2019). Conversion Motifs Among Muslim Converts in the United States. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/rel0000276
Snook, D.W., Williams, M. J., & Horgan, J. G. (2018). Issues in the Sociology and Psychology of Religious Conversion. Pastoral Psychology, 68(2), 223-240. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11089-018-0841-1
Presentations:
Snook, D.W., Branum-Martin, L., & Horgan, J.G. (2019). “Zealous or just different? Comparing the structure of Islamic religiousness between convert and non-convert Muslims”. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting for the Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality (APA Division 36); Bowling Green, OH.
Snook, D.W. (2018). “Fear itself: America’s dysfunctional relationship with terrorism”. Presented April 13, 2018, at TEDxGeorgiaStateU. Atlanta, GA.
Snook, D.W. & Horgan, J. (2017). “Religious beliefs and practices among Muslim converts and non-converts: Starting points for understanding convert overrepresentation in violent extremism”. Paper presented at the Society for Terrorism Research 11th Annual International Conference; New York City, NY.
Horgan, J. & Snook, D.W. (2016). “Understanding American Muslim converts in the contexts of society and security”. Presentation at 2017 Minerva Annual Project Review. Arlington, VA.
Horgan, J., Kleinmann, S., & Snook, D.W. (2016) “Understanding American Muslim converts in the contexts of society and security”. Presentation at 2016 Minerva Meeting and Program Review. Washington, DC.
Media Mentions:
Snook, D.W. (2020, August 30). Why Do Some Wear Masks When Others Don’t? It May Have to Do with Risk. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/keep-it-in-mind/202008/why-do-some-wear-masks-when-others-don-t