Daniel W. Snook

Daniel W. Snook is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Florida Gulf Coast University whose research addresses radicalization, political violence, and the psychological and sociological factors that contribute to violent extremism. Snook has examined how variables such as obsessive passion, utilitarian moral reasoning, and crises of belief relate to individuals' willingness to engage in ideological violence. Additional work has investigated risk perception for terrorism, Islamophobia, and the comparative religiousness of Muslim converts and nonconverts. Snook also studies within-person dynamics and deliberate engagement as they bear on behavior change and political radicalization.