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Dr Lindsey Gaston

Liverpool Business School

Faculty of Business and Law

Dr Lindsey Gaston received his PhD in Social Science and Health from Durham University in 2014. His research examined the Social History of the Rugby Player’s Associations’ Benevolent Fund with specific attention to the “Life After Rugby” programme. Lindsey also holds two Bachelor Degrees is Sociology and Religion from the University of Kansas and a combined Master’s Degree in Sociology and American History from Baker University.

Degrees

2014, Durham University, United Kingdom, PhD
2003, Baker University, United States, Masters
2000, University of Kansas, United States, BA

Certifications

2023, LEGO SERIOUS PLAY, Certified Facilitator
2017, Higher Education Academy, Fellow

Academic appointments

Senior Lecturer, Liverpool Business School, Liverpool John Moores University, 2014 - present

Postgraduate training

Masters in Academic Practice, United Kingdom, Liverpool John Moores University, 2020 - 2022
Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, United Kingdom, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, 2015 - 2015

Journal article

Gaston L, Dixon L. 2025. From Academic Judgement to Academic Coaching: Using Video Feed as an Alternative to Written Feedback PRISM: Casting new light on Learning, Theory & Practice, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Gaston L, Higson P. 2023. Diversity and Inclusion in Sport Leadership: A Longitudinal Review of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee Managing Sport and Leisure, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Gaston L, Dixon L. 2023. Calling All Mares: Community, Identity and Group Sex at the San Francisco Horse Market Journal of Sex Research, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Gaston LINDSEY. 2022. Using Photo Voice to Determine the need for LGBTQAI+ Inclusive Curriculum. SAGE Research Methods Cases, Doing Research Online, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Gaston L, Blundell M, Fletcher T. 2020. Gender Diversity in Sport Leadership: A Review of United States of America National Governing Bodies of Sport Managing Sport and Leisure, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Gaston L, Dixon L. 2019. A want or a need? Exploring the role of grassroots gay rugby teams in the context of inclusive masculinity. Journal of Gender Studies, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Gaston LE. 2018. The Quad-Lemma: How the Rugby Players Association Benevolent Fund was Establish to Address the Welfare needs in the Professional Format of Rugby Union. Sport in Society, 22 :462-475 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Gaston LE, Magrath R, Anderson E. 2017. From hegemonic to inclusive masculinities in English professional football: marking a cultural shift Jounral of Gender Studies, 27 :301-312 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Internet publication

Gaston L. 2024. Finding space: A Photovoice Study of Gay Students in Higher Education Publisher Url

Dixon L, Gaston L. 2024. Embracing innovation in business education: the role of video feedback Publisher Url

Books (authored)

Brown T, Fletcher T, Gaston L, Higson P. 2022. Events MISmanagement Learning from Failure 9781915097101

Chapters

Dixon L, Gaston L. 2022. No Hope and No Glory – How the Hope and Glory Music Festival was Designed to Fail Brown T, Higson P, Gaston L. Events MISmanagement Learning from Failure 9781915097101 DOI

Humphries C, Gaston L, Magrath R, White AJ. 2020. Exploring the Attitudes Toward Homosexuality of a Semi-Professional Swedish Football Team with an Openly Gay Teammate PALGRAVE HANDBOOK OF MASCULINITY AND SPORT :449-463 978-3-030-19798-8 DOI Publisher Url

Humphries C, Gaston L, Magrath R, White A. 2019. Exploring the attitudes towards homosexuality of a semi-professional Swedish football team with an openly gay teammate Magrath R, Cleland J, Anderson E. Handbook of Masculinity and Sport: Palgrave 978-3-030-19798-8 DOI Publisher Url

Gaston L, Killick L. 2019. From Past to Present: Is there Room for Professional Rugby in the United States? Harris J, Wise N. Rugby in Global Perspective: Playing on the Periphery Routledge 9780367335397

Gaston L. 2019. Follow the leather brick road: Place, community and the Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco and beyond Wise N, Harris J. Events, Places and Societies

Gaston LE. 2017. The Cowboy Way: Pain and the Bull Riding Lifestyle. Turner D, Carnicelli S. Lifestyle Sports and Public Policy Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society. 978-1138652217

Gaston LE. Follow the leather brick road: Place, community and the Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco and beyond Wise N, Harris J. Events, Places and Societies Routledge

Thesis/Dissertation

Gaston L. The Rugby Players Association's Benevolent Fund: A Sociological Study of the Development of a Social Integration Discourse in Rugby Football. Roderick M, Milward P.

Other invited event:

Northumbria University, Newcastle, England, Invited to speak about my research and research methods., Sport, Spaces, Places & People. 2024

Liverpool, This seminar will explore gaps in the Photovoice literature by providing a case study on how the approach was used for assessment. The seminar will provide a reflection by Lindsey Gaston who adopted Photovoice as an assessment device, highlighting the appropriateness of Photovoice and the challenges he faced when designing and evaluating the assessment., Teaching Insights: Capturing Perspectives: Harnessing the Power of Photo Voice for Transformative Assessment. 2024

Liverpool, UK, Invited to speak on issues relating to the LGBTQIA+ community, current challenges, provision of support, examples of good practice and looking to the future., “Improving the RIDE (Respect, Inclusion, Diversity & Equity) for everyone in academia”. 2024

Virtual Workshop, LJMU Staff Development Event Hosted by the Teaching and Learning Academy., Belonging Matters: LGBTQ+ Students in HE. 2021

Conference presentation:

Oral presentation, Liverpool, UK, Students at the Heart Conference, Facilitating future skills using Lego ® Serious Play®. 2024

Oral presentation, Liverpool, UK, SEDA Spring Conference, Harnessing the Power of Photovoice for Transformative Assessment:. 2024

Oral presentation, Liverpool, UK, Students at the Heart Conference, Finding Space: A Photovoice Study of Gay Students in Higher Education was accepted.. 2023

Oral presentation, Liverpool, UK, Students at the Heart Conference, Using PhotoVoice To Learn From Our Care Experienced and Estranged Students was accepted.. 2023

Oral presentation, Manchester, UK, Proud / Loud / Heard... ? - exploring LGBT+ identity, being and experiences, Finding Space: A Photovoice Study of Gay Students in Higher Education was accepted.. 2023

Oral presentation, Liverpool, UK, LJMU Teaching and Learning Conference, Giving voice to the silent student: Vevox in the classroom. 2021

Oral presentation, Universirty of Limerick, Football, Politics and Popular Culture, Rainbow in sea of Black and White.. 2017

Oral presentation, Manchester, UK, British Sociology Association 2017 Annual Conference, Does the growth of gay rugby teams challenge the increasing belief of sociologists that homophobia is decreasing sport. 2017

Oral presentation, University of Brighten, The World in Union. Global Rugby Summit: Past, Present and Future, How Post-Athletic Retirement Preperation is Discussed in the Rugby Community.. 2015

Oral presentation, Paris, France, World Congress of Sociology of Sport, Life After Rugby: A Sociological Study of the Development of a Social Intergration Discourse in Rugby Football. 2015

Award:

Liverpool John Moores University, Teaching Excellence Award in the Category of Individual Teaching Excellence.. 2022

Liverpool John Moores University, Rising Star in Teaching and Learning. 2017

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