Dr Russell Luyt 

Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology 

Humanities and Social Sciences 

Email:

Russell.Luyt@winchester.ac.uk 

Phone:

+44 (0)1962 827525 

Fax:

+44 (0)1962 827437 

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Biography

My long-standing interest in gender-related issues took a firm hold during my undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the University of Cape. This interest was developed further through PhD study at the Department of Social Psychology at the London School of Economics. Since then, I’ve been employed as a lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of Winchester, where, among other roles, I act as Programme Leader for our MSc provision and Convenor of the cross-faculty Centre for Gender Studies.

My teaching duties focus on social psychology and qualitative methods in Psychology at all levels. This broadly reflects my interests in the psychology of gender, which I also teach on more specific elective 3rd-year undergraduate and postgraduate modules.

Expertise

The social psychology of gender

Publications

Luyt, R. (2012). Representation of masculinities and race in South African television advertising: A content analysis. Journal of Gender Studies, 21, 35-60.

Luyt, R. (2012). Constructing hegemonic masculinities in South Africa: The discourse and rhetoric of heteronormativity. Gender and Language, 6, 47-77

Luyt, R. (2011). A framework for mixing qualitative and quantitative methods in measurement development, validation and revision: A case study. Journal of Mixed Method Research. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/1558689811427912

Luyt, R. (2011). Representations of gender in South African television advertising: A content analysis. Sex Roles, 65, 356-70.

Luyt, R. (2005). The Male Attitude Norms Inventory-II: A measure of masculinity ideology in South Africa. Men and Masculinities, 8, 208-29.

Luyt, R. (2003). Rhetorical representations of masculinities in South Africa: Moving towards a material-discursive understanding of men. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 13, 46-69.

Luyt, R., & Foster, D. (2001). Hegemonic masculine conceptualisation in gang culture. South African Journal of Psychology, 31, 1-11.

Zawisza, M., Luyt, R., & Zawadzka, A.M. (2012). Ambivalence toward men: Comparing sexism among Polish, South African and British university students. Sex Roles, 66, 453-67

Research Interests

My work is grounded within a critical perspective and has to date focused primarily on the Social Psychology of gender. I am particularly interested in gender research concerning identities and self; sexualities; aggression, violence and conflict; media; space and place; research philosophy; the critique of traditional quantitative measurement; and qualitative methodology. I am currently extending these lines of inquiry and developing my interest in radicalisation and violence among marginalised men from a gender standpoint.

Funding Awards and Professional Membership

Funding Awards:

2011

British Psychological Society Research Seminar Competition for the project titled 'The social psychology of citizenship: The politics of inclusion and exclusion in language, public space and identity'.

2010

Richard Benjamin Memorial Research Trust Grant for the research project 'Crisis in the hegemonic bloc: The radicalisation of marginalised men'.

University of Winchester (UoW) Continuing Professional Development Funding for Personality Assessment Course in UK NEO PI-R.

UoW Psychology Internal Grant for the research project 'Cross-Cultural Measurement Validation of the Male Attitude Norms Inventory-III (MANI-III)'.

UoW WRAP (Winchester Research Apprenticeships Scheme) Grant for the research project 'Cross-Cultural Measurement Validation of the Male Attitude Norms Inventory-III (MANI-III)'.

2009

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Bursary for Training in Formulating Policy Recommendations.

UoW Psychology Internal Grant for the research project 'Cross-Cultural Measurement Validation of the Male Attitude Norms Inventory-III (MANI-III)'.

UoW Research Informed Teaching Grant for the project 'Qualitative Data Analysis: A Practical Introduction'.

2008

UoW Continuing Professional Development Funding for Qualifying Course in Personality Testing (Level B Psychometrics Certification).

UoW Promising Researcher RKT Grant for the research project 'Cross-Cultural Preferences for (Non)traditional Gendered Advertisements'.

2007

UoW Continuing Professional Development Funding for Qualifying Course in Ability and Aptitude Testing (Level A Psychometrics Certification).

ESRC Bursary for Training in Ability and Aptitude Testing (Level A Psychometrics Certification).

UoW Promising Researcher RKT Grant for the research project 'Cross-Cultural Differences in Preferences for Gendered Advertisements'.

2006

UoW Promising Researcher Grant for the XVI ISA World Congress of Sociology, Durban, South Africa.

Professional Membership:

2003 – (ongoing): Graduate member of the British Psychological Society (BPS)
2008 – (ongoing): Chartered Psychologist of the British Psychological Society (BPS)