Dr Lindsey Gaston
Liverpool Business School
Faculty of Business and Law
Email: L.E.Gaston@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 231 5484
ORCID
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:
Sport, Spaces, Places & People, Northumbria University, Newcastle, England, Invited to speak about my research and research methods.. 2024
Teaching Insights: Capturing Perspectives: Harnessing the Power of Photo Voice for Transformative Assessment, 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.. 2024
“Improving the RIDE (Respect, Inclusion, Diversity & Equity) for everyone in academia”, 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.. 2024
Belonging Matters: LGBTQ+ Students in HE, Virtual Workshop, LJMU Staff Development Event Hosted by the Teaching and Learning Academy.. 2021
Conference presentation:
Facilitating future skills using Lego ® Serious Play®, Students at the Heart Conference, Liverpool, UK, Oral presentation. 2024
Harnessing the Power of Photovoice for Transformative Assessment:, SEDA Spring Conference, Liverpool, UK, Oral presentation. 2024
Finding Space: A Photovoice Study of Gay Students in Higher Education was accepted., Students at the Heart Conference, Liverpool, UK, Oral presentation. 2023
Using PhotoVoice To Learn From Our Care Experienced and Estranged Students was accepted., Students at the Heart Conference, Liverpool, UK, Oral presentation. 2023
Finding Space: A Photovoice Study of Gay Students in Higher Education was accepted., Proud / Loud / Heard... ? - exploring LGBT+ identity, being and experiences, Manchester, UK, Oral presentation. 2023
Giving voice to the silent student: Vevox in the classroom, LJMU Teaching and Learning Conference, Liverpool, UK, Oral presentation. 2021
Rainbow in sea of Black and White., Football, Politics and Popular Culture, Universirty of Limerick, Oral presentation. 2017
Does the growth of gay rugby teams challenge the increasing belief of sociologists that homophobia is decreasing sport, British Sociology Association 2017 Annual Conference, Manchester, UK, Oral presentation. 2017
How Post-Athletic Retirement Preperation is Discussed in the Rugby Community., The World in Union. Global Rugby Summit: Past, Present and Future, University of Brighten, Oral presentation. 2015
Life After Rugby: A Sociological Study of the Development of a Social Intergration Discourse in Rugby Football, World Congress of Sociology of Sport, Paris, France, Oral presentation. 2015
Award:
Teaching Excellence Award in the Category of Individual Teaching Excellence., Liverpool John Moores University. 2022
Rising Star in Teaching and Learning, Liverpool John Moores University. 2017