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Associate Professor Amanda LeCouteur
Program Coordinator Graduate DiplomaProgram Coordinator Summer School in Introductory Psychology
Area of researchDiscursive Psychology, Conversation Analysis, Gender, Health Psychology, Elite Athletes & Achievement
Senior Appointments and MembershipsChief Assessor Psychology, SSABSA 2004. Discourse and Social Psychology (DASP) Research Unit, University of Adelaide: Co-Director/Co-Founder Social & Organisational Psychology Research Unit (SORU), University of Adelaide Freemasons Foundation Centre for Men’s Health International Society of Sport Psychology Consultant, Port Adelaide Football Club (2004-8), Port Adelaide Magpies Football Club (2008)
Awards Carrick Institute Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning (2006): Australian Psychological Society Distinguished Contribution to Education Award (2006) Faculty of Health Sciences Executive Dean’s Prize for Excellence in Teaching (2006) Stephen Cole the Elder Prize for Excellence in Teaching, 2001
Psychology Research InterestsHealth-service use & health promotion - Investigating how to improve the quality of interaction between health-service providers and clients in face-to-face consultations (medical, psychological and genetics counselling contexts) and health-care helpline interactions. Learning & teaching - A current multi-institutional project focuses on building leadership for quality learning in clinical health-care teams. Elite sport & high performance achievement - I have worked with the Australian Institute of Sport and with AFL and SANFL Clubs in areas of psychological skills training, leadership, recruitment and learning.
Recent Key PublicationsLeCouteur, A., Augoustinos, M., Crabb, S., Purcell. M., & Ekberg, S. (2008). Women and Research: Maximising the Research Output of Women at the University of Adelaide. Simmons, K., & LeCouteur, A. (2008). Modern racism in the media: Constructions of the ‘possibility of change’ in accounts of two Australian riots. Discourse & Society: 19, 667-687. Augoustinos, M., Russin, A., & LeCouteur, A. (in press, 2008). Representations of the stem-cell cloning fraud: From scientific breakthrough to managing the stake and interest of science. Public Understanding of Science. Hodgetts, K. & LeCouteur, A. (2007). Constructing disadvantage: A discursive analysis of public accounts of boys’under-achievement in education. Feminism & Psychology. Manuscript under review. Augoustinos, M., LeCouteur, A., & Crabb, S. (2005). Attitudes to Genomics in the UK: Analysis of Media Representations, Interest-Group Literature, and Government Reports. Report for the Economic and Social Research Council, UK.
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