Dr Dean Lusher
BA, Post Grad Dip Psych, PhD
Contact details:
| email:dean.lusher@unimelb.edu.au | website: personal website |
| telephone: +61 3 8344 4757 |
Dean Lusher is a Research Fellow in the School of Behavioural Science. His research interests are focused on social networks and social hierarchy and their exploration using statistical models for social networks. His work includes the examination of hierarchies in schools, the AFL, and organizations. More specifically, his research interests aim to understand the mechanisms of social hierarchy, how it comes into existence and how it is sustained. Another specific interest of Dr Lusher is the quantitative examination of organizational culture. He is also interested in Australian government policies toward refugees and asylum seekers.
Research Interests:
- Social networks laboratory
- The application of statistical models for social networks
- Social hierarchy
- Social norms
- Men & masculinities
- Bullying
- Asylum seekers
- Group identity & intergroup conflict
Projects:
- 2004-2005 Australian Football League
Masculine Behaviour and Social Networks in Team Structures - Garry Robins, Dean Lusher & Peter Kremer
AFL R&D Project for 2005 examining issues related to attitudes towards women in AFL football teams in Australia.
Publications: |
PhD Thesis
Lusher, D. (2006). Masculinities in local contexts: Structural, individual and cultural interdependencies. PhD thesis, University of Melbourne, Australia.
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Forthcoming
Lusher, D. & Robins, G. (in press). Hegemonic and other masculinities in local social contexts. Men and Masculinities. ( Pre-published PDF)
Chapters in Books
Castiello, U., Lusher, D., Mari, M., Edwards, M., & Humphreys, G. W. (2002). Observing a human or a robotic hand grasping an object: differential motor priming effects. In Common Mechanisms in Perception and Action (Vol. 19, pp. 315-333). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Journal articles
Wilson, S. J., Lusher, D., Wan, C. Y., Dudgeon, P., & Reutens, D. C. (2009). The Neurocognitive Components of Pitch Processing: Insights from Absolute Pitch. Cerebral Cortex, 19(3), 724-732.
Pierno, A., Mari, M., Lusher, D., & Castiello, U. (2008). Robotic Movement Elicits Visuomotor Priming in Children with Autism. Neuropsychologia.
Lusher, D. (2008). Masculinities in local contexts: Structural, individual and cultural interdependencies. Saarbrücken: VDM Verlag.
Lusher, D., & Haslam, N. (Eds.). (2007). Yearning to Breathe Free: Seeking Asylum in Australia. Sydney: Federation Press.
Lusher, D., Balvin, N., Nethery, A., & Tropea, J. (2007). Australia's Response to Asylum Seekers. In D. Lusher & N. Haslam (Eds.), Yearning to Breathe Free: Seeking Asylum in Australia. Sydney: Federation Press.
Becchio, C., Pierno, A., Mari, M., Lusher, D., & Castiello, U. (2007). Motor contagion from gaze: the case of autism. Brain.
Robins, G., Pattison, P., Kalish, Y., & Lusher, D. (2007). An Introduction to Exponential Random Graph (p*) Models for Social Networks. Social Networks, 29(2), 173-191.
Castiello, U., Lusher, D., Burton, C., & Disler, P. (2003). Shadows in the brain. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 15(6), 862-872.
Castiello, U., Lusher, D., Burton, C., Glover, S., & Disler, P. (2004). Improving left hemispatial neglect using virtual reality. Neurology, 62(11), 1958-1962
Presentations & Posters
Lusher, D., Robins, G., Pattison, P., & Lomi, A. (2009, 10-15 February). “Trust Me”: Actual and perceived trust in an organization . Paper presented at the XXIX International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Bahia Resort Hotel, San Diego, USA. Lusher, D. (2008, 2-5 December). Bullying as Social Deviance or Social Manipulation? A Social Network Analysis. Paper presented at The Australian Sociological Association Conference 2008, Melbourne, Australia.
Lusher, D., Lomi, A., Pattison, P., & Robins, G. (2007, 11-14 August). Inter-Organizational Hierarchies, Social Networks and Identities in Multi-Unit Organizations. Paper presented at the American Sociological Association's 102nd Annual Meeting, New York, USA.
Lusher, D., Robins, G., & Kremer, P. (2007, 1-6 May). Beliefs and networks: Personal attitudes and perceptions of general attitudes in exponential random graph (p*) models. Paper presented at the XXVII International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Corfu Chandris Hotel, Corfu, Greece.
Lusher, D., & Robins, G. (2006, 25-30 April). Structure, agency and culture in statistical models for social networks. Paper presented at the XXVI International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Coast Plaza Hotel at Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Lusher, D., Robins, G., & Kremer, P. (2005, 15-19 August). The Application of Social Network Methodologies to Team Sports. Poster presented at the ISSP 11th World Congress of Sport Psychology, Sydney, Australia.
Lusher, D., Robins, G., & Kremer, P. (2005, 12-13 April). Examining social systems within an organisation: Attitudes towards women in elite level all-male sporting teams. Paper presented at the Social and Organisational Systems Focus Area Workshop: Defence, Science and Technology Organisation, Adelaide, Australia.
Lusher, D., Robins, G., & Kremer, P. (2005, 19 February). Individual and Team Attitudes Towards Women in Elite Level All-Male Sporting Teams. Paper presented at the XXV International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Redondo Beach Hotel, Los Angeles, USA.