Dr Dean Lusher

BA, Post Grad Dip Psych, PhD

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Dean Lusher is a research fellow interested in the application of statistical models for social networks. His work currently focuses on the inclusion of perceived beliefs as a measure of culture within social networks and the effects they have in conjunction with personally held beliefs on social tie formation. Other work involves the application of social network analysis to organizational identification, bullying and violence, conceptions of masculinity in the AFL, the social connectedness of asylum seeker advocacy groups, and the role of group identity in intergroup conflict.

Research Interests:

• Social networks laboratory
• Statistical models for social networks
• Cultural factors in social networks
• 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.

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

Robins, G., Pattison, P., Kalish, Y., & Lusher, D. (in press). A Workshop on Exponential Random Graph (p*) Models for Social Networks. Social Networks.

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

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. (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.