Dr Amanda LeCouteur

Qualifications: BA Hons (University of Adelaide), PhD (University of Adelaide)

Position: Associate Professor, School of Psychology, University of Adelaide
Program Coordinator, Graduate Diploma in Psychology

Program Coordinator, Summer School in Introductory Psychology

 

Awards:

·      Carrick Institute Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning (2006):

  For excellence in teaching and for institutional leadership in promoting

  student-centered learning in the discipline of Psychology

·      Australian Psychological Society Excellence in Teaching Award (2006)

·      Faculty of Health Sciences Executive Dean’s Prize for Excellence in Teaching (2006)

·      The Stephen Cole the Elder Prize for Excellence in Teaching (2001)

Research Interests:

·       discursive psychology

·       conversation analysis

·       language & gender

·       health psychology

·       philosophy & sociology of science

·       elite athletes & achievement

 

Current projects:

·      Women & research at the University of Adelaide: An investigation of factors that support or impede women’s participation in research activities.

·      Public discourse around genomics issues in Australia.

·      Building Leadership for Quality Learning in Clinical Healthcare Teams.

 

Current Research Students:

Christensen, S. (PhD) Doing expertise: Category constructions and expert assessments in coaches’ talk about player performance.

Cosh, S. (PhD) Identity constructions around elite athletes.

Ekberg, S. (PhD) A Study of Telephone Use to Negotiate the Provision of Services to Independently Living Older South Australians.

Feo, R. (Hons) Communication on court: A study of the effectiveness of communication during defensive play by elite netballers.

Mickan, M. (Masters Qualifying) Factors influencing the continued participation of young men in  Australian Rules Football.

Purcell, M. (Hons) Women and research: A study of perceived supports and barriers to academic women’s participation.

Simmons, K. (PhD) Ordinary understandings of antidepressant medication: Analysis of calls to a telephone counselling helpline.

Publications:

Book Chapters

Augoustinos, M., LeCouteur, A., & Fogarty, K. (2007). Apologizing-in-Action: On saying ‘sorry’ to Indigenous Australians. In A. Hepburn & S. Wiggins (Eds.), Discursive Research in Practice: New Approaches to Psychology and Interaction. Cambridge: CUP.

Augoustinos, M., & LeCouteur, A. (2004). On whether to apologize to Indigenous Australians: The denial of white guilt. In N.R. Branscombe and B. Doosje (Eds.), Collective Guilt: International Perspectives. New York: CUP.

LeCouteur, A. (2001). On saying ‘sorry’: Repertoires of apologizing to Australia’s Stolen Generations. In M. Rapley & A. McHoul (Eds.), How to Analyse Talk in Institutional Settings: A Casebook of Methods, pp. 146-159. London: Continuum International. 

LeCouteur, A., & Augoustinos, M. (2001).  The language of contemporary racism. In M. Augoustinos & K. Reynolds (Eds.), The Psychology of Prejudice and Racism, pp. 215-230. Sage: London. 

Refereed Journal Papers

Crisp, G., Turnbull, D., Nettelbeck, T., Ward, L., LeCouteur, A., Sarris, A., Strelan, P., Palmer, E., & Schneider, L. (2007) Student Expectations of University. Journal of Higher Education. Manuscript under review.

Augoustinos, M. & LeCouteur, A. (2007). The Stem-Cell Cloning Fraud: A Discursive Analysis of Stakeholders’ Talk and Text. Discourse and Society. Manuscript under review.

Hodgetts, K. & LeCouteur, A. (2007). Constructing disadvantage: A discursive analysis of public accounts of boys’ under-achievement in education. Feminism & Psychology. Manuscript under review.

O’Doherty, K., & LeCouteur, A. (2007). ‘Asylum Seekers’, ‘Boat People’ & ‘Illegal Immigrants’: Social Categorisation in the Media. Australian Journal of Psychology, 59:1-12.

Crabb, S., & LeCouteur, A. (2006). Fiona farewells her breasts: A popular magazine account of breast cancer prevention. Critical Public Health, 16, 5-18.

Mc Cann, P., Augoustinos, M., & LeCouteur, A. (2004). ‘Race’ and the Human Genome Project. Discourse & Society, 15, 409-432. 

Munro, G., & LeCouteur, A. (2003). Music performance vs ‘normal work’: Performing identities and fulfilling selves. Music Forum, 9, 26-27.

Augoustinos, M., LeCouteur, A., & Soyland, A.J. (2002). Self-sufficient arguments in political rhetoric: Constructing reconciliation & apologizing to the Stolen Generations. Discourse & Society, 13, 105-42.

LeCouteur, A., & Augoustinos, M. (2001). Apologising to the Stolen Generations: Argument, rhetoric and identity in public reasoning. Australian Psychologist 36, 51-61.

LeCouteur, A., Rapley, M., & Augoustinos, M. (2001). “This very difficult debate about Wik”: Stake, voice and the management of category membership. British Journal of Social Psychology, 40, 35-57.

LeCouteur, A., & Del Fabbro, P.H. (2001). Conceptualisations of teaching and learning: A comparison of university staff and students using Q-sort methodology. Higher Education, 42, 205-235.

LeCouteur, A. (2000). The Thin Woman: Feminism, Post-structuralism and the Psychology of Anorexia Nervosa by H. Malson. Critical Public Health, 10, 89-93.

Benveniste, J., LeCouteur, A., & Hepworth, J. (1999).  Lay theories of anorexia nervosa: A discourse-analytic study.  Journal of Health Psychology, 4, 59-70.

Brooks, A., LeCouteur, A., & Hepworth, J. (1998).  Accounts of experiences of bulimia: A discourse-analytic study.  International Journal of Eating Disorders, 24, 193-206.

LeCouteur, A. (1998).  Understanding unconventional requests.  Linguistics, 26, 873-877.

Published Refereed Conference Proceedings

Hodgetts, K. & LeCouteur, A. (2004). Failing boys: Media constructions of the crisis in boys’ education. Australian Journal of Psychology, 56, 70.

LeCouteur, A., & Munro, G. (2004). Accomplishing identity as an authentic group member: Social comparison in the membership talk of ensemble singers. Australian Journal of Psychology, 56, 76.

Crabb, S., & LeCouteur, A. (2002). Fiona farewells her breasts: An account of breast cancer prevention in an Australian popular women’s magazine, pp. 62-77 in Proceedings of the 1st Australian Postgraduate Students’ Critical Psychology Conference, Sydney.

Hodgetts, K., & LeCouteur, A. (2002). Arguments of ‘fairness’ and ‘practicality’: Justifying resource allocation to gifted students, pp. 78-92 in Proceedings of the 1st Australian Postgraduate Students’ Critical Psychology Conference, Sydney.

Munro, G., & LeCouteur, A. (2002). The flexible uses of emotion talk in conversations about musical performance, pp. 106-120 in Proceedings of the 1st Australian Postgraduate Students’ Critical Psychology Conference, Sydney.

O’Doherty, K. & LeCouteur, A. (2002). ‘Asylum seekers’, ‘boat people’, and ‘illegal immigrants’: Social categorisation and fact construction in the media. Australian Journal of Psychology, 54, 127.

O’Doherty, K., LeCouteur, A., & Augoustinos, M. (2002). Representations of the Human Genome Project in Time magazine: A preliminary analysis, pp. 121-136 in Proceedings of the 1st Australian Postgraduate Students’ Critical Psychology Conference, Sydney.

Augoustinos, M., & LeCouteur, A. (2001). Apologising to the Stolen Generations: Argument, rhetoric, and identity in public reasoning. Australian Journal of Psychology, 53, 128.

Conference Papers: 2002-2007

LeCouteur, A. (2007). Developing students’ essay writing in Psychology. Australian Psychological Society 42nd Annual Conference, Brisbane. Invited presentation.

O’Keefe, M., LeCouteur, A., Miller, J., & McGowan, U. (2007). Developing collegiality to improve support for teachers. International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference, Sydney. 

O’Keefe, M., LeCouteur, A., Miller, J., &  McGowan, U., & Andersson, M.  (2007). A multi-disciplinary program of peer observation partnerships. International Association for Medical Education Conference, Trondheim, Norway.

O’Keefe, M., LeCouteur, A., Miller, J., & McGowan, U. (2007). Colleague development for unenthusiastic faculty staff. Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australia Conference, Adelaide.

LeCouteur, A. (2007). Public representations of genomics: An analysis of British mass-media, interest-group and government literature. Fifth International Interdisciplinary Communication, Medicine and Ethics Conference, Switzerland.

LeCouteur, A. (2006). An on-line method for developing tertiary students essay-writing skills. Education Research Group Adelaide (ERGA) 1st Annual Conference, Adelaide.

LeCouteur, A. (2006). Factors mediating the success of elite athletes in integrating sport and education. Australian Institute of Sport, Athlete Career & Education Forum, Canberra.
LeCouteur, A. (2006). Elite athletes and education: Supports stressors and significant others.  Australian Institute of Sport, National Athlete Career & Education Program Managers Meeting, Melbourne.

Crabb, S., Augoustinos, M., & LeCouteur, A. (2006). Genetic metaphors employed in UK media. Society of Australasian Social Psychologists 35th Annual Conference, Canberra.

LeCouteur, A., & Ferguson, B. (2005). Accounting for achievement at elite level: An analysis of professional Australian Rules footballers’ talk. International Society of Sport Psychology 11th World Congress, Sydney.

Crabb, S., & LeCouteur, A. (2003). Discourses of breast cancer prevention and risk management in popular media. Conference of the International Society for Critical Health Psychology, Auckland.

Crabb, S., & LeCouteur, A. (2003). Discourses of responsibility in popular media accounts of breast cancer. Society of Australasian Social Psychologists 32nd Annual Meeting, Sydney.

Dennington, V., & LeCouteur, A. (2003). Boys & ADHD. International Society for Critical Health Psychology, Auckland.

Dennington, V., & LeCouteur, A. (2003). A discursive analysis of the positioning of boys and ADHD. Society of Australasian Social Psychologists 32nd Annual Meeting, Sydney.

Hodgetts, K., & LeCouteur, A. (2003). Constructing a crisis in boys’ education: Repertoires of male disadvantage in schools. Society of Australasian Social Psychologists 32nd Annual Meeting, Sydney.

Munro, G., & LeCouteur, A. (2003). Constructing ‘authentic’ choristers and ‘collective’ decisions: To go, or not to go, professional. Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, 32nd Annual Meeting, Sydney. 

O’Doherty, K., LeCouteur, A., & Augoustinos, M. (2003). Deconstructing genetic risk: Exploring probability theory. 
        10th Conference, International Society for Theoretical Psychology, Istanbul.

Severino, G.A., & LeCouteur, A. (2003). ‘The right thing to do’: Moral talk in debate about embryonic stem cell research. 38th Australian Psychological Society Annual Conference, Perth.

LeCouteur, A. (2002). On saying Sorry: Repertoires of apology to Australia’s Stolen Generations.

8th International Conference on Language and Social Psychology, Hong Kong. \

Crabb, S., & LeCouteur, A. (2002). Discursive strategies employed in women’s talk about breast-cancer screening. Society of Australasian Social Psychologists 31st Annual Meeting, Adelaide.

Dennington, V., & LeCouteur, A. (2002). The social construction of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Society For Australasian Social Psychologists 31st Annual Meeting, Adelaide.

Munro, G., & LeCouteur, A. (2002). The ‘free’ musician: Discourses of identity in accounts of musical performance.

7th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Sydney.

Munro, G., & LeCouteur, A. (2002). Accounting for emotions in musical performance. Meeting of the Musicological Society of Australia, Adelaide.

Munro, G., & LeCouteur, A. (2002). Self-fulfilment, work and musical performance. Conference on Musical Creativity, European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music, Belgium.

Munro, G., & LeCouteur, A. (2002). The ‘free’ musician: Discourses of identity in accounts of musical performance. Investigating Music Performance, Royal College of Music, London.

 

Reports

LeCouteur, A. (2007). A questionnaire for selection and recruiting of elite footballers.

The Port Adelaide Football Club.

Turnbull, D., Nettelbeck, T., Crisp, G., Ward, L., LeCouteur, A., Sarris, A., & Strelan, P. (2006). What are student expectations of the University at entry? Report for the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), The University of Adelaide.

Augoustinos, M., & LeCouteur, A. (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.

LeCouteur, A. (2005). Leadership & player empowerment: An evaluation of current practice. Report for the Port Adelaide Football Club.

LeCouteur, A. (2005). Recruiting elite athletes: Proposals for interview practice. Report for the Port Adelaide Football Club. 

Delfabbro, P.H. & LeCouteur, A. (2003). A decade of gambling research in Australia and NZ: Report for the Independent Gambling Authority of South Australia. Government of South Australia (pp.228).

LeCouteur, A. (1993). Development and evaluation of three approaches to the teaching of writing skills in Psychology. Report for the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), The University of Adelaide.