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Dr Elizabeth Peel

Senior Lecturer in Psychology
BA, Diploma in Applied Psychology (Nottingham, 1997); PhD (Loughborough, 2002); C.Psychol.

School of Life & Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham
B4 7ET, UK.  Email: e.a.peel@aston.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)121 2044074

Convenor - Health & Lifespan Psychology Research Group 
Member of research strand: 'Ageing lives: the social, psychological and public policy contexts of health behaviour and medicines management' -  Aston Research Centre for Healthy Ageing 

Research Students: Adam Jowett – LGB chronic illness management; Jan Grove – Therapeutic support for same-sex relationships (co-supervisor with Val Owen-Pugh, University of Leicester); Amy Bennion - Quality of life in older patients with age-related macular degeneration (with Jon Gibson as principal supervisor).

Liz Peel

Books

Clarke V, Ellis SJ, Peel E & Riggs DW (2010) Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer Psychology: An Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Clarke V & Peel E  (2007) (Eds) Out in Psychology: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer perspectives. Chichester: Wiley. 

Peel E, Clarke V & Drescher J (2007) (Eds) British Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Psychologies: Theory, research and practice. New York: Haworth Press.

Selected Journal Articles

33) Peel E, Douglas M, Parry O & Lawton J. (submitted) Type 2 diabetes and dog walking: Patients’ longitudinal perspectives about implementing and sustaining physical activity. British Journal of General Practice.

32) Peel E. (2010) Pregnancy loss in lesbian and bisexual women: An online survey of experiences. Human Reproduction, 25(3), 721-727. View full text pdf

31) Jowett A & Peel E. (in press, 2010) “Seismic cultural change?”: Media representation of same-sex ‘marriage’. Women’s Studies International Forum.

30) Peel E. (in press, 2010) Chipping away at the taken-for-granted: Reflection in a Sexualities course. Feminism & Psychology, 20(2)

29) Peel E. (2009) Intergroup relations in action: Questions asked about lesbian, gay and bisexual issues in diversity training. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 19, 271-285.

28) Jowett A & Peel E. (2009) Chronic illness in non-heterosexual contexts: An online survey of experiences. Feminism & Psychology, 19(4), 454-474.

27) Lawton J, Rankin I, Peel E & Douglas M. (2009) Patients’ perceptions and experiences of transitions in diabetes care: A longitudinal qualitative study. Health Expectations, 12, 138-148.

26) Lawton J, Peel E, Douglas M & Parry O. (2008) Shifting accountability: A longitudinal qualitative study of diabetes causation accounts. Social Science & Medicine, 67(1), 47-56.

25) Lawton J, Peel E, Parry O & Douglas M. (2008) Patients’ perceptions and experiences of taking oral glucose lowering agents: A longitudinal qualitative study. Diabetic Medicine, 25(4), 491-495.

24) Shaw RL, Senior C, Peel E & Cooke R. (2008) Ethical issues in neuroimaging health research: An IPA study with research participants. Journal of Health Psychology, 13(8), 1051-1059.

23) Peel E, Douglas M & Lawton J. (2007) Self-monitoring of blood glucose in type 2 diabetes: Longitudinal qualitative study of patients’ perspectives. BMJ, 335, 493-498. View full text

22) Lawton J, Ahmad N, Peel E & Hallowell N. (2007) Contextualising accounts of illness: Notions of responsibility and blame in white and South Asian respondents’ accounts of diabetes causation. Sociology of Health and Illness, 29(6), 891-906.

21) Cooke R, Peel E, Shaw RL & Senior C. (2007) The neuroimaging research process from the participants’ perspective. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 63,152-158.

20) Harding R & Peel E. (2007) Surveying sexualities: Internet research with non-heterosexuals. Feminism & Psychology, 17(2), 277-285. 

19) Peel E, Parry O, Douglas M & Lawton J. (2006) ‘It’s no skin off my nose’: Why people take part in qualitative research. Qualitative Health Research, 16(10), 335-1349. [Podcast]

18) Parry O, Peel E, Douglas M & Lawton J. (2006) Issues of cause and control in patient accounts of type 2 diabetes. Health Education Research, 21(1), 97-107.

17) Harding R & Peel E. (2006) ‘We do’? International perspectives on equality, legality and same sex relationships. Lesbian & Gay Psychology Review, 7(2), 123-140. View full text pdf

16) Peel E, Parry O, Douglas M & Lawton J. (2005) Taking the biscuit? A discursive approach to managing diet in type 2 diabetes. Journal of Health Psychology, 10(6), 779-791.

15) Lawton J, Parry O, Peel E & Douglas M. (2005) Diabetes service provision: A qualitative study of newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes patients’ preferences and views. Diabetic Medicine, 22,1246-1251.

14) Lawton J, Peel E, Parry O, Araoz G & Douglas M. (2005) Lay perceptions of type 2 diabetes in Scotland: Bringing health services back in. Social Science & Medicine, 60(7), 1423-1435.

13) Clarke V & Peel E. (2005) LGBT psychology and feminist psychology: Bridging the divide. Psychology of Women Section Review, 7(2), 4-10. View full text pdf

12) Kitzinger C & Peel E (2005) The de-gaying and re-gaying of AIDS: Contested homophobias in lesbian and gay awareness training. Discourse & Society, 16(2),173-197.

11) Peel E. (2005) Effeminate ‘fudge nudgers’ and tomboyish ‘lettuce lickers’: Language and the construction of sexualities in diversity training. Psychology of Women Section Review, 7(2), 22-34. View full text pdf

10) Peel E, Parry O, Douglas M, & Lawton J. (2004) Blood glucose self-monitoring in non-insulin treated type 2 diabetes: Qualitative study of patients’ perspectives. British Journal of General Practice, 54(500), 183-188.

9) Peel E, Parry O, Douglas M & Lawton J. (2004) Diagnosis of type 2 diabetes: A qualitative analysis of patients’ emotional reactions and views about information provision. Patient Education & Counseling, 53, 269-275.

8) Parry O, Peel E, Douglas M & Lawton J. (2004) Patients in waiting: A qualitative study of type 2 diabetes patients’ perceptions of diagnosis. Family Practice, 21(2), 131-136.

7) Lawton J, Peel E, Douglas M & Parry O. (2004) ‘Urine testing is a waste of time’: Newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes patients’ perceptions of self-monitoring. Diabetic Medicine, 21, 1045-1048.

6) Peel E & Harding R. (2004) Divorcing romance, rights, and radicalism: Beyond pro and anti in the lesbian and gay marriage debate. Feminism & Psychology, 14(4), 584-595.

5) Peel E & Harding R. (2004) Civil partnerships. Feminism & Psychology, 14(1), 41-46.

4) Peel E. (2001) Mundane heterosexism: Understanding incidents of the everyday. Women's Studies International Forum, 24(5), 541-554.

3) Peel, E. (2001) ‘I am what I am’? Using stereotypes in anti-heterosexism training. Lesbian & Gay Psychology Review, 2(2), 50-56. View full text pdf

2) Peel E. (2001) Neglect and tokenism: Representations of violence against lesbians in textbooks. Psychology of Women Section Review, 3(1), 14-19. View full text pdf

1) Peel E. (1999) Violence against lesbians and gay men: Decision making in reporting and not reporting crime. Feminism & Psychology, 9(2), 161-167.

Journal Special Issues

Ellis SJ & Peel E (Eds) (in press, 2010) Re-evaluating Lesbian Feminisms: Past, present and future. Feminism & Psychology.

Peel E & Thomson M (Eds) (2009) Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer Health Psychology: Charting the terrain. Feminism & Psychology, 19(4).

Peel E & Harding R (Eds) (2008) Regulating Sexuality: Contemporary perspectives on lesbian and gay relationship recognition.Sexualities, 11(6).

Peel E, Clarke V & Drescher J (Eds) (2007) British Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Psychologies: Theory, research and practice. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy, 11(1-2).

Clarke V & Peel E (Eds) (2005) Sexualities. Psychology of Women Section Review, 7(2).

Peel E & Clarke V (Eds) (2005) Critiquing Psychology: A reappraisal of The Social Construction of Lesbianism. Lesbian & Gay Psychology Review, 6(2).

Clarke V & Peel E (Eds) (2004) The Social Construction of Lesbianism: A reappraisal. Feminism & Psychology, 14(4).

Hodges I & Peel E (Eds) (2004) Challenging Homophobia and Sexual Prejudice. Lesbian & Gay Psychology Review, 5(3).

Memberships

Editorial Board Member, Journal of GLBT Family Studies

Editorial Board Member, Psychology & Sexuality

Member Scholar, International Institute for Qualitative Methodology (IIQM)

Advisory Board Member, Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health (previously Journal of Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy)

International Advisory Group Member, Psychology of Sexualities Review  (previously Lesbian & Gay Psychology Review)

International Advisory Committee Member, Gay and Lesbian Issues and Psychology Review.

British Psychological Society Psychology of Sexualities Section (formerly Lesbian and Gay Psychology Section)

British Psychological Society Qualitative Methods in Psychology Section

 

 

Last updated Feb 2010