Diversity in Gender and Visual Representation

Russell Luyt is Deputy Head of the Department of Psychology at Anglia Ruskin University, UK. His work is focused primarily on the social psychology of gender, looking at the cross-cultural intersection of gender, 'race' and social class; the critique of traditional masculinity, femininity and gender measurement; media representations; masculinities and aggression; masculinities, prejudice and sexual minority groups; and qualitative methodologies.

Christina Welch is a Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies, and leads the Masters course in Death, Religion and Culture, at the University of Winchester, UK. She is an interdisciplinary scholar with a research interest in the intersection between religions and material/visual culture. Gender is central to much of her work.

Rosemary Lobban is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Psychology at Anglia Ruskin University, UK. She has a background in both media and psychology, having studied and worked in both fields. Her specialisms include representations of gender in advertising, as well as masculinities and femininities from a critical, discursive perspective.