Dr Adam Jowett

Adam is a lecturer in psychology and joined the School of Psychological, Social & Behavioural Sciences at Coventry in 2012. Adam’s PhD was in lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) psychology, critically examining LGBT people’s experience of chronic illness. Adam has also been involved in a range of qualitative research projects on topics such as the meaning and experience of Civil Partnership for same-sex couples and social adjustment after a stroke. He has presented research at national and international psychology and LGBT conferences such as the National LGBT Health Summit, the 2010 International LGBT Psychology Institute at Michigan University and the first International LGBT Psychology Conference in Lisbon. Adam is a Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol.), Secretary of the British Psychological Society’s (BPS) Qualitative Methods in Psychology Section and member of the BPS Psychology of Sexualities Section. He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).

• Jowett, A. (2013) '‘But if you legalise same sex marriage...’: Arguments against equal marriagein the British press'. Feminism and Psychology 24 (1), 37-55. 
• Jowett, A., and Peel, E. (2012) 'Physical Health'. In Intersectionality, Sexuality andPsychological Therapies: Working with Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Diversity. Ed. by das Nair,R., and Butler, C. Chichester: Wiley – BPS Blackwell. 
• Jowett, A., Peel, E., and Shaw, R.L. (2012) 'Sex and Diabetes: A Thematic Analysis of Gayand Bisexual Men's Accounts'. Journal of Health Psychology 17 (3), 409-418. 
• Jowett, A., Peel, E., and Shaw, R. (2011) 'Online Interviewing in Psychology: reflections on theprocess'. Qualitative Research in Psychology 8 (4), 354-369. 
• Jowett, A. (2010) '‘Just a regular guy’: A discursive analysis of gay masculinities'. Psychologyof Sexualities Review 1 (1), 19-28Jowett, A., and Peel, E. (2010) '‘Seismic Cultural Change?’: British media representations ofsame-sex 'marriage''. Women's Studies International Forum 33 (3), 206-214. 
• Jowett, A., and Peel, E. (2009) 'Chronic illness in non-heterosexual contexts: an online surveyof experiences'. Feminism and Psychology 19 (4), 454-474.