Biography
PhD (Cardiff University) 1998, Previously Lecturer at Cardiff University 1999-2002, then Newcastle University 2002-2005
Research Interests
The Body, Health & Illness, Risk, Masculinities, The Obesity Debate, Illicit Drug Use, Violence, Sexualities, Qualitative Research, Stigma, Asthma, Dental Health, Financial Crisis, .
Teaching Interests
The Sociology of Health & Illness
The Sociology of the Body
Classical Sociological Theory
Contemporary Sociological Theory
MA Dissertation Writing Class
Professional Activities
Education
- 1998 Cardiff University - PhD
Employment
- Newcastle University - Lecturer
- Cardiff University - Lecturer
Language
- English
Publications
Book
Challenging Myths of Masculinity: Understanding Physical Cultures
Monaghan, L.F. and Atkinson, M.
Men and the War on Obesity: A Sociological Study
Monaghan, LF
Bodybuilding, Drugs and Risk
Monaghan, LF
Book Chapter
Bodybuilding, Drugs and Risk: Reflections on an Ethnographic Study
Monaghan, L.F.
Doing Real World Research in Sports Studies
'It's Worse for Women and Girls': Negotiating Embodied Masculinities through Weigh-Related Talk
Monaghan, L.F. and Malson, H.
Obesity Discourse and Fat Politics: Research, Critique and Interventions
The Sick Role
Bury, M. and Monaghan, L.F.
Key Concepts in Medical Sociology
Stigma
Monaghan, L.F. and Williams, S.J.
Key Concepts in Medical Sociology
Awareness Contexts
Monaghan, L.F.
Key Concepts in Medical Sociology
Illness-related Behaviour
Monaghan, L.F.
Key Concepts in Medical Sociology
Illness Narratives
Bury, M and Monaghan, L.F.
Key Concepts in Medical Sociology
Embodiment
Williams, S.J. and Monaghan, L.F.
Key Concepts in Medical Sociology
Accounting for Illicit Steroid Use: Bodybuilders Justifications
Monaghan, L.F.
Critical Readings in Bodybuilding
Reflections on and Developing Critical Weight Studies
Monaghan, L.F., Rich, E. and Aphramor, L.
Debating Obesity: Critical Perspectives
Critiquing Obesity Discourse and Developing an Alternative
Rich, E., Monaghan, L.F. and Aphramor, L.
Debating Obesity: Critical Perspectives
Bodily Sensibility: Vocabularies of the Discredited Male Body
Monaghan, L.F. and Hardey, M.
Debating Obesity: Critical Perspectives
McDonaldizing Men's Bodies? Slimming, Associated (Ir)Rationalities and Resistances
Monaghan, L.F.
McDonaldization: The Reader
Big Handsome Men, Bears and Others: Virtual Constructions of Fat Male Embodiment
Monaghan, L.F.
Sociology of the Body: A Reader
Hard Men, Shop Boys and Others: Embodying Competence in a Masculinist Occupation
Monaghan, L.F.
Crime, Criminal Justice and Masculinities
Fieldwork and the Body: Reflections on an Embodied Ethnography
Monaghan, LF
The Sage Handbook of Fieldwork.
Corporeal Indeterminacy: The Value of Embodied, Interpretive Sociology.
Monaghan, LF
Body/Embodiment: Symbolic Interactionism and the Sociology of the Body.
Hormonal Bodies, Civilised Bodies: Incorporating the Biological into the Sociology of Health
Monaghan, LF
Debating Biology: Sociological Reflections on Health, Medicine and Society.
The Bodybuilding Ethnophysiology Thesis
Monaghan, LF
Reframing the Body
Accessing a Demonised Subculture: Studying Drug Use and Violence among Bodybuilders
Monaghan, LF
Qualitative Research in Criminology
Bodybuilding, Steroids and Violence: Is There a Connection?
Monaghan, LF; Dobash, RP; Dobash, RE; Bloor, M
Crime Unlimited: Questions for the 21st Century
Bodybuilding and Sexual Attractiveness
Bloor, M; Monaghan, LF; Dobash, RP; Dobash, RE
The Body in Qualitative Research
The Body as a Chemistry Experiment: Steroid Use Among South Wales Bodybuilders
Bloor, M; Monaghan, LF; Dobash, RP; Dobash, RE
The Body In Everyday Life
Conference Publication
BSA Medical Sociology Group 47th Annual Conference
Monaghan, L.F. and Gabe, J.
BSA Medical Sociology Group 45th Annual Conference.
Monaghan, L.F. and Gabe, J.
American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference
Monaghan, L.F.
Crisis, Austerity and Resistance
Monaghan, L.F; O'Flynn, M.
39th Annual Conference of the Sociological Association of Ireland
Monaghan, L.F.; O'Flynn, M.
British Sociological Association Medical Sociology Group 42nd Annual Conference
O'Dwyer, M; Monaghan, L.F; Gabe, J.
The Gender and Health Conference
Monaghan, L.F.
The Perfect Body: Between Normativity and Consumerism
Monaghan, L.F.
SAI Annual Conference
Monaghan, L.F.
Expanding the Obesity Debate: A One Day Forum
Monaghan, L.F.
Rethinking Gender, Work and Organization Conference
Monaghan, L.F.
British Sociological Association Medical Sociology Group 29th Annual Conference.
Monaghan, L.F; Bloor, M.; Dobash, R.P; Dobash, R.E.
The American Society of Criminology Annual Conference
Dobash, R.P., Dobash, R.E., Bloor, M; Monaghan, L.F.
The British Criminology Conference
Dobash, R.P; Dobash, R.E; Bloor, M; Monaghan, L.F.
The British Sociological Association Medical Sociology Group 27th Annual Conference.
Monaghan L.F; Bloor, M; Dobash, R.P; Dobash, R.E.
The British Criminology Conference
Dobash, R.P; Dobash, R.E; Bloor, M; Monaghan, L.F.
Edited Book
Other Journal
Men and the Obesity Epidemic: Promoting Healthy Scepticism.
Monaghan, LF
Fare Choice: The Quarterly Newsletter of the Scottish Community Diet Project.
Men and the Obesity Epidemic: Exercising Healthy Scepticism.
Monaghan, LF
National Fitness News
Taking Sides.
Monaghan, LF
Men's Health Forum Magazine. June.
Other Publication
Framing Fat: Competing Constructions in Contemporary Culture
Monaghan, LF
Gender & Society
DOI: 10.1177/0891243213517177
Obesity discourse and fat politics: research, critique and interventions
Monaghan, LF,Colls, R,Evans, B
DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2013.814312
Weighing In: Obesity, Food Justice and the Limits of Capitalism
Monaghan, LF
Sociology Of Health & Illness
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2012.01484.x
Men, Masculinities and Health: Critical Perspectives
Monaghan, LF
Sociology Of Health & Illness
Peer Reviewed Journal
Media, 'Fat Panic' and Public Pedagogy: Mapping Contested Terrain
Monaghan, LF;Rich, E;Bombak, AE
Sociology Compass
DOI: 10.1111/soc4.12651
A discourse analysis of school girls engagement with fat pedagogy and critical health education: rethinking the childhood 'obesity scandal'
Emma Rich, Lee F. Monaghan and Andrea E. Bombak
Sport, Education And Society
Managing Stigma: Asthma, Young People and the Politics of Chronic Illness
Monaghan, L.F. and Gabe, J.
Qualitative Health Research
Dietary Approaches to Weight-Loss, Health-At-Every-Size® and Beyond: Rethinking the War on Obesity
Bombak, A.E., Monaghan, L.F. and Rich, E.
Social Theory & Health
Obesity, Neoliberalism and Epidemic Psychology: Critical Commentary and Alternative Approaches to Public Health
Monaghan, L.F., Bombak, A.E. and Rich, E.
Critical Public Health
Obesity, bodily change and health identities: a qualitative study of Canadian women
Bombak, AE,Monaghan, LF
Sociology Of Health & Illness
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12537
The Madoffization of Irish society: from Ponzi finance to sociological critique
Monaghan, LF,O'Flynn, M
British Journal Of Sociology
DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.12287
Re-framing weight-related stigma: From spoiled identity to macro-social structures
Monaghan, LF
Social Theory & Health
DOI: 10.1057/s41285-016-0022-1
Embodying health identities: A study of young people with asthma
Monaghan, LF,Gabe, J
Social science & medicine (1982)
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.05.013
The Casanova-Myth: Legend and Anxiety in the Seduction Community
Schuurmans, J,Monaghan, LF
Sociological Research Online
DOI: 10.5153/sro.3535
Critiquing Masculinity Myths: Rethinking Male Bodies, Obesity and Health in Context
Monaghan, L.F.
International Journal of Men's Health
Chronic illness as biographical contingency? Young people's experiences of asthma
Monaghan, LF,Gabe, J
Sociology Of Health & Illness
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12301
Civilising Recalcitrant Boys' Bodies: Pursuing Social Fitness through the Anti-Obesity Offensive
Monaghan, L.F.
Sport Education And Society
DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2012.716034
Extending the obesity debate, repudiating misrecognition: Politicising fatness and health (practice)
Lee F. Monaghan
Social Theory & Health
DOI: 10.1057/sth.2012.10
Obesity discourse and fat politics: research, critique and interventions
Monaghan, L.F., Colls, R. and Evans, R.
Critical Public Health
DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2013.814312
The Madoffization of Society: A Corrosive Process in an Age of Fictitious Capital
Monaghan, LF,O'Flynn, M
Critical Sociology
DOI: 10.1177/0896920512446760
"It's worse for women and girls': negotiating embodied masculinities through weight-related talk
Monaghan, LF,Malson, H
Critical Public Health
DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2012.754843
Seeking university Research Ethics Committee approval: the emotional vicissitudes of a "rationalised' process
Monaghan, LF,O'Dwyer, M,Gabe, J
International Journal Of Social Research Methodology
DOI: 10.1080/13645579.2011.649902
More Than Anarchy in the UK: 'Social Unrest' and its Resurgence in the Madoffized Society
Monaghan, LF,O'Flynn, M
Sociological Research Online
DOI: 10.5153/sro.2608
Embodied Heterosexual Masculinities, Part 2: Foregrounding Men's Health and Emotions
Robertson, S; Monaghan, L.F.
Sociology Compass
Embodied Heterosexual Masculinities, Part 1: Confluent Intimacies, Emotions and Health
Monaghan, L.F.; Roberston, S.
Sociology Compass
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9020.2011.00447.x
Post 'Celtic Tiger' Ireland, Silver Vigilantes and Public Sociology: Protesting Against Global Neoliberalisation
Monaghan, LF
Sociological Research Online
DOI: 10.5153/sro.2369
'Physician Heal Thyself', Part 2: Debating clinicians' bodyweight
Monaghan, LF
Social Theory & Health
DOI: 10.1057/sth.2008.20
'Physician Heal Thyself', Part 1: A qualitative analysis of an online debate about clinicians' bodyweight
Monaghan, LF
Social Theory & Health
DOI: 10.1057/sth.2008.21
The metamorphosis of female bodybuilders: Judging a paroxysmal body?
Roussel, P; Monaghan, LF; Javerlhiac, S; Le Yondre, F
International Review For The Sociology Of Sport
DOI: 10.1177/1012690209353371
Obesity Epidemic Entrepreneurs: Types, Practices and Interests
Monaghan, LF; Hollands, R; Pritchard, G
Body & Society
DOI: 10.1177/1357034X10364769
Bodily sensibility: Vocabularies of the discredited male body
Monaghan L.F., Hardey M.
Critical Public Health
DOI: 10.1080/09581590802676245
Men, physical activity, and the obesity discourse: Critical understandings from a qualitative study
Monaghan, LF
Sociology Of Sport Journal
McDonaldizing men's bodies? Slimming, associated (Ir)rationalities and resistances
Monaghan, LF
Body & Society
DOI: 10.1177/1357034X07077776
Body Mass Index, masculinities and moral worth: men's critical understandings of 'appropriate' weight-for-height
Monaghan, LF
Sociology Of Health & Illness
Weighty Words: Expanding and Embodying the Accounts Framework
Monaghan, LF
Social Theory And Health
Discussion Piece: A Critical Take on the Obesity Debate.
Monaghan, LF
Social Theory And Health
Big Handsome Men, Bears and Others: Virtual Constructions of 'Fat Male Embodiment'
Monaghan, LF
Body & Society
Doorwork and Legal Risk: Observations from an Embodied Ethnography
Monaghan, LF
Social And Legal Studies
Danger on the Doors: Bodily Risk in a Demonised Occupation
Monaghan, LF
Health, Risk & Society
Regulating Unruly; Bodies: Work Tasks, Conflict and Violence in Britain's Night-Time Economy.
Monaghan, LF
British Journal Of Sociology
Hard Men, Shop Boys and Others: Embodying Competence in a Masculinist Occupation.
Monaghan, LF
The Sociological Review
Vocabularies of Motive for Illicit Steroid Use Among Bodybuilders
Monaghan, LF
Social Science And Medicine
Opportunity, Pleasure and Risk: An Ethnography of Urban Male Heterosexualities
Monaghan, LF
Journal Of Contemporary Ethnography
Embodying Gender, Work and Organization: Solidarity, Cool Loyalties and Contested Hierarchy in a Masculinist Occupation
Monaghan, LF
Gender, Work & Organisation
Looking Good, Feeling Good: The Embodied Pleasures of Vibrant Physicality
Monaghan, LF
Sociology Of Health & Illness
Drug-Taking, 'Risk Boundaries' and Social Identity: Bodybuilders' Talk about Ephedrine and Nubain.
Bloor, M; Monaghan, LF; Dobash, RP; Dobash, RE
Sociological Research Online
Creating 'The Perfect Body': A Variable Project
Monaghan, LF
Body & Society
Challenging Medicine? Bodybuilding, Drugs and Risk
Monaghan, LF
Sociology Of Health & Illness