Staff profile

Mr Luke Benjamin Gahan B.Soc.Sci, B.Arts (Hons)

PhD Candidate, Casual Lecturer & Tutor

Faculty of Health Sciences

School of Public Health and Human Biosciences Bouverie Centre

All Campuses

 

Qualifications

B.Soc.Sci, B.Arts (Hons) Swinburne University

Membership of professional associations

The Australian Sociological Association, South African Sociological Association, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, BSA Sociology of Religion Study Group, The Internation Sociological Association (ISA), The ISA Research Committee on Family Research

Research interests

Sexuality and Relationships

- Separation and Divorce, Same-Sex Parented Families, Religion/Spirituality and LGBTIQ People

Teaching units

Guest Lectures

  • "Separation and Divorce", HAS203 Family, Relationships and Sexuality, Faculty of Life and Social Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, (2013).
  • "The Histories of Sexuality", UNIB30004 Sex: Science and the community, Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne, (2012).
  • "Contemporary Queer Issues & Activism", POLS30007 Change & Conflict in Australian Society, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne, (2012).

Tutoring

  • "Families, Relationships and Sexuality", HAS203, Faculty of Life and Social Sciences , Swinburne University of Technology, (2013).
  • "Same-Sex Desire: From God to Genes", UNIB20016, School of Historical and Philosophical Sciences, University of Melbourne, (2013). 
  • "Same-Sex Desire: From God to Genes", UNIB20016, School of Historical and Philosophical Sciences, University of Melbourne, (2012).  

Recent publications

Book Chapters

  • Gahan, L. (2013). 'I made the Kool-Aid but can no longer drink it: From Australian Marriage Equality found to Australian marriage equality doubter'. In J. Ison (Ed.), "To the exclusion of all others: Queers questioning gay marriage". Accepted / To be published in early 2013
  • Gahan, L. (2011). 'The ins and outs of marriage (and divorce)'. In V. Marsh (Ed.), "Speak Now: Australian perspectives on same-sex marriage"  (pp.61-69). Thornbury, VIC: Clouds of Magellan.

Monographs

  • Hillier, L., Jones, T., Monagle, M., Overton, N., Gahan, L., Blackmen, J. and Mitchell, A. (2010). Writing Themselves In 3: The Third National study on the sexual health and wellbeing of same sex attracted and gender questioning young people, ARCSHS, La Trobe University, Melbourne.
  • Barrett, C., Gahan, L., Mitchell, A., Allen, J., McLaren, S., and Tinney, J. (2010). Everyday Angels: Celebrating the achievements of staff working in aged care. ARCSHS, La Trobe University, Melbourne

 Book Reviews in Academic Journals

  • Gahan, Luke Benjamin. (2012). "Queer spiritual spaces: sexuality and sacred places: by Kath Brown, Sally R. Munt and Andrew K.T Yip", Culture, Health & Sexuality, Vol 14(2) pp237-239.
  • Gahan, Luke Benjamin. (2012) "Sexuality, religion and the sacred: bisexual, pansexual and polysexual perspectives: edited by Loraine Hutchins and H. Sharif Williams", Culture, Health & Sexuality, Vol 14(10) pp1229-1231

Conference Papers & Posters

  • Gahan, L. B. (2013). Understanding resilience and experiences of separation in same-sex parented families 理解同性伴侶家庭解組的復原力和經驗.Poster Presentation at the International Sociological Association (ISA) Seminar of the ISA Research Committee on Family Research RC06, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. (Click here for pdf copy)
  • Gahan, L. (2012). Understanding resilience and experiences of separation in same-sex parented families: Preliminary Findings. Presented at the Australian Sociological Association (TASA) annual conference, University of Queensland, Australia.
  • Gahan, L. and Hillier, L. (2012). ‘I will be married in the eyes of God’: Emerging homopositive, same-sex marriage, and parenting discourses are providing marginalized same-sex attracted young people (SSAY) in Australia with new belongings and connectedness to their religion. Presented at the British Sociological Association (BSA) Sociology of Religion Study Group (SOCREL) annual conference, University of Chester, United Kingdom.
  • Gahan, L. and Hillier, L. (2011). Will God get me through?: Religion and the wellbeing of same-sex attracted young people (SSAY) in Australia. Presented at The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) annual conference, University of Newcastle, Australia.

 Other Publications

Research projects

  • Work, Love, and Play: Understanding resilience and experiences of separation in same-sex parented families (2011-2014)
  • Writing Themselves In 3 (2010) - research and publication.