2007 BSc (Hons) Psychology, University of Lincoln, UK
Research Interests
I am interested in examining relationships between discourse,
power and the construction of marginalised social identities. I
adopt a qualitative, primarily discursive approach to study the
construction of identity amongst marginalised and minority
social groups. Prior research includes critical discourse
analysis of “new Liberal” talk of immigration, multiculturalism
and the welfare state in the U.K, and analysis of contemporary
constructions of the Holocaust in U.K. society.
Current Research
My PhD research examines the social construction of terrorism
within multiple genres of contemporary Western discourse. Using
a Critical Discourse Analysis approach, I examine terrorism
amongst the genres of psychology, media and lay discourse. My
analysis locates these discourses within a historical, social
and political setting and examines specific discursive
techniques employed in the ensuing construction. The thesis also
investigates pollination of discourse across these seemingly
separate genres.
Publications
Kilby, L., Horowitz, A.D., & Hylton, P.L. (2010) Diversity as
victim to "realistic liberalism": Analysis of an elite discourse
of immigration, ethnicity and society. Under peer review
Kilby, L. (2010) Review of the book Psychology of Terrorism:
Classic and Contemporary Insights, by J. Victoroff & A
Kruglanski (Eds.) Social Psychological Review, 12 (1) 41-43
Conference Proceedings
Kilby, L. (2010, August). Constructing Terrorism in
Psychological Discourse: Moral Messages. Paper presented at the
British Psychological Society Qualitative Section annual
conference, Nottingham, UK
Kilby, L. & Hylton, P. (2009, April). Constructing the Holocaust: lay perceptions in contemporary society. Poster presented at the British Psychological Society annual conference, Brighton, UK.
Kilby, L. & Hylton, P. (2009, June). Constructing the
Holocaust: lay perceptions in contemporary society. Paper
presented at the Annual Teaching Conference, Faculty of Health,
Life & Social Sciences, University of Lincoln, UK.
Seminar Talks
Kilby, L. (2010). Constructing Terrorism in Psychological
Discourse: The ‘9/11’ discourse. Invited paper, Social Sciences,
University of Northampton, UK.
Kilby, L. (2008). The Social construction of Terrorism.
Research Seminars of the Faculty of Health, Life & Social
Sciences, University of Lincoln, UK.
Awards
August 2009. British Psychological Society annual
conference. Constructing the Holocaust: lay perceptions in
contemporary society. Winning poster in category
September 2007. British Psychological Society Prize ‘Undergraduate Award’ Lincoln University
Contact Details
School of Psychology
University of Lincoln
Brayford Pool
Lincoln
LN6 7TS
Email: lkilby@lincoln.ac.uk