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Research at Leeds Beckett
Dr Katherine Dashper
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Dr Katherine Dashper
Reader
School Of Events, Tourism And Hospitality Management
0113 81 23460 K.Dashper@leedsbeckett.ac.ukAbout Dr Katherine Dashper
Dr Kate Dashper is Reader within the School of Events, Tourism and Hospitality Management. Her research applies a critical sociological lens to examine practices of work and leisure, with particular focus on gender issues and interspecies encounters in events, tourism and hospitality.
Kate is an internationally recognised researcher for her work in human-animal studies. Through her research on equestrian sport and leisure, Kate examines how humans and nonhumans work and play together, and the interspecies relationships that can develop through joint action and interaction. Her research considers the potential contributions that multispecies perspectives can make to understanding events, tourism and hospitality practices and organisations. She is author of the 2017 monograph Human-animal relationships in equestrian sport and leisure (Routledge).
Kate’s other main area of expertise is gender, and she has conducted research and consultancy projects within both the events and equestrian industries, evaluating gender equality initiatives in organisations and exploring the gendered experiences of women and men within professional and leisure contexts.
Current Teaching
Kate teaches human resource management and research methods at undergraduate and postgraduate levels on the events management programmes. She is currently supervising PhD students researching a variety of issues in events, tourism and hospitality. She welcomes applications in relation to:
- Gender and events, tourism and hospitality
- Emotional and aesthetic labour in events, tourism and hospitality organisations
- Organisational behaviour in events, tourism and hospitality
- Multispecies perspectives on events, tourism and hospitality
- Nature and the outdoors and events, tourism and hospitality
Research Interests
Selected Publications
Journal articles (32)
- Danby P; Dashper K; Finkel R (In press), Multispecies leisure: Human-animal interactions in leisure landscapes
https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2019.1628802
View Repository Record - Dashper K; Buchmann A (In press), Multispecies event experiences: Introducing more-than-human perspectives to event studies
View Repository Record - Dashper K (2019), Mentoring for gender equality: Supporting female leaders in the hospitality industry
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2019.102397
View Repository Record - Dashper K; Fletcher T (2019), 'Don't call me an academic': Professional identity and struggles for legitimacy within the vocational field of Events Management higher education.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhlste.2019.100201
View Repository Record - Dashper K; Abbott J; Wallace C (2019), 'Do horses cause divorces?' Autoethnographic insights on family, relationships and resource-intensive leisure
https://doi.org/10.1080/11745398.2019.1616573
View Repository Record - Fenner K; Caspar G; Hyde M; Henshall C; Dhand N; Probyn-Raspey F; Dashper K; McLean A; McGreevy P (2019), It's all about the sex, or is it? Humans, horses and temperament
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216699
View Repository Record - Dashper K (2019), Challenging the gendered rhetoric of success? The limitations of women-only mentoring for tackling gender inequality in the workplace
https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12262
View Repository Record - Dashper K; Brymer E (2019), An ecological-phenomenological perspective on multispecies leisure and the horse-human relationship in events
https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2019.1586981
View Repository Record - Dashper K (2019), More-than-human emotions: Multispecies emotional labour in the tourism industry
https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12344
View Repository Record - Dashper K; Fenner K; Hyde M; Probyn-Rapsey F; Caspar G; Henshall C; McGreevy P (2018), The Anthropomorphic Application Of Gender Stereotypes To Horses
https://doi.org/10.1080/08927936.2018.1529349
View Repository Record - Dashper K (2018), Moving beyond anthropocentrism in leisure research: multispecies perspectives
https://doi.org/10.1080/11745398.2018.1478738
View Repository Record - Kola A; Ratna A; Dashper K (2018), 'On the Hunt for Belonging': Culture, Hunting and Indo-Muslim Men in South Africa
https://doi.org/10.1080/11745398.2017.1415153
View Repository Record - Dashper K (2018), Confident, focused and connected: The importance of mentoring for women's career development in the events industry
https://doi.org/10.1080/19407963.2018.1403162
View Repository Record - Dashper K (2018), Smiling assassins, brides-to-be and super mums: The importance of gender and celebrity in media framing of female athletes at the 2016 Olympic Games
https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2017.1409729
View Repository Record - Dashper K (2017), Listening to horses: Developing attentive interspecies relationships through sport and leisure
https://doi.org/10.1163/15685306-12341426
View Repository Record - Dashper K (2016), Strong, active women: (Re)doing rural femininity through equestrian sport and leisure
https://doi.org/10.1177/1466138115609379
View Repository Record - Dashper KL; Roth S (2016), Sociology in the 1980s: the rise of gender (and intersectionality)
https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038515620359
View Repository Record - Helgadóttir G; Dashper K (2016), 'Dear International guests and friends of the Icelandic horse': Experience, meaning and belonging at a niche sporting event
https://doi.org/10.1080/15022250.2015.1112303
View Repository Record - Channon A; Dashper K; Fletcher T; Lake RJ (2015), The promises and pitfalls of sex integration in sport and physical culture
https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2016.1116167
View Repository Record - Dashper K; St John M (2015), Clothes make the rider? Equestrian competition dress and sporting identity
https://doi.org/10.1080/11745398.2015.1095103
View Repository Record - Dashper KL (2015), Revise, resubmit and reveal? An autoethnographer's story of facing the challenges of revealing the self through publication
https://doi.org/10.1177/0011392115583879
View Repository Record - Dashper K (2014), Tools of the trade or part of the family? Horses in competitive equestrian sport
https://doi.org/10.1163/15685306-12341343
View Repository Record - Fletcher TE; Dashper K (2013), Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Sport and Leisure
- Fletcher TE; Dashper K (2013), "Like a Hawk Among House Sparrows": Kauto Star, a steeplechasing legend
https://doi.org/10.1080/17460263.2013.850269
View Repository Record - Dashper K (2013), Getting better: An autoethnographic tale of recovery from sporting injury
- Fletcher T; Dashper K (2013), 'Bring on the dancing horses!': Ambivalence and class obsession within British media reports of the dressage at London 2012
View Repository Record - Dashper K; Fletcher T (2013), Introduction: diversity, equity and inclusion in sport and leisure
https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2013.821259
View Repository Record - Dashper K (2013), The 'right' person for the job: The aesthetics of labor within the events industry
https://doi.org/10.3727/152599513X13668224082341
View Repository Record - Dashper K (2012), Together, yet still not equal? Sex integration in equestrian sport
https://doi.org/10.1080/18377122.2012.721727
View Repository Record - Dashper K (2012), Dressage is full of Queens! Masculinity, sexuality and equestrian sport
https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038512437898
View Repository Record - Dashper K (2010), It's a form of Freedom: The experiences of people with disabilities within equestrian sport
https://doi.org/10.1080/11745398.2010.9686839
View Repository Record - Dashper K (2010), It's a form of freedom: The experiences of people with disabilities within equestrian sport
https://doi.org/10.1080/11745398.2010.9686839
Books (5)
- Channon A; Dashper K; Lake RJ; Fletcher T (2017) Sex Integration in Sport and Physical Culture Promises and Pitfalls. . Routledge.
- Dashper K (2016) Human-animal Relationships in Equestrian Sport and Leisure. . Routledge.
- Dashper K ed. (2014) Rural tourism: An international perspective. . Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars.
- Fletcher TE; Dashper K (2014) Diversity, equity and inclusion in sport and leisure. Sport in a global society . London: Routledge.
- Dashper K; Fletcher TE; McCullough N ed. (2014) Sports Events, Society and Culture. Routledge: Advances in Events Research . Routledge.
Chapters (10)
- Fletcher TE; Dashper K; Matzani R (2017) Gender justice? Muslim women's experiences of sport and physical activity in the UK. In: Fletcher TE; Dashper K; Matzani R Sport, Leisure and Social Justice. : Routledge, pp. .
- Fletcher TE; Channon A; Dashper K; Lake RJ (2017) The promises and pitfalls of sex integration in sport and physical culture. In: Fletcher TE; Channon A; Dashper K; Lake RJ Sex integration in sport and physical culture: Promises and pitfalls. : , pp. .
- Dashper K (2016) Learning to communicate: The triad of (mis)communication in horse riding lessons. In: Dashper K The Meaning of Horses: Biosocial Encounters. : , pp. 85-101.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315690728 - Dashper K (2014) Rural tourism: Opportunities and challenges.. In: Dashper K Rural tourism: An international perspective. : Cambridge Scholars, pp. 1-20.
- Fletcher TE; Dashper K; McCullough N (2014) Introduction: Sports events, society and culture. In: Fletcher TE; Dashper K; McCullough N Sports events, society and culture. London: Routledge, pp. .
- Fletcher TE; Dashper K; McCullough N (2014) This is just the beginning.... In: Fletcher TE; Dashper K; McCullough N Sports events, society and culture. London: Routledge, pp. .
- Fletcher TE; Dashper K; Russell KA; O'Connor N (2014) Sporting mega-events and Islam: An introduction. In: Fletcher TE; Dashper K; Russell KA; O'Connor N Sports events, society and culture. London: Routledge, pp. .
- Dashper KL; Cochrane J (2013) Characteristics and needs of the leisure riding market in the UK. In: Dashper KL; Cochrane J Horse tourism and leisure: international scale - local development. : , pp. .
- Dashper KL (2013) Beyond the Binary: Gender integration in equestrian sport. In: Dashper KL Gender and Equestrian Sport. : Springer, pp. 37-53.
- Dashper KL (2012) The Olympic Experience from a Distance: The case of the equestrian events at the 2008 games. In: Dashper KL International Sports Events: Impacts, experiences and identities. : Routledge, pp. 141-153.
Conference contributions (1)
- Fletcher TE (2013) 'Bring on the Dancing Horses': Social class and Dressage Events at the London 2012 Olympic Games Vancouver 20130613. : .
Reports (2)
- Mulligan J; Kitchen E; Ormerod N; Dashper K; Fletcher T; Wood E (2015) Evaluation of the social and economic value of participation in meetings and conferences. Research Report, Meetings Professional International (MPI). . Meetings Professional International (MPI).
- Long JA; Dashper K; Fletcher T; Ormerod N (2015) Understanding participation and non-participation in sport amongst Black and minority ethnic groups in Wales. . Cardiff: Report to Sport Wales from the Institute for Sport, Physical Activity and Leisure.
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