Stephen Whitehead

Dr Stephen M. Whitehead has been an internationally renowned sociologist, researcher and writer on gender, masculinities, sexuality, identity and education for over two decades. Stephen's 17 books have been translated into 17 languages. His writings have generated enormous media interest and he has given hundreds of newspaper, TV, journal and radio interviews around the world. Stephen is originator of the concepts of Total Inclusivity and Totally Inclusive Self-Love.

Stephen's most recent books are 'Self-Love for Women' (2024); 'Total Inclusivity at Work' (2022); 'Becoming a Totally Inclusive School' (2020); ''Creating a Totally Inclusive University' (2022); International Schooling: The Teacher's Guide' (2020) and 'Toxic Masculinity: curing the virus' (2021). His academic books include 'Men and Masculinities' (2002); and 'Gender and Identity' (2014).

From 2015 to 2023, Stephen was Director and management consultant for international schools in South East Asia, including Brunei, Hong Kong, Hanoi, Bangkok and Tokyo. He is co-founder and lead writer for Educational Digest International. Between 1997 and 2015, Stephen was Senior Lecturer in Education at Keele University, UK; Keele University's Asia Postgrad Programme Coordinator; and visiting Professor in Gender Studies at Shih Hsin University, Taipei. Stephen has been invited to lecture at leading global universities including Cambridge, Toronto, Oslo and Singapore.

Stephen now lives full time in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

As an acknowledged expert on contemporary genders and sexualities, Stephen has provided research information to leading global marketing companies including Flamingo and Crowd DNA, and the BBC.

Other interesting facets of Stephen M. Whitehead:

He is a keen contributor to Quora and has notched up over 6 million answer views to over 10,000 questions put to him since 2017.

He is a Buddhist and was previously ordained as a monk in northern Thailand

He is a (pro)feminist and draws on poststructuralist and postmodernist theories in his writings

He is teetotal and exercises most days (running, cycling, weights).

He has five children (3 boys, 2 girls).

He is in his fifth marriage (lasted so far for over 16 years and counting)

He was a British Amateur Athletics Regional Coach for middle distance running in the 1980s and coached international athletes in Yorkshire, including his brother, Peter, who went on to compete in the 1995 World Championships and 1996 Olympic Games.

From age 26 to 36 he was a pub and restaurant manager in Leeds, Yorkshire and worked for Tetley's Brewery

He was born in Southport, Lancashire, UK. He left school before his 15th birthday to work in his family's florist shop.

He failed his 11+ exam and left school with no qualifications

He was a drummer and guitarist in various Merseyside pop groups in the mid 1960s

He was a lecturer and manager at Thomas Danby FE College, Leeds from 1987 to 1996.

He got his MA in 1992, his PhD in 1996, both at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

He keeps koi, cichlids, turtles and terrapins in his large garden ponds at his home in Chiang Mai, Thailand.