He is also Editor of the Oxford University Press Series on Sexuality, Identity & Society and Associate Editor of Qualitative Psychology, the official journal of the Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology. Trained as an interdisciplinary social scientist at the University of Chicago, Hammack has conducted research with several communities experiencing social injustice.

Summary of Expertise
Sexual identity and society; sexual and gender identity diversity; social change and the life course of sexual and gender identity minorities; gay men’s health, identity development, and sexual cultures; sexual subcultures; masculinities; intimate diversity, including same-sex relationships, polyamory, kink/fetish/BDSM, and chosen families; narrative, identity, and culture; qualitative methods

Research Interests
Professor Hammack studies sexual and gender identity diversity in social, historical, and political context. His specific interests include how sexual and gender identity minorities of distinct generations develop their identities, make meaning of social change, and navigate heterosexism and normativity; gay men’s health, identity development, and sexual cultures in the twenty-first century; sexual subcultures; queer forms of masculinity; intimate diversity, including same-sex relationships, polyamory, kink/fetish relationships, and chosen families. His projects employ multiple methods, including narrative, ethnographic, and survey methods. Professor Hammack is also broadly interested in issues of social justice and paradigms for social justice research in psychology.