Phil Hammack PhD

Phillip L. Hammack, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Sexual and Gender Diversity Laboratory at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Dr. Hammack is an expert on gender and sexual identity diversity and diversity in intimate relationships. His current research focuses on the expansive new language of gender and sexual identity and new possibilities for intimacy in the twenty-first century, including the rise in visibility for polyamory, kink/fetish, and asexual intimacy. His research has appeared in numerous peer-reviewed scientific outlets, including The Journal of Sex Research, Archives of Sexual Behavior, Psychology & Sexuality, and Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. Dr. Hammack is editor of the Oxford University Press series in Sexuality, Identity & Society and The Oxford Handbook of Social Psychology and Social Justice (2018).