Phillip L Hammack
| Title | Associate Professor |
| Division | Social Sciences Division |
| Department | Psychology Department, College Ten |
| Phone | 831-459-1050 |
| FAX | 831-459-3519 |
| Web Site | http://ucsc.academia.edu/PhillipLHammack http://hammack.socialpsychology.org/ |
| Office | Social Sciences 2, Room 333 |
| Office Hours | Wednesdays, 2:00-3:30PM or by appointment (Spring 2013) |
| Campus Mail Stop | Psychology Faculty Services |
Research Interests
Professor Hammack’s research broadly investigates identity and politics, particularly the way in which social categorization places individuals in states of relative power and privilege in societies. In one line of inquiry, he considers the impact of sexual stigma and cultural heterosexism on the development of sexual minority youth in the United States. In another, he considers how narrative and identity contribute to the intractability of political conflict among Israelis and Palestinians. Central to both of these programs of research is a commitment to producing transformative knowledge that might work for equality and social justice.Professor Hammack is also interested in issues of history, theory, and paradigm in the discipline of psychology (especially social, cultural, and political psychology) and conducts historical research on the discipline, especially in relation to public policy.
Biography, Education and Training
PhD, University of ChicagoMA, Loyola University, Chicago
AB, Georgetown University
Honors, Awards and Grants
William T. Grant Foundation Scholar Award (2013-2018)Ed Cairns Early Career Award, American Psychological Association, Division 48 (2012)
Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow Award (2011-2012)
Louise Kidder Early Career Award, American Psychological Association, Division 9 (SPSSI) (2011)
National Science Foundation, Planning Visit Grant (2009-2010)
United States Institute of Peace, Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellowship (2006)
Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowship (2005)
Selected Publications
Hammack, P. L., Mayers, L., & Windell, E.P. (In press). Narrative, psychology, and the politics of sexual identity in the United States: From “sickness” to “species” to “subject.” Psychology & Sexuality.Hammack, P. L., & Pilecki, A. (2012). Narrative as a root metaphor for political psychology. Political Psychology, 33(1), 75-103.
Hammack, P. L., & Windell, E.P. (2011). Psychology and the politics of same-sex desire in the United States: An analysis of three cases. History of Psychology, 14(3), 220-248.
Hammack, P. L., & Cohler, B.J. (2011). Narrative, identity, and the politics of exclusion: Social change and the gay and lesbian life course. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 8, 162-182.
Hammack, P. L. (2011). Narrative and the politics of identity: The cultural psychology of Israeli and Palestinian youth. New York: Oxford University Press.
Hammack, P. L. (2010). Identity as burden or benefit? Youth, historical narrative, and the legacy of political conflict. Human Development, 53, 173-201.
Hammack, P.L., & Cohler, B.J. (Eds.) (2009). The story of sexual identity: Narrative perspectives on the gay and lesbian life course. New York: Oxford University Press.
Courses Taught
PSYC 140H: Sexual Identity & Society (Spring 2013)PSYC 183: History & Systems of Psychology (Fall 2013)
PSYC 159A: Sexual Identity Seminar (Winter 2014)
PSYC 40: Introduction to Social Psychology (Spring 2014)