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Gregory M. Herek

Psychology

#1625

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#1949

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#911

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Social Psychology

#198

World Rank

#209

Historical Rank

#105

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Gregory M. Herek's Degrees

PhD Social Psychology University of California, Davis
Bachelors Psychology University of California, Berkeley

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According to Wikipedia, Gregory M. Herek is a researcher, author, and professor of psychology at the University of California at Davis . He has conducted extensive research on prejudice against sexual minorities, and coined the term sexual prejudice as a replacement for homophobia to describe this phenomenon. Herek argued that using the term homophobia incorrectly assumes that negative responses to lesbian, gay, and bisexual people are founded in pathological, irrational fear , whereas psychological research indicates they are more accurately regarded as a form of prejudice. Herek is an openly and prominent gay psychologist. Herek is considered one of the most influential scholars of sexual minorities.

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Gregory M. Herek's Published Works

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Heterosexuals' attitudes toward lesbians and gay men: Correlates and gender differences (1988) (1312)
The Psychology of Sexual Prejudice (2000) (1043)
"Some of My Best Friends" Intergroup Contact, Concealable Stigma, and Heterosexuals' Attitudes Toward Gay Men and Lesbians (1996) (901)
Internalized Stigma Among Sexual Minority Adults: Insights From a Social Psychological Perspective (2009) (878)
HIV-related stigma and knowledge in the United States: prevalence and trends, 1991-1999. (2002) (874)
Psychological sequelae of hate-crime victimization among lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults. (1999) (862)
Beyond “Homophobia”: Thinking about sexual prejudice and stigma in the twenty-first century (2004) (836)
Hate Crimes and Stigma-Related Experiences Among Sexual Minority Adults in the United States (2009) (770)
Confronting Sexual Stigma and Prejudice: Theory and Practice (2007) (747)
AIDS and Stigma (1999) (691)
An epidemic of stigma. Public reactions to AIDS. (1988) (652)
Gender Gaps in Public Opinion about Lesbians and Gay Men (2002) (647)
Heterosexuals' attitudes toward bisexual men and women in the United States (2002) (646)
Stigma and sexual orientation: Understanding prejudice against lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals. (1999) (604)
Interpersonal contact and heterosexuals’ attitudes toward gay men: Results from a national survey (1993) (589)
Beyond "homophobia": a social psychological perspective on attitudes toward lesbians and gay men. (1984) (589)
Sexual orientation and mental health. (2007) (564)
Assessing heterosexuals' attitudes toward lesbians and gay men: A review of empirical research with the ATLG scale. (1994) (542)
SexualPrejudice and Gender: Do Heterosexuals' Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay Men Differ? (2000) (473)
The Context of Anti-Gay Violence (1990) (464)
AIDS Stigma and Sexual Prejudice (1999) (446)
Black heterosexuals’ attitudes toward lesbians and gay men in the United States (1995) (444)
Correlates of internalized homophobia in a community sample of lesbians and gay men. (1998) (443)
On Heterosexual Masculinity (1986) (443)
Attitudes toward lesbians and gay men: a factor-analytic study. (1984) (439)
Hate crimes : confronting violence against lesbians and gay men (1993) (436)
Heterosexuals’ Attitudes Toward Transgender People: Findings from a National Probability Sample of U.S. Adults (2013) (432)
HIV-related stigma: adapting a theoretical framework for use in India. (2008) (429)
Sexual stigma and sexual prejudice in the United States: a conceptual framework. (2009) (402)
Violence and Victimization of Lesbians and Gay Men (1990) (372)
Victim Experiences in Hate Crimes Based on Sexual Orientation (2002) (344)
Public reactions to AIDS in the United States: a second decade of stigma. (1993) (340)
Hate Crime Victimization Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults (1997) (333)
Can functions be measured? A new perspective on the functional approach to attitudes. (1987) (326)
Lesbian and Gay Psychology: Theory, Research, and Clinical Applications (1994) (318)
Legal recognition of same-sex relationships in the United States: a social science perspective. (2006) (318)
Religious Orientation and Prejudice (1987) (315)
Hate crimes against lesbians and gay men. Issues for research and policy. (1989) (313)
Stigma, prejudice, and violence against lesbians and gay men. (1991) (311)
Thinking about AIDS and Stigma: A Psychologist's Perspective (2002) (298)
Stigma, social risk, and health policy: public attitudes toward HIV surveillance policies and the social construction of illness. (2003) (292)
Sexual prejudice. (2013) (288)
The Instrumentality of Attitudes: Toward a Neofunctional Theory. (1986) (269)
Demographic, Psychological, and Social Characteristics of Self-Identified Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults in a US Probability Sample (2010) (249)
Sex differences in how heterosexuals think about lesbians and gay men: Evidence from survey context effects (1999) (230)
Sexual Stigma: Putting Sexual Minority Health Issues in Context (2007) (185)
Workshop report: AIDS and stigma: a conceptual framework and research agenda. (1998) (184)
Symbolic Prejudice or Fear of Infection? A Functional Analysis of AIDS-Related Stigma Among Heterosexual Adults (1998) (182)
Avoiding heterosexist bias in psychological research. (1991) (175)
AIDS Stigma and Contact With Persons With AIDS: Effects of Direct and Vicarious Contact.1 (1997) (173)
The social context of hate crimes: Notes on cultural heterosexism. (1992) (171)
Decision Making during International Crises (1987) (170)
Documenting prejudice against lesbians and gay men on campus: the Yale Sexual Orientation Survey. (1993) (169)
Attitudes toward homosexuality among U.S. residents of Mexican descent (2006) (165)
Psychological heterosexism in the United States. (1995) (165)
Identity and Community Among Gay and Bisexual Men in the AIDS Era: Preliminary Findings From The Sacramento Men’s Health Study (2001) (155)
Why tell if you're not asked? Self-disclosure, intergroup contact, and heterosexuals' attitudes toward lesbians and gay men. (1996) (147)
HIV-related stigma. (2014) (142)
Sexual Orientation Differences as Deficits: Science and Stigma in the History of American Psychology (2010) (140)
Stigma and Psychological Distress in People With HIV/AIDS (2013) (135)
Illness, Stigma, and AIDS (2001) (128)
Beyond Homophobia: Thinking About Sexual Stigma and Prejudice in the Twenty-First Century (2008) (112)
Conspiracies, contagion, and compassion: trust and public reactions to AIDS. (1994) (112)
AIDS-Related Stigma and Attitudes toward Injecting Drug users among Black and White Americans (1999) (104)
When Sex Equals AIDS: Symbolic Stigma and Heterosexual Adults' Inaccurate Beliefs about Sexual Transmission of AIDS (2005) (100)
AIDS‐related attitudes in the United States: A preliminary conceptualization (1991) (98)
Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay Men Scale (2012) (89)
Culturally Sensitive AIDS Educational Videos for African American Audiences: Effects of Source, Message, Receiver, and Context (1998) (80)
Documenting the Victimization of Lesbians and Gay Men (1990) (77)
Anti‐Equality Marriage Amendments and Sexual Stigma (2011) (76)
Primary and Secondary Victimization in Anti-Gay Hate Crimes (1990) (75)
AIDS, identity, and community : the HIV epidemic and lesbians and gay men (1995) (69)
Beyond "homophobia": Thinking more clearly about stigma, prejudice, and sexual orientation. (2015) (63)
Out in force : sexual orientation and the military (1997) (61)
Internalized stigma among sexual minority adults: Insights from a social psychological perspective. (2015) (59)
Psychological heterosexism and anti-gay violence: The social psychology of bigotry and bashing. (1992) (55)
Heterosexism and homophobia. (1996) (55)
The social psychology of homophobia: Toward a practical theory. (1986) (52)
A Nuanced View of Stigma for Understanding and Addressing Sexual and Gender Minority Health Disparities. (2016) (52)
Sexual orientation and military service: A social science perspective. (1993) (49)
Quality of U.S. Decision Making during the Cuban Missile Crisis (1989) (39)
Bad science in the service of stigma: A critique of the Cameron group's survey studies. (1998) (38)
Sexual Orientation and Violent Victimization: Hate Crimes and Intimate Partner Violence among Gay and Bisexual Males in the United States (2007) (36)
The Social Construction of Attitudes: Functional Consensus and Divergence in the US Public's Reactions To AIDS (1999) (25)
Peer Commentaries on Spitzer (2003) (2003) (21)
Gay people and government security clearances. A social science perspective. (1990) (21)
Heterosexism, hate crimes, and the law. (1994) (19)
A struggle for dominance: Relational communication patterns in television drama (1983) (17)
Developing a Theoretical Framework and Rationale for a Research Proposal (2010) (17)
Out in Force: Sexual Orientation and the Military (1998) (16)
Male Sympathy with the Situation of Women: Does Personal Experience Make a Difference? (1986) (14)
Heterosexuals’ Attitudes Toward Transgender People: Findings from a National Probability Sample of U.S. Adults (2012) (13)
Documenting hate crimes in the United States: Some considerations on data sources. (2017) (12)
Anti-Gay Violence and Mental Health (1990) (12)
Violence Against Lesbians and Gay Men (1990) (11)
Evaluating the Methodology of Social Science Research on Sexual Orientation and Parenting : A Tale of Three Studies (2015) (6)
How to End "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" A Roadmap of Political, Legal, Regulatory, and Organizational Steps to Equal Treatment (2009) (5)
Science, public policy, and legal recognition of same-sex relationships. (2007) (4)
On Prejudice toward Gay People and Gays as Security Risks (1993) (3)
Original Research: AIDS Educational Videos for Gay and Bisexual Men: A Content Analysis (2001) (3)
The Social Context of an Epidemic. (1987) (2)
Values, research questions, and the news media. (1984) (1)
Intimate relationships and parenthood in same-sex couples:: An introduction (2011) (1)
Revised Internalized Homophobia Scale (2012) (1)
Setting the Record “Straight”: Communicating Findings from Social Science Research on Sexual Orientation to the Courts (2018) (1)
Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay Men Scale--Revised (2018) (0)
Sexual Minorities, Violence Against (2022) (0)
HIV Stigma Coping Strategies Measure (2014) (0)
Hate Crime as Terrorism: The Orlando Shootings’ Impact on the LGBT Community (2016) (0)
Internalized Stigma Scale (2014) (0)
Vicarious Stigma Scale (2014) (0)
Foreword (1999) (0)
Traditional Gender Attitudes Scale (2017) (0)
Hooker, Evelyn (1907–1996) (2015) (0)
Pr e-P ub lic ati on D raf t Stigma , Prejudice , and Violence Against Lesbians and Gay Men (2001) (0)
Preference for Mexican and U.S. Customs and Celebrations Scale (2017) (0)
Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest. (2021) (0)
AIDS, Stigma and Gender: Health Consequences in Urban India (2008) (0)
Homosexuality Components of Homosexuality (0)
RESEARCH: Gay Men & Men Who Have Sex with Men & Women - General RESEARCH: International - Asia - HIV+ Persons (2009) (0)
Preferences for Mexican vs. U.S. Cultural Contexts Scale (2017) (0)
Pr ep ub lic ati on D raf t 1 Confronting Sexual Stigma and Prejudice : Theory and Practice (0)
Felt Normative Stigma Scale (2014) (0)
Stopping the AIDS Epidemic. (1991) (0)
1 HOMOSEXUALITY (0)
2012-2013 Grand Rounds Speakers (2019) (0)
The Persistent Linkage Between AIDS and Male Homosexuality (2001) (0)
Correlations of Internalized Homophobia ( IHP ) Scores for Gay Men and Lesbians Gay Men Lesbians (0)
RUNNING HEAD : BLACK HETEROSEXUALS ’ ATTITUDES Black Heterosexuals ’ Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay Men in the United States (2004) (0)
Psychology (Yesterday and) Today : Evelyn Hooker (2011) (0)
Personal Identification with Latinos as a Group Scale (2017) (0)
Self-Stigma Scale (2014) (0)
Values, research questions, and the news media. (1984) (0)

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