Publications

 

Books   (click on titles for further information)
  1. Critical Thinking: Tools for Evaluating Research, University of California Press, 2017
  2. Doing Survey Research: A Guide to Quantitative Research Methods, Fourth Edition, Routledge, 2018; [Routledge, Third Edition, 2014; Allyn & Bacon, Second Edition, 2006; First Edition, 2003]
  3. Interpreting Data: A Guide to Understanding Research, Allyn & Bacon, 2006
  4. Gay Masculinities, Editor, Sage Publications, 2000
  5. Gay Men’s Friendships: Invincible Communities, University of Chicago Press, 1999  [Ch. 8: “The Politics of Friendship and Gay Social Movements, Communities, and Neighborhoods” reprinted in The Masculinities Reader, Edited by Stephen Whitehead & Frank Barrett, Polity/Blackwell Press, 2001; and reprinted & translated into Italian in Alterazioni, edited by Cirus Rinaldi, Milan: Mimesis publishers, 2012]
  6. Social Perspectives in Lesbian & Gay Studies: A Reader, Co-Editor (with Beth Schneider), Routledge, 1998
  7. In Changing Times: Gay Men & Lesbians Encounter HIV/AIDS, Co-Editor (with John Gagnon & Martin Levine), University of Chicago Press, 1997
  8. Growing Up Before Stonewall: Lifestories of Some Gay Men, Co-edited (with David Sanders and Judd Marmor), Routledge, 1994
  9. Men’s Friendships, Editor, Sage Publications, 1992
Articles
  1. Skeptical Thinking columns, Pacific Standard online magazine, 2010-2012 or as a PDF 
  2. “Magic, skepticism, and belief: An empirical study of what magicians believe about the paranormal.” Skeptic Magazine, 15(3), 2010, pp. 58-64. PDF
  3.  “‘Fruits,’ ‘Fags,’ and ‘Dykes’: The Portrayal of Gay/Lesbian Identity in ‘Nance’ Jokes of the ’50s and ’60s,” co-author with Nancy Stoller, Journal of Homosexuality, 55:3, 2008, pp. 388-410. PDF
  4. “Friendship, Sex, and Masculinity” in Michael Kimmel (Ed.), The Sexual Self, Vanderbilt University Press, 2007
  5. “Sociology at Play, Or Truth in the Pleasant Disguise of Illusion” (2006 Presidential Address to the Pacific Sociological Association), Sociological Perspectives 49:3, pp. 285-295, 2006. PDF
  6. “The Reality of Illusion: The Magic Castle in Hollywood.” Contexts 5:1, 2006 PDF
  7. “Friendships” in Men and Masculinities: A Social, Cultural, and Historical Encyclopedia, ABC-Clio Press, 2004
  8. “The Mainstreaming of Lesbian and Gay Studies?” in Steven Seidman and Diane Richardson (eds.), Handbook of Lesbian and Gay Studies, London: Sage, pp. 45-54, 2002
  9. “Gay TV Channel Can Target Ignored Issues,” op-ed article, Newsday, January 21, 2002 PDF
  10. “Resisting Heterosexism & Homophobia: The Gay & Lesbian Movement for Equal Rights in California.” In Charles Hohm & James Glynn (eds.), California‘s Social Problems, Second Edition, Newbury Park, CA: Pine Forge Press. 2002 (updated from 1997 version, Longman Press)  PDF
  11. “Gays and Lesbians in the Media” in Encyclopedia of Communication and Information, Macmillan, 2001
  12. “Friendship” and “Media” in The Encyclopedia of Homosexuality, Volume II: Gay Histories and Cultures, Second Edition, George Haggerty (ed.), NY: Garland Publishing, 2000
  13. “Reclaiming the Importance of Laud Humphreys’ Tearoom Trade: Impersonal Sex in Public Places.” In William Leap (Ed.), Public Sex/Gay Space, NY: Columbia University Press, 1999 PDF
  14. “John Gagnon & William Simon’s Sexual Conduct: The Social Sources of Human Sexuality. A 25th Anniversary Retrospective by the Authors.” Introduction to a Special Features section of Sexualities, 2:1, 1999, pp. 113-114. 
  15. “The Globalization of the Gay & Lesbian Socio-Political Movement: Some Observations about Europe with a Focus on Italy,” Sociological Perspectives 41:3, 1998, pp. 567-586 PDF
  16. “Interview with Igor Kon” [Russian social scientist], Sexualities, 1:2, 1998, pp. 229-238 PDF
  17. “Court: Boy Scouts not for all Boys,” op-ed article, Riverside Press-Enterprise, Monday, March 27, 1998 PDF
  18. “Homophobia in the Courtroom: An Assessment of Biases Against Gay Men and Lesbians in a Multiethnic Sample of Potential Jurors.” Co-author with Drury Sherrod, in Gregory Herek (ed.), Stigma & Sexual Orientation: Understanding Prejudice Against Lesbians, Gay Men, and Bisexuals, Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1998, pp. 24-38 PDF
  19. “Friends, Lovers, and Families: The Impact of AIDS on Gay and Lesbian Relationships.” In M. Levine, P. Nardi, & J. Gagnon, In Changing Times: The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Gay Men and Lesbians, University of Chicago Press, 1997, pp. 55-82 PDF
  20. “Changing Gay & Lesbian Images in the Media.” In James Sears & Walter Williams (eds.), Overcoming Heterosexism & Homophobia: Strategies That Work , NY: Columbia University Press, 1997, pp. 427-442. [Reprinted in The Social Construction of Difference & Inequality: Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality, edited by Tracy E. Ore, McGraw Hill, 2000 & 2002 editions] 
  21. “Saying ‘I Do’ To Broadening the Debate,” op-ed article on same-sex marriages, Los Angeles Times, Monday, February 5, 1996 PDF 
  22. “‘The Breastplate of Righteousness’: Twenty-Five Years After Laud Humphreys’ Tearoom Trade: Impersonal Sex in Public Places,” Journal of Homosexuality, 30:2, 1995, pp. 3-12 PDF
  23. “There Are Victories to Be Savored,” op-ed article on 25th Anniversary of Stonewall, Los Angeles Times, Sunday, June 12, 1994 PDF
  24. “Friendship in the Lives of Gay Men and Lesbians,” Journal of Social and Personal Relationships,11:2 (May), 1994, pp. 185-199 (with Drury Sherrod) PDF
  25. “Gays Should Lean on Justice, Not Science,” op-ed article on genetic studies and civil rights, Los Angeles Times, Friday, August 6, 1993 PDF
  26. “That’s What Friends are For: Friends as Family in the Gay & Lesbian Community,” in Ken Plummer (ed.), Modern Homosexualities: Fragments of Lesbian & Gay Experience, 1992, London: Routledge PDF
  27. “Sex, Friendship, and Gender Roles” in P. Nardi (ed.), Men’s Friendships, 1992, Sage PDF
  28. “‘Seamless Souls:’ An Introduction to Men’s Friendship” in P. Nardi (ed.), Men’s Friendships, 1992, Sage [Reprinted in Writing Our Lives by Rhoda Maxwell, Longman 1999] PDF
  29. “The Politics of Gay Men’s Friendships,” in Michael Kimmel & Michael Messner (eds.), Men’s Lives, 2nd (1991) through 6th (2004) Editions, New York: Allyn & Bacon
  30. “Buchanan’s remarks hateful and harmful,” op-ed article on gay-bashing by politicians, Ontario/Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, April 16, 1991 PDF
  31. “Laud Humphreys: A Pioneer in the Practice of Social Science,” Sociological Inquiry, 61:2, 1991 (with G. Goodwin, Irving Louis Horowitz) PDF
  32. “Gay-Bashing: Violence and Aggression against Gay Men and Lesbians,” in Ronald Baenninger (ed.),Targets of Violence and Aggression, Amsterdam: Elsevier/North Holland, 1991 (co-author with Ralph Bolton). Reprinted in Social Perspectives in Lesbian & Gay Studies: A Reader, (eds. Peter Nardi & Beth Schneider), Routledge, 1998  PDF  
  33. “AIDS and Obituaries: The Perpetuation of Stigma in the Press,” in Douglas Feldman (ed), Culture and AIDS, New York: Praeger, 1990 PDF
  34. “China’s Long Hot Summer” – Tiananmen Square 1989, American Sociological Association Footnotes, January 1990, p. 9 PDF
  35. “Alcoholism,” in Encyclopedia of Homosexuality, NY: Garland Press, 1990
  36. “The Social Impact of AIDS,” California Sociologist, 11:1-2, 1988, pp. 3-10
  37. Special Issue, Editor — “Perspectives on the Social Effects of AIDS”, California Sociologist 11:2, 1988.
  38. “The Social World of Magicians: Gender and Conjuring,” Sex Roles, 19:11/12 (December) 1988, pp. 759-770. (Reprinted in M. Baca Zinn, M. Messner, & P. Hondagneau-Sotelo, Through the Prism of Difference , Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1997) PDF
  39. “Power and Control in Families of Alcoholics,” Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education 32:3, (Spring) 1987, pp. 14-18 PDF
  40. “Toward a Social Psychology of Entertainment Magic (Conjuring)” Symbolic Interaction, 7:1, (Spring) 1984, pp. 25-42 PDF
  41. “Are Two Enough? Are Three Too Many?,” article on drinking in the gay community, Christopher Street 7:6, Issue 78, December 1983
  42. “Alcohol Abuse and Family Structure.” In Family, Self and Society, (D. Gutknecht, et al., eds.), University Press of America, 1983 (reprinted in 2nd Edition, 1985) 
  43. “Alcoholism and Homosexuality: A Theoretical Perspective,” Journal of Homosexuality 7:4, (Summer) 1982, pp.9-25, (Reprinted in Gay and Sober, T. Ziebold and J. Mongeon, eds., Harrington Press, 1985). (Reprinted in Society, Culture, & Drinking Patterns Reexamined, D. Pittman & H. White (eds.), Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies, 1991)  PDF
  44. “Alcohol Treatment and the Non-Traditional Family Structures of Gays and Lesbians,” Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education 27:2, (Winter) 1982, pp. 83-89  PDF
  45. “The Children of Alcoholics: A Role Theoretical Perspective,” Journal of Social Psychology 115, (December) 1981, pp. 237-245 PDF
  46. “Education,” co-author of Chapter in DeFleur, D’Antonio DeFleur, Sociology: Human Society, Third edition, Chicago: Scott, Foresman, 1981
  47. “The Best Little Boy in the World (He Won’t Tell),” op-ed article on children of alcoholics, Los Angeles Times, Sunday, March 23, 1980 PDF
  48. “Moral Socialization: An Empirical Analysis of the Hogan Model,” Journal of Moral Education 9:1 (October), 1979, pp.10-16  PDF
  49. “The Relationship of Moral Maturity and Ethical Attitude,” Journal of Personality 47:2 (June), 1979, pp.365-377 (co-author with Richard Tsujimoto) PDF
  50. “A Comparison of Kohlberg’s and Hogan’s Theories of Moral Development,” Social Psychology 41:3 (September), 1978, pp. 235-245 (co-author with Richard Tsujimoto) PDF
  51. “The Dynamics of Role Acquisition,” American Journal of Sociology 80:4 (January), 1975, pp.870-885 (co-author with Russell Thornton) PDF
Book Reviews
  1. Los Angeles Review of Books, October 2012, An Anatomy of Magic: on Trade of the Tricks and Fooling Houdini : Magicians, Mentalists, Math Geeks & the Hidden Powers of the Mind
  2. Contemporary Sociology (34:4, 2005; 32:3, 2003; 23:2, 1994; 20:3, 1991;14:4, 1985; 6:6, 1977; 3:4, 1974)
  3. Journal of Homosexuality (50:4, 2006)
  4. Gender and Society (1994)
  5. Journal of the History of Sexuality (4:1, 1993)
  6. Teaching Sociology (17:1, 1989)
  7. American Journal of Sociology (85:2, 1979; 2000)
  8. American Educational Research Journal (15:4, 1978; 14:2, 1977)
  9. Sociological Analysis (32:4, 1971)

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