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8595
World Ranking
3875
National Ranking
1843

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1997 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Gilbert Herdt is affiliated with San Francisco State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of psychology, with focused subfields in social psychology, history, and sociology and political science.

Their scholarly work concentrates on topics related to LGBTQ health, identity, and policy; historical studies on reproduction, gender, health, and societal changes; as well as African sexualities and LGBTQ+ issues.

Recent publications by Herdt include:

  • "Robert J. Stoller in the Clinic and the Village" (2020) published in Psychoanalysis and History
  • "Terry Sheldon Stein, MD (1945-2017)" (2020) published in Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health

Herdt's frequent co-author is Christopher Carmichael. They have contributed to multiple academic venues, with notable publications in:

  • Psychoanalysis and History
  • Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health

In recognition of their contributions to research, Herdt was named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1997.

Best Publications

  • Cultural psychology : essays on comparative human development

    James W. Stigler;Richard A. Schweder;Gilbert Herdt

  • The laws of sympathetic magic: A psychological analysis of similarity and contagion.

    Paul Rozin;Carol Nemeroff

  • Third sex, Third gender – Beyond Sexual Dimorphism in Culture and History

    Gilbert H. Herdt

  • Rethinking Puberty: The Development of Sexual Attraction

    Martha K. McClintock;Gilbert Herdt

  • Children of Horizons: How Gay and Lesbian Teens Are Leading a New Way Out of the Closet

    Gilbert H. Herdt;Andrew Boxer

  • Guardians of the Flutes: Idioms of Masculinity

    Gilbert H. Herdt

  • The magical age of 10.

    Gilbert Herdt;Martha McClintock

  • Sexual culture, HIV transmission, and AIDS research

    Richard G. Parker;Gilbert Herdt;Manuel Carballo

  • Ritualized homosexuality in Melanesia

    Gilbert H. Herdt

  • Double jeopardy: Identity transitions and parent-child relations among gay and lesbian youth.

    Andrew M. Boxer;Judith A. Cook;Gilbert Herdt

  • The Sambia : ritual and gender in New Guinea

    Gilbert H. Herdt

  • I Do, but I Can't: The Impact of Marriage Denial on the Mental Health and Sexual Citizenship of Lesbians and Gay Men in the United States

    Gilbert Herdt;Robert Kertzner

  • Rituals of Manhood : Male Initiation in Papua New Guinea

    Gilbert H. Herdt

  • Gay and lesbian youth, emergent identities, and cultural scenes at home and abroad.

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  • The Needs of Older Lesbians and Gay Men in Chicago

    Jeff A. Beeler;Todd W. Rawls;Gilbert Herdt;Bertram J. Cohler

  • The Time of AIDS : social analysis, theory, and method

    Gilbert H. Herdt;Shirley Lindenbaum

  • Gay Culture in America: Essays from the Field

    Gilbert H. Herdt

  • Children of Horizons : how gay and lesbian teens are leading a new way out of the closet : with a new epilogue

    Gilbert H. Herdt;Andrew Boxer

  • Third Sex, Third Gender: Beyond Sexual Dimorphism in Culture and History

    Cristina Rivera-Garza;Gilbert Herdt

  • Culture and sexual risk: anthropological perspectives on AIDS

    H. ten Brummelhuis;G. Herdt

  • Gay and lesbian aging : research and future directions

    Gilbert H. Herdt;Brian De Vries

  • Cultural psychology: Name index

    James W. Stigler;Richard A. Schweder;Gilbert Herdt

  • Rituals of Manhood: Male Initiation in Papua New Guinea

    Frank E. Manning;Gilbert Herdt

  • Cultural psychology: Cultural conceptions of psychoanalysis

    James W. Stigler;Richard A. Schweder;Gilbert Herdt

Frequent Co-Authors

James W. Stigler
James W. Stigler University of California, Los Angeles
Richard Parker
Richard Parker Columbia University
Stephen T. Russell
Stephen T. Russell The University of Texas at Austin
Rafael M. Diaz
Rafael M. Diaz San Francisco State University
Paul R. Abramson
Paul R. Abramson University of California, Los Angeles
Bertram J. Cohler
Bertram J. Cohler University of Chicago
Judith C. Barker
Judith C. Barker University of California, San Francisco

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