John D. DeLamater

Professor of Sociology
Editor, Editor, Journal of Sex Research
2432 Sewell Social Sciences
(608) 262-4357
Fax: (608) 262-8400
delamate@ssc.wisc.edu

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Office Hours: 9:55 M, 2:25 R (Fall'09)

Research Interest Statement
DeLamater brings a broad, biopsychosocial perspective to the study of sexuality through the life course. His recent work has focused on changes in sexual functioning associated with age. He has published papers on sexual desire and sexual behavior in persons aged 45 to 75+ and a paper on sexual satisfaction using data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (ages 62-67). He has been invited to review the literature on sexuality and aging for Current Psychiatry Reports. DeLamater was awarded the Alfred E. Kinsey Award for Distinguished Contributions to the field of sex research by the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality. He is the co-author of a primary text in social psychology, and another on sexuality.

Selected Publications:
Sexual behavior in later life. Journal of Aging and Health, 2007, 19, (No. 6). (With Sara Moorman.)

Sexuality and aging. In Encyclopedia of Health and Aging, Kyriakos Markides (Ed.), Sage Publications (in press) (With Sara Moorman).

The sociology of sexuality. In 21st Century Sociology: A Reference Handbook, Clifton Bryant and Dennis L. Peck (Eds.), Sage Publications, 2006. (With Michelle Hasday).

Sexual desire in later life. Journal of Sex Research, 2005, 41 (No. 2), in press. (With Morgan Sill)

Context counts: First sexual experiences and later sexual dysfunction. Journal of Sex Research, 2005, 41 (No. 2), in press. (With Nicole Else-Quest and Janet Hyde)

Conceptual and theoretical issues in studying sexuality in close relationships. In John Harvey, Amy Wenzel, and Susan Sprecher, (Eds.), The Handbook of Sexuality in Close Relationships, Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum, 2004, 7-30. (With Janet Hyde)

Sexuality. In International Encyclopedia of Marriage and the Family, 2e, Vol. III. New York, NY: MacMillan Publishing Company, 2002. (With Janet Hyde)

Human Sexual Development. Journal of Sex Research, 2002, 39 (No. 1), 10-14. (With William Friedrich).

Relationship Dissolution as a Life Stage Transition: Effects on Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors. Journal of Marriage and Family, 2002, 64: 898-914. (With Lisa Wade)

CDE Research Theme Working Groups
Fertility/Families and Households
Data and Methodology