Savin-Williams is the author of seven books on adolescent development including: 鈥溾�nd then I became gay.鈥� Young Men鈥檚 Stories, 鈥淢om, Dad. I鈥檓 Gay.鈥� How Families Negotiate Coming Out, and The New Gay Teenager.
He is currently writing about the resiliency and mental health of sexual-minority youth and the sexual development of heterosexual youth. His research on differential developmental trajectories attempts to supplant our genetic, stage models of identity development with a perspective that explores the similarities of sexual-minority youth with all youth and the ways in which sexual-minority adolescents vary among themselves and from heterosexual youth.
Savin-Williams has served as an expert witness on same-sex marriage, gay adoption, and Boy Scout court cases. He has been a consultant for MTV, 20/20, the Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN and his work has been cited in Newsweek, Time, Utne Reader, Rolling Stone, New York Times, Washington Post, among other national publications.
Savin-Williams received the 2001 Award for Distinguished Scientific Contribution and the 2005 Outstanding Book Award from Division 44 of the American Psychological Association. He has also written junior high school curriculum materials for the Unitarian Universalist Association, Beyond Pink and Blue: Exploring Our Stereotypes of Sexuality and Gender.
He earned a master鈥檚 degree in religious studies and a doctorate in human development from the University of Chicago.
Savin-Williams visit is sponsored by the 溏心vlog免费B站 Department of Psychology as part of its 50th anniversary colloquium series.