Christopher Hansen, PhD
Visiting Assistant Professor
Sociology
Pronouns: He/Him/His
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4126C
Address:
1007 West Harrison St.
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About
Christopher Hansen is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Illinois Chicago. He received his PhD from Loyola University Chicago, MA from the University of Chicago, and BA from the College of William and Mary.
Dr. Hansen is a survey methodologist with special expertise in sexual and gender minority (SGM) health and population research. His research focuses on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) measurement in the context of SGM and general population survey studies. Dr. Hansen’s recent work explores multidimensional measurement of gender, longitudinal SOGI data collection, and SOGI proxy reporting.
At UIC, Dr. Hansen teaches courses in the sociology of health and medicine; medical sociology; and sociology of the family. He has also taught courses in quantitative research methods and the sociology of sex, gender, and sexuality. Dr. Hansen’s published research appears in LGBT Health, Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology, and Prevention Science, among other outlets.
UIC Teaching
SOC 251: Sociology of Health and Medicine (Spring 2025, Fall 2024)
SOC 455: Health Inequalities (Spring 2025)
SOC 445: Sociology of the Family (Fall 2024)
Select Publications
Hansen, Christopher, Leah Christian, Erin Fordyce, and Bryn David. 2024. “Does Varying the Order of Sexual Orientation Response Categories Change Population Estimates? Findings from a Nationally Representative Study of U.S. Adults.” Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology, published ahead of print.
Hansen, Christopher, Melissa Heim Viox, Erin Fordyce, Sabrina Avripas, Michelle M. Johns, and Stuart Michaels. 2024. “The Longitudinal Measurement of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity: A Study of Identity Change in a Nationally Representative Sample of U.S. Adults and Adolescents.” LGBT Health, Vol. 11, No. 7. 522-530.
Christian, Leah, Hanyu Sun, Zoe Grotophorst, Christopher Hansen, and Martha McRoy. 2024. “When to Text? How the Timing of Text Message Contacts in Mixed-Mode Surveys Impacts Response.” Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology, Vol. 12, No. 3. 674-696.
Mallory, Christy, Ilan H. Meyer, Michelle M. Johns, Christopher Hansen, Sabrina Avripas, and Stuart Michaels. 2023. “Public Attitudes Toward the Use of Religious Beliefs to Discriminate Against LGBTQ People.” Williams Institute and NORC at the University of Chicago.
Johns, Michelle M., Allegra Gordon, Jack Andrzejewski, Christopher Harper, Stuart Michaels, Christopher Hansen, Erin Fordyce, and Richard Dunville. 2023. “Differences in Health Care Equity among Transgender Youth by Gender Identity and Race/Ethnicity.” Prevention Science, Vol. 24, No. 6. 1128-1141.
Stern, Michael J., Erin Fordyce, Christopher Hansen, Melissa Heim Viox, Stuart Michaels, Anna Schlissel, Sabrina Avripas, Christopher Harper, Michelle Johns, and Richard Dunville. 2020. “Social Media Recruitment for a Web Survey of Sexual and Gender Minority Youth: An Evaluation of Methods Used and Resulting Sample Diversity.” LGBT Health, Vol. 7, No. 8. 448-456.