Joseph Hammer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Director of Training
Dr. Hammer received his PhD from Iowa State University in 2015.
Dr. Hammer’s program of research seeks to improve health by increasing access to healthcare. To accomplish this goal, members of the HAMMER (“Help-seeking And Multicultural Measurement Evaluation Research”) Lab study help seeking (e.g., “What factors stop people from seeking professional mental healthcare when they need it?”) and culturally-sensitive measurement (e.g., “How can we measure psychological phenomenon accurately across different groups of people?").
Dr. Hammer is the Director of the counseling psychology PhD and MS programs. He teaches a variety of counseling psychology courses at UK. He is a Licensed Psychologist (with Health Service Provider designation) in Kentucky.
Research categories: Help Seeking