Mark McCormack is a Professor of Sociology and Editor-in-Chief of Sexuality & Culture. He has previously worked at Durham University, Brunel University and the University of Roehampton, where he held various research leadership roles including Director of the Centre for Equality, Justice and Social Change and Acting Director of the Graduate School. 

His research examines social trends related to gender, sexuality and forms of transgressive consumption. A core focus has been documenting how the decrease in homophobia in Britain and the United States influences the social dynamics and experiences of young people, including an expansion of socially acceptable gendered behaviours for male youth and improvement in life experiences of gay and bisexual young men. 

His work also explores sexual subcultures, transgressive consumption and the regulation of these marginalised activities. This work has taken the form of researching drag cultures, queer nightlife, consumption of pornography, minoritised sexual practices, and the interface of sexuality with illicit drug use. He has published widely on these activities, with two monographs (Oxford University Press, Springer Nature) and over 50 articles, including at journals such as British Journal of Sociology, British Journal of Criminology, Journal of Sex Research and Archives of Sexual Behavior. 

Mark has a longstanding collaboration with harm reduction organisation The Loop. The Loop provides drug safety testing, welfare and harm reduction services at nightclubs, festivals and other leisure events. It also provides staff training on drugs awareness, in-house welfare service delivery, the prevention of drug related harm at events, and the delivery of ethical 'front of house' drug safety testing services. Mark is on the Research Action Group of The Loop and supports all aspects of research activity, including data collection and analysis, ethics, staff training and publications. 

In addition to being Editor-in-Chief of Sexuality & Culture, Mark is Chair of the Editorial Board of Sociology, a Consulting Editor for Journal of Sex Research, and sits on the Editorial Board of Psychology & Sexuality. He is also a member of the ESRC Peer Review College. Mark is regularly invited to speak internationally, including at Northwestern University, University of California, Santa Cruz, SUNY - Stonybrook, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and at several universities across Europe. He also held a Visiting Professorship at Cornell University in 2014.