Blogs & Podcast Appearances

Blogs

This collection explores men’s health, relationships, and societal change, blending personal stories, research, and global perspectives. It examines how cultural norms, gender expectations, and systemic barriers shape men’s experiences with reproductive health, family planning, and emotional well-being. You can find the blogs at the links below or at the Relational Ground Substack. 

  1. Shattuck D. The Perception Gap: What Men Get Wrong about Each Other and Health. 10/17/2025 (Substack)

  2. Shattuck D. Personal Fouls and Personal Growth: What if NFL players had to say, “I’m Sorry”? 10/8/2025 (Substack)

  3. Shattuck D. Finding Home in the Music of David Byrne and the Talking Heads. 10/2/2025 (Substack)

  4. Shattuck D. Peacemaker: A Superhero’s Struggle as a Mirror for Men Today. 9/25/2025 (Substack)

  5. Shattuck D. Being Conrad! The Role of Proximity in Relationship Development. 9/19/2025 (Substack)

  6. Shattuck D. Why Gestalt Psychology and the Relational Ground. 9/15/2025 (Substack)

  7. Shattuck D. The Great Lock-In – for Men’s Health. 9/6/2025 (Substack)

  8. Shattuck D. What’s Does the Recent Research Say about AI-Ships? 9/3/2025 (Substack)

  9. Shattuck D. A Relational Framework for State-Level Men's Health & Wellness Proposals. 8/14/2025 (Substack)

  10. Shattuck D. More than Supportive: Redefining Male Responsibility in Reproductive Health. 7/31/2025 (Substack)

  11. Shattuck D. Empowering Future Fathers: The Essential Guide to Men’s Preconception Health. 7/31/2025 (Substack)

  12. Shattuck D. Beyond the Algorithm: What Young Men are Really Searching For. 7/26/2025 (Substack)

  13. Shattuck D. “Ghosting” your Therapist: What Dropout Teaches Us about Men’s Relationship to Therapy. 7/20/2025 (Substack)

  14. Shattuck D. Measuring What Matters: Developing WHO’s Global Index of Social Connection. 7/14/2025 (Substack)

  15. Shattuck D. Defining Drive: How Public Figures Embody Masculinity in Their Definition of Purpose. 7/5/2025 (Substack)

  16. Shattuck D. Purpose or Peril? The Paradox of Restrictive Masculinity and Men's Mental Health. 7/3/2025 (Substack)

  17. Shattuck D. The Gathering Storm: How Loneliness, Disillusionment, and the "Armed and Ready" Mindset Converge for American Men. 7/1/2025 (Substack)

  18. Shattuck D. Beyond Breadwinning: Why Men are Finding Purpose in Caregiving. 6/29/2025. (Substack)

  19. Shattuck D. The High Cost of Being a Provider: How Economic Anxiety is Reshaping Manhood. 6/23/2025 (Substack)

  20. Shattuck D. Young Men, Masculinity, and the Future: What Gen Z is Telling Us. 6/25/2025. (Substack)

  21. Shattuck D. Activity: Building Emotional Intelligence in Boys. 6/1/2025. (LinkedIn)

  22. Shattuck D. Shared Stakes, Shared Solutions: Reimagining Responsibility in Male Contraception. 5/28/2025. (LinkedIn)

  23. Shattuck D. Beyond Bystanders: Engaging Men in the Future of Reproductive Health. 5/22/2025 (LinkedIn)

  24. Shattuck D. Reimagining Masculinity: How New Male Contraceptives Demand a New Conversation. 5/1/2025. (Substack)

  25. Shattuck D. Why So Many Men Are Missing from the Health System—And How We Get Them Back In. 4/21/2025. (Substack)

  26. Shattuck D. Why American Men Are Under-Prepared for Parenting – And What We Can Do About It. 4/13/2025. (Substack)

  27. Shattuck D. Adolescence 2.0. 3/31/2025. (Substack)

  28. Shattuck D. Contraception on the DNC docket. Yet, it’s missing from men’s medical appointments. 8/21/2024. (Medium)

  29. Child M, Shattuck D. Beyond Loneliness: Cultivating Friendships Among Boys and Men for Better Health. 7/30/2024 (Medium)

  30. Shattuck D. More than a t-shirt. 524/2024. (Medium)

  31. Shattuck D. Playing Games with Manhood. 4/24/2024. (Medium)

  32. Shattuck D. This World Vasectomy Day, Let’s Look to Vasectomies and Beyond. 11/17/2023. (Medium)

  33. Shattuck D. When men lose their Diamond Dogs it can have a dramatic impact on their health. 4/1/2023. (Medium)

  34. Shattuck D. Stock up on frozen peas: March Madness is also vasectomy season. 3/13/2023. (Medium)

  35. Shattuck D. A New Game Plan for the NFL? Promoting Men’s Health to its Massive Audience. 2/6/2023. (Medium)

  36. Shattuck D, Wasti S. “We learned about sex from Google”. 2/9/2018. (Medium)

  37. Spindler E, Shattuck D, Menstell L. Is a health system strengthening approach enough? Assessing USAID’s family planning contributions in Jordan. 12/2016. (Medium)

  38. Wasti S, Shattuck D. Do myths and misconceptions matter in Nepal? Side-Effects and their effect on Family Planning. 11/2016. (Georgetown IRH Website) 

  39. Spindler E, Shattuck D, Menstell L. What the Big Deal about Having Four Children? Behind Jordan’s Fertility Stall. 8/22/2016. (Medium)

  40. Spindler E, Shattuck D. Population, Plateaus, and Geopolitics: What’s up with the Fertility Stall in Jordan? 4/27/2016. (Medium)

  41. Perry B, Packard C, Shattuck D. Promoting Vasectomy Services in (Ethiopia, Burundi, Haiti, Kenya, Malawi, Philippines, Rwanda, Uganda). FHI 360. 6/2016. (FHI 360 website)

  42. Shattuck D. Hey Dads, how about that Birds and the Bees Talk? Good Men Project Website. 7/10/2016. (Medium)

  43. Callahan R, Shattuck D. It Takes Two: How Men Fit into Expanding the FP Method Mix. 7/5/2016. (Medium) 

  44. Stanback J, Shattuck D. Secondary Outcomes of Male Involvement in Family Planning Interventions. FHI 360. Online. Originally published on K4Health.org. 5/8/2015. (Medium)

  45. Shattuck D. Vasectomy Acceptance in Rwanda: The intersection of need knowledge and access. Online publication. 11/2013. (Medium)

  46. Shattuck D. For World Vasectomy Day: Lessons from Rwanda. Online Publication. 10/17/2013. (Medium)

  47. Shattuck D. Magic’s HIV Announcement (20 Years Ago Today). Online Publication. 11/28/2011. (Medium)

Podcast Appearances

  1. I am Dad Podcast. How Masculinity, Fatherhood, and Public Health Collide: A Conversation with Dr. Dominick Shattuck. 10/19/2025.

  2. Embracing Arlington Arts. S11, E20: Learn All About Men’s Friendships, Intimacy, and Passion for King James! 6/6/2025.

  3. The Vulnerable Man. Ep 109 - Dominick Shattuck Pt 2. 4/21/2025.

  4. The Vulnerable Man. Ep 109 - Dominick Shattuck Pt 1. 4/7/2025.

  5. The New Masculinity. Dominick Shattuck – Researcher, Husband, Father. 1/6/2025.

  6. Public Health on Call. Assessing the World’s Knowledge of COVID-19: A global Survey of Attitudes and Behaviors Toward the Virus, Vaccines and More. 1/28/2022.

  7. seX & whY: Issues Surrounding Men’s Health – Part 2. 9/8/2022.

  8. seX & whY: Issues Surrounding Men’s Health – Part 1. 7/28/2022.

Recent Webinars

  1. Presenter: Engaging Men, Advancing Health: Insights, Gaps, and the Path Forward. 6/4/2025 (YouTube)

  2. Moderator: Men, Masculinities, and Contraception | Male Contraceptive Initiative Listening Session #2. 5/19/2025. (YouTube)

  3. Participant: Men, Masculinities, and Contraception | Male Contraceptive Initiative Listening Session #1. 4/23/2025. (YouTube)

  4. Presenter: HAPI Seminar - Men & Reproductive Health with Dr. Dominick Shattuck, PhD. 3/12/2025. (YouTube)

  5. Moderator: Building Bridges: Promising Strategies to Improve the Health of Boys and Men Webinar. 7/11/2024. (YouTube)