His main research interests are in the area of family sociology, particularly fatherhood, parent-child relations, marital quality, and biosocial factors related to family relationships. His work on families appears in Social Forces, the Journal of Marriage and Family, the American Sociological Review, and the Journal of Family Issues. His current research examines the relationship between father involvement and the quality of men’s lives. Dr. Hawkins also has interests in the sociology of sport. He has a paper on the relationship between attitudes toward globalization and feelings about the sport of soccer in The Sociological Quarterly. Other projects in progress examine predictors of college basketball rankings and the nature of pro wrestling fandom.