Michael Kimmel

Michael Kimmel is SUNY Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies Emeritus at Stony Brook University, New York, USA, where he founded the Center for the Study of Men and Masculinities. His research interests encompass gender studies, social movements, and historical sociology. He is the author of numerous books including Revolution: A Sociological Interpretation (1990), Manhood in America: A Cultural History (1996), Angry White Men: American Masculinity at the End of an Era (2013)...See more

Michael Kimmel is SUNY Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies Emeritus at Stony Brook University, New York, USA, where he founded the Center for the Study of Men and Masculinities. His research interests encompass gender studies, social movements, and historical sociology. He is the author of numerous books including Revolution: A Sociological Interpretation (1990), Manhood in America: A Cultural History (1996), Angry White Men: American Masculinity at the End of an Era (2013), Healing from Hate: How Young Men Get Into - and Out of - Violent Extremism (2017), The Gendered Society (Sixth Edition, 2016), and the best-seller Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men (2008). He is also the founder and former Editor of the scholarly journal Men and Masculinities. See less