Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinities

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Division 51 seeks to recognize and promote pathways for boys and men to live healthy and positive lives, as well as to identify and redress the effects of restrictive masculinities.

We do this through psychological science, education, advocacy, and clinical practice. In doing so, we aim to promote equality for people of all genders.

Journal - Psychology of Men and Masculinities

Division 51 Journal

A subscription to our journal “Psychology of Men & Masculinities” is included with your membership to Division 51.

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2023 Presidential Initiatives: Growing Down as we Grow up
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2023 Presidential Initiatives: Growing Down as we Grow up
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New Research Summary: Understanding In-law Relationships in Black Families
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New Research Summary: Understanding In-law Relationships in Black Families
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Despite the emerging research on in-law relationships and its impact on building healthy families, the majority of studies focus on women. Therefore, the evidence on male in-law relationships is scant. Even less is known about how Black families experience male in-law relationships.

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Men & Masculinities 101: Masculinities and Intersectionality
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Men & Masculinities 101: Masculinities and Intersectionality
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The eighth installment in our monthly series: Men and Masculinity

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Men & Masculinities 101: An Overview of Socially-Based Theories of Gender
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Men & Masculinities 101: An Overview of Socially-Based Theories of Gender
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The Sixth installment in our monthly series: Men and Masculinities 101

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2022 Presidential Initiative: Finding our Values & Facing the Public
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2022 Presidential Initiative: Finding our Values & Facing the Public
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Ryon C. McDermott, Ph.D. - I am excited to officially unveil my 2022 presidential initiative, which has two main goals: (1) identifying and codifying our professional values as a division and (2) making our science more accessible to the public.

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2021 Presidential Initiative: Creating Connection and Community through Courageous Conversations.
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2021 Presidential Initiative: Creating Connection and Community through Courageous Conversations.
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2021 Presidential Initiative: Creating Connection and Community through Courageous Conversations.

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2020 Presidential Initiative: Holding Space for Boys & Men of Color: Reimagining Masculinities, Transforming Systems, Advancing Health Equity. ​
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2020 Presidential Initiative: Holding Space for Boys & Men of Color: Reimagining Masculinities, Transforming Systems, Advancing Health Equity. ​
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Holding Space for Boys & Men of Color: Reimagining Masculinities, Transforming Systems, Advancing Health Equity.

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To Reconstruct or Deconstruct? A Fundamental Question for the Psychology of Men and Masculinities
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To Reconstruct or Deconstruct? A Fundamental Question for the Psychology of Men and Masculinities
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We recently sat down with Dr. Ethan Hoffman from Stanford University and Dr. Michael Addis from Clark University to discuss their new research exploring the theoretical bases, practical implications, and future directions of these contrasting approaches, published in our flagship journal, Psychology of Men & Masculinities.

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Meet Division 51 Member: Saed Hill, Ph.D.
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Meet Division 51 Member: Saed Hill, Ph.D.
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I joined the Division in 2019 when I was finishing my Counseling Ph.D. program. I had just moved to Chicago the year before and took a job at Northwestern University doing violence prevention and health masculinity work in their violence prevention department. APA was in Chicago in 2019 and I attended a program on Compassion and Positive Masculinity featuring Dr. Daniel Ellenberg.

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Meet Division 51 Member: Dr. Fred Rabinowitz
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Meet Division 51 Member: Dr. Fred Rabinowitz
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I co-led one the first therapeutic men's groups at the University of Missouri with Sam Cochran when we were graduate students in 1983. With very little written at the time about men's issues, Sam and I began our exploration of the ideas that men and boys needed a different kind of therapeutic approach because of their socialization and how it had impacted how they perceived themselves and their interactions with others.

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Meet Division 51 Member: Dr. William Elder
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Meet Division 51 Member: Dr. William Elder
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I joined Division 51 in 2004, as a senior in college. I was a Gender Studies and Psych double major and fascinated by the psychology of men and masculinities. I didn't realize there was an APA division devoted to the study, and there were no faculty at my university with that particular interest.

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Meet Division 51 Member: Karley Richard
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Meet Division 51 Member: Karley Richard
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I joined Division 51 before my senior year in undergrad at PSU (2018). I started on Dr. Sonia Molloy’s research team and would help code transcripts from her fathering research. I would talk with her about my clinical and research interests which intersected with the mission of Division 51.

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