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Debunking Hormonal Myths: Testosterone, Estrogen, and Masculinity
Unveiling Whiteness: Reexamining Masculinity Through a Racial-Spatial Framework
Cultural Codes and Cigarette Use: Understanding Smoking in Latino Sexual Minority Men
Championing Men’s Health: An Interview with Dr. Thomas McMahon
Exploring Masculinity and Emotional Health: Insights from ModernMen’s Groups
Loren Frankle Student Research Award
This award honors a graduate student, post-doc, or new psychologist who has recently completed and defended a dissertation pertaining to boys, adolescent males, men or masculinities.
Researcher of the Year Award
This award honors outstanding published research concerning men and masculinity.
Student of the Year Award
Honors an undergraduate of graduate student who has demonstrated outstanding academic performance, counseling practice, or research pertaining to boys, adolescent males, men, or masculinities.
Distinguished Professional Service Award
Honors outstanding service at the local, state or national level that reflects a significant contribution to the Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinities or promotes positive policy changes that enhance the well-being of men.
Outstanding Advocate for Boys Award
This award recognizes exceptional contributions that enhance the well-being of boys or adolescent males.
Practitioner of the Year Award
This award recognizes a mental health professional who has provided outstanding clinical service related to men, boys, and masculinities.
2023 Presidential Initiatives: Growing Down as we Grow up
Spotlight on Leadership: A Conversation with Award Winning Researcher Dr. Sonia Molloy
Challenging Gender Norms: A Conversation with Award-Winning Psychologist Dr. Joseph Vandello
Beyond Toughness: The Realities of Sensitivity in Masculine Socialization
Gendered Racism
Meet Division 51 Member: Dr. Fred Rabinowitz
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.
New Research Summary: Understanding In-law Relationships in Black Families
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.
Meet Division 51 Member: Dr. William Elder
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.
Meet Division 51 Member: Karley Richard
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.