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'''Michael Scott Kimmel''' (born February 26, 1951 in [[New York City]])<ref>{{Cite book | title = Contemporary authors: new revision series | last = Peacock | first = Scot | volume = 99 | year = 2002 | page = 213 | publisher = [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]] | location = Detroit, Mich. | isbn = 978-0-7876-4608-0}}</ref> is an American [[Sociology|sociologist]], specializing in [[gender studies]]. He holds the position of Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the [[Stony Brook University]] in [[New York]] and is the founder and editor of the academic journal ''[[Men and Masculinities]]''.<ref>{{cite book | last = Korgen | first = Kathleen Odell | coauthors = White, Jonathan M.; White, Shelley | title = Sociologists in Action: Sociology, Social Change, and Social Justice | year = 2011 | publisher = Pine Forge Press | location = Thousand Oaks, Calif. | page = 175 | isbn = 978-1-4129-8283-2}}</ref> Kimmel is a spokesperson of the [[National Organization for Men Against Sexism]] (NOMAS).<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.stonybrook.edu/sociol/?faculty/Kimmel/kimmel2 | title = Biography | publisher = Stony Brook University | accessdate = May 17, 2012}}</ref>

 

Kimmel earned a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] with distinction from [[Vassar College]] in 1972; an [[Master of Arts (postgraduate)|M.A.]] from [[Brown University]] in 1974; and [[Ph.D.]] from the [[University of California, Berkeley]] in 1981 with a [[dissertation]] titled: ''Absolutism and its Discontents: Fiscal Crisis and Political Opposition in Seventeenth Century France and England''.<ref name="c.vitae">[http://www.stonybrook.edu/sociol/faculty/Kimmel/KimmelCV.pdf "Curriculum Vitae"]. Stony Brook University. Retrieved May 17. 2012.</ref>

 

Before joining the Stony Brook University faculty in 1987, Kimmel worked as assistant professor of sociology at [[Rutgers University]] from 1982 to 1986 as well as visiting assistant professor at [[New York University]].<ref name="c.vitae"/> He returned to his alma mater, the University of California, Berkeley, where he was visiting professor from 1992 to 1994.<ref name="c.vitae"/> In the academic year 1992–1993, he was voted "Best Professor" on campus by the [[The Daily Californian]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://sociology.berkeley.edu/michael-scott-kimmel-1974 | title = Michael Scott Kimmel (1974) | publisher = University of California, Berkeley | accessdate = May 17, 2012}}</ref>

 

Kimmel is considered a leading figure in the academic subfield of [[men's studies]].<ref>{{cite book | editor-last = Bronner | editor-first = Simon J. | title = Manly Traditions: The Folk Roots of American Masculinities | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=XsM2Fb25DMQC&pg=PA38 | year = 2005 | publisher = [[Indiana University Press]] | location = Bloomington | pages = 38–39 | isbn = 978-0-253-34613-1}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/books/review/Yang-t.html|author=Yang, Wesley |title=Nasty Boys | publisher=''[[The New York Times]]'' |date= September 7, 2008}}</ref> He has written numerous books on gender and masculinities including ''Men's Lives'' (2010, 8th edition), ''The Gendered Society'' (2011, 4th edition), ''Manhood: a Cultural History'' (2012, 3rd edition), and ''[[Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men]]'' (2008). He has co-edited ''The Handbook of Studies on Men and Masculinities'' (2005) and ''Men and Masculinities: a Social, Cultural and Historical Encyclopedia'' (2004) which was named "Best of Reference 2004" by the [[New York Public Library]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://legacy.www.nypl.org/branch/books/index2.cfm?ListID=181 | title = Best of Reference 2004: Superheroes of Reference | publisher = New York Public Library | accessdate = May 21, 2012}}</ref> Moreover, he is the editor of a series on genders and sexualities at [[New York University Press]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://nyupress.org/series.aspx?seriesId=31 | title = Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Genders and Sexualities | publisher = New York University Press | accessdate = May 17, 2012}}</ref> In 1992–1993, Kimmel founded the journal ''Masculinities'' which was associated with the [[American Men's Studies Association]]. The journal was a precursor to the journal ''Men and Masculinities'' which was picked up by [[SAGE Publications]] in 1998 and became one of the first academic journals focused on men, with Kimmel as its editor.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=157583&sectioncode=26 | title = House-husbands and techno-sperm | publisher = [[Times Higher Education]] | date = October 8, 1999 | accessdate = May 21, 2012}}</ref>

 

In an article about a "[[Fight Club (disambiguation)|fight club]]" in [[Menlo Park, California]], Kimmel remarked that there was a [[sadomasochistic]] thread running through them, and said they "are the male version of the [[Self-harm|girls who cut themselves]]. [...] All day long these guys think they're the captains of the universe, technical wizards. They're brilliant but empty. [...] They want to feel differently. They want to get hit, they want to feel something real." <ref name="Robertson">{{cite web|url=http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13037439/?GT1=8199|title=The first rule of Silicon Valley fight club is...|last=Robertson|first=Jordon|work=[[MSNBC]]|publisher=May 26, 2006|accessdate=21 December 2010|<!-- archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5v9ihalWT|archivedate=December 21, 2010-->}}</ref>

 

==Selected publications==