Teaching the Psychology of Men Web Resource Page

The purpose of this web page is to promote the teaching of the psychology of men. Teaching Men’s Studies has existed since the 1980’s, but the teaching the psychology of men is a more recent development. There is a lack of information on how to teach the psychology of men. Additionally, what content should be included in courses at both the graduate and undergraduate level has gone unspecified.

In this web page, information, support, and resources are found for anyone planning to teach a course in the psychology of men or revise a course in the psychology of women or gender studies. The overall goal of the Teaching the Psychology of Men Web page is to help faculty and  graduate students preparing psychology of men courses in the classroom and in the community. 

So, what is on the web page? There are 10 content areas including:

• Video presentations from the committee and others

• Links to special issue on “Teaching the Psychology of Men” in Psychology of Men and Masculinities (PMM)

• Results from the nationwide survey on teaching the psychology of men courses

• Examples of past syllabi used

• Information about the Preparation and Process Paradigms

• Information on the complexity of teaching the psychology of men

• Topics and past media used

• Important links to Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinities (SPSMM) & masculinity journals

• 70 page resource workbook on teaching the psychology of men

• Picture gallery of past workshops participants

Twenty years ago at the 2003 APA convention in Toronto, Jim O’Neil – (University of Connecticut) discussed the status of teaching of the psychology of men with Michael Addis (Clark University), Jim Mahalik (Boston College), and Chris Kilmartin (University of Mary Washington). Each of us agreed that the discipline needed to be developed and therefore we decided to take action to promote the teaching of the psychology of men. First, a four hour APA Continuing Education Workshop, “Teaching the Psychology of Men” (O’Neil, Addis, Kilmartin, Mahalik, 2004a) was implemented from 2004 to 2011 with over 160 psychologists receiving training on how to teach the psychology of men. A permanent committee on teaching the psychology of men was formed in the Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity (SPSMM) and the committee’s first activity was to summarize our initial ideas in the SPSMM Bulletin (Addis, 2004; Kilmartin, 2004; Mahalik 2004; O’Neil, 2004; O’Neil, Addis, Kilmartin, & Mahalik , 2004b). Next, the committee recognized that the future of teaching the psychology of men is with graduate students and therefore, the committee awarded 48 scholarships to graduate students to attend the Teaching the Psychology of Men Continuing Education Workshop (O’Neil et al., 2004a) from 2005-2011. In 2013, the committee published a special issue section in the journal, Psychology of Men and Masculinities on teaching the psychology of men.  There were five major papers and two reactors to the entire special issue. Finally, there is this update of the web page with new and more expansive information on teaching the psychology of men. 

• Introductory Video by Jim O'Neil

• Summary of Call to Action Publication on Teaching the Psychology of Men

• Course Summary of Educational Psychology (EPSY) 6304: Psychology of Men and Boys in Counseling & Education at UConn

• Course Summary: Chris Kilmartin , University of Mary Washington

• Chris Kilmartin's "Crimes Against Nature" Theatre Production

• Syllabi Being Used To Teach the Psychology of Men

• Pragmatics of Teaching: Paradigms for Teaching the Psych of Men

• Survey Results: Teaching the Psych of Men

• Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinities (official webpage)

  • • Division 51 Official Journal: Psychology of Men and Masculinities

• Special Issue Reference Page from the Journal of Psychology of Men and Masculinity

• References / Publications for Teaching the Psych of Men

• Early Manuscripts on Teaching the Psychology the Men

• Report from the APA Honolulu Convention

• • Report from the APA Honolulu Convention

  • Continuing Education Workshop (2004-2011)

  • APA Teaching the Psychology of Men Graduate Student Scholarships

  • Picture Gallery of Teachers of the Psychology of Men

• • Psychology of Men and Masculinities

  • Journal of Men's Health

  • American Men's Studies Association

  • Journal of Men’s Studies 

  • Journal of Boyhood Studies 

  • Men & Masculinities 

We hope this orientation to the web page will be useful to those of you who are planning to create courses in the psychology of men. There is still much more work to be done, both theoretically and empirically, in understanding how to teach the psychology of men. In many ways, we have only just begun! I invite you to join in this important effort as we continue to explore how to teach the psychology of men. Please let us know if I can assist you in any way!

      My email address is: Jimoneil1@aol.com

      Jim O’Neil
      Department of Educational Psychology
        Neag School of Education
        University of Connecticut