James W MesserschmidtJames W. Messerschmidt is Professor
of Sociology and Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Southern
Maine. His research has covered such diverse areas as gender and
crime/violence, genderqueers, intersectionality, and globalpolitical
masculinities. Messerschmidt is the author of a number of books, including Gender, Heterosexuality, and Youth Violence:
The Struggle for Recognition and, most recently, Masculinities in the Making: From the Local to the Global.

James W. Messerschmidt is Professor of Sociology and Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Southern Maine. His research has covered such diverse areas as gender and crime/violence, genderqueers, intersectionality, and global political masculinities. Messerschmidt is the author of a number of books, including Gender, Heterosexuality, and Youth Violence: The Struggle for Recognition and, most recently, Masculinities in the Making: From the Local to the Global. Read More Read Less