Men and Masculinities - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1620369311 ISBN 13: 9781620369319

Publisher: Routledge, 2019

Synopsis

There continues to be much concern about the retention and persistent of men in college, particularly Black, Latinx, and Native American men. In addition, queer and trans* men also have found institutions to be problematic spaces. For those who do persist, we know that men are overrepresented in student conduct cases and engage in risky behaviors around alcohol, drug use, and sexual relationships. Additionally, we know that college men have historically avoided engaging in help-seeking behaviors for their academic and personal success. This book addresses the ways that theory can be put into practice for powerful, transformative learning to support college men and their development.

This book synthesizes the research of the past three decades on college men to inform college student educators on the developmental needs of college men and illuminates how young men are socialized prior to their arrival to campus, but perhaps more importantly, how the collegiate environment becomes a training ground for the socialization of masculinities by students, their peers, and their environments.

Beyond that, it sets out how practitioners can help young men understand why and how they have been socialized around their gender identity, but also what their gender identity and sense of masculinity means for their future selves. The book highlights programs and services designed to have college men engage with and dialogue around issues of hegemonic, toxic, or unhealthy aspects of masculinity. These promising practices can offer college men opportunities to understand their power, privilege, and identity in ways that can be affirming and healthier, leading to more life-giving chances. This is all the more important in the context of an ever-evolving society where traditionally held norms and expectations around gender--particularly masculinities--are shifting.

This book equips student affairs staff, faculty, and administrators to better support college men’s development. It offers readers insights, ideas, and models for adapting and developing programs, services, and initiatives that may meaningfully meet the needs of specific student populations, while recognizing that there is no “one-size-fits-all” approach to this work.

About this title

About the Author:

Tracy Davis

Daniel Tillapaugh, PhD, is assistant professor and chair in the Department of Counselor Education at California Lutheran University, where he primarily teaches in the Counseling and College Student Personnel Program. A graduate of the University of San Diego with a PhD in leadership studies, the University of Maryland with a MEd in counseling and personnel services, and Ithaca College with a MusB in music with an outside field of sociology, he worked as a student affairs administrator for 10 years before becoming a full-time faculty member. His research interests include intersectionality and student development in higher education, college men and masculinities, and college student leadership development and education. From 2012 to 2016, he served as the chair for the Coalition on Men and Masculinities, an entity group of ACPA–College Student Educators International, which focuses on the dissemination of research and practice on college men and mascu­linities. He has been recognized by ACPA as an Emerging Scholar Designee from 2016 to 2018 for his research on college student development.

Brian L. McGowan, PhD, is assistant professor in the Department of Teacher Education and Higher Education and an affiliated faculty of African American and African diaspora studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He earned a PhD in higher education administration from Indiana University, an MA in higher education and student affairs from the Ohio State University, and a BM in music education from Old Dominion University. His research seeks to illuminate the lived realities of underrepresented students in college using college student development theories and critical frameworks. More specifically, his research primarily focuses on Black men’s achievement, identity development, and interper­sonal relationships. He served as scholar in residence for ACPA–College Student Educators International’s Coalition on Men and Masculinities and is an invited scholar for Research, Integration, Strategies, and Evaluation for Boys and Men of Color, a national field advancement initiative. His research has been praised through awards and honors including the Tracy L. Davis Outstanding Emerging Research Award from ACPA’s Coalition on Men and Masculinities and University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s School of Education Distinguished Research Scholar Award.

Review:

"Tillapaugh and McGowan have compiled an essential resource for everyone who works with college men, from the newest faculty member or student affairs professional to the experienced veteran. Starting with a history of masculinities studies within college student development, they introduce new voices that challenge us to examine our assumptions with an intersectional lens. Perhaps most useful is their practical advice for creating campus coalitions and taking our work into the future." (Jan Deeds, Ph.D., Director University of Nebraska-Lincoln Women’s Center)

“Tillapaugh and McGowan have written a theoretically rich and practically useful text that is a must read for any student affairs staff facing the challenges of helping men during the college experience. With so much negativity about men in the media these days, Tillapaugh and McGowan bring hope that things can get better by presenting new theory, program designs, and specific programs to expand services for men on campus. This book is highly recommended to any professional wanting to start, improve, and expand their work with men.”

(Jim O'Neil, Professor, Educational Psychology University of Connecticut)

"The core principle and intent of Men and Masculinities is to equip student affairs staff, faculty, and administrators to better support college men's development by offering insights, ideas, and models for adapting and developing programs, services, and initiatives that may meaningfully meet the needs of specific student populations, while recognizing that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to this work.

A seminal work of meticulous scholarship especially and unreservedly recommended." (Midwest Book Review)

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1620369311
• ISBN 13: 9781620369319
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 252
• Editor: Tillapaugh Daniel, McGowan Brian L.