James W. Messerschmidt, PhD
HE | HIM | HIS
- Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Sociology
Education
- B.S. Portland State University 1973
- M.S. San Diego State University 1976
- Ph.D. University of Stockholm 1979
James W. Messerschmidt is Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Sociology. He received his Ph.D. from the Criminology Institute in the Department of Sociology at the University of Stockholm, Sweden. He has published 16 books and over 85 refereed journal articles and book chapters. His research interests focus on: gender, masculinities, and sexualities; gender and crime; and global inequalities.
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Selected Publications
Books:
A Kaleidoscope of Identities: Reflexivity, Routine, and the Fluidity of Sex, Gender, and Sexuality (with Tristan Bridges). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2022.
Masculinities and Crime: A Quarter Century of Theory and Research, 25-Year Anniversary Edition. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2018.
Gender Reckonings: New Social Theory and Research. Edited by James W. Messerschmidt, Pat Martin, Michael Messner, and Raewyn Connell. New York: New York University Press, 2018.
Hegemonic Masculinity: Formulation, Reformulation, and Amplification. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2018.
Articles and Chapters:
“Masculinities and Crime.” In S. Browning, L. Butler, and C. Jonson Eds. Gender and Crime: Contemporary Theoretical Perspectives, pp. 52-77. NY: Routledge, (2024), (with Stephen Tomsen).
“Interrogating ‘Political Masculinities’.” European Journal of Politics and Gender, 7 (3): 345-360, (2024).
“Legitimation as Linchpin: On Raewyn Connell’s Changing Conceptualization of ‘Hegemonic Masculinity’.” International Review of Sociology, 34 (2) (2024): 211-239, (with Tristan Bridges).
“Donald Trump, Dominating Masculine Necropolitics, and COVID-19.” Men and Masculinities, 24 (1) (2020): 189-194.
“Becoming a Super-Masculine ‘Cool Guy’: Reflexivity, Dominant and Hegemonic Masculinities, and Sexual Violence.” Boyhood Studies, 13 (2) (2020): 20-35.
“And Now the Rest of the Story…: A Critical Reflection on Paechter (2018) and Hamilton et.al (2019).” Women’s Studies International Forum, 82 (September-October 2020): 1-10.
“Masculinities and Interpersonal Violence” (with Stephen Tomsen). Invited chapter for The Emerald Handbook of Feminism, Criminology and Social Change. Edited by S. Walklate, K. Fitz-Gibbon, J. Maher, and J. McCullouch, pp. 185-202. (Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing 2020).
“Hidden in Plain Sight: On the Omnipresence of Hegemonic Masculinities.” Masculinities: A Journal of Identity and Culture, 12, 2020: 14-29.
"The Salience of 'Hegemonic Masculinity'." Men and Masculinities, 22 (1) 2019:85-91.
Current Projects:
“Emphasized Femininities and Structured Action Theory”
Education
- B.S. Portland State University 1973
- M.S. San Diego State University 1976
- Ph.D. University of Stockholm 1979