USC College of Letters & Sciences

Michael Alan Messner Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies Contact Information E-mail: messner@usc.edu Phone: (213) 740-8848 Office: KAP 352 LINKS Curriculum Vitae

Education

B.A. Social Science, California State University, Chico, 1/1974

M.A. Sociology, California State University, Chico, 1/1976

Ph.D. Sociology, University of California, Berkeley, 1/1985

Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History

Professor, University of Southern California, 01/01/2002-

Associate Professor, University of Southern California, 01/01/1994-01/01/2002

Assistant Professor, University of Southern California, 01/01/1987-01/01/1994

Lecturer, California State University, Hayward, 01/01/1983-01/01/1987

Instructor, Chabot College, 01/01/1980-01/01/1983

Teaching Assistant, University of California, Berkeley, 01/01/1979-01/01/1982

Instructor, Sacramento City College, 09/01/1976-06/01/1978

Instructor, California State University, Chico, 01/01/1976-06/01/1976

Description of Research

Summary Statement of Research Interests

Professor Messner researches the social construction of gender, with a particular interest in sport. His most recent book is It's All For the Kids: Gender, Families and Youth Sports (2009). The book focuses on persistence and change in sex segregation among adult volunteer coaches in youth soccer and baseball/softball organizations, and the ways that this sex segregation fits into the construction of symbolic race and class community boundaries. Messner's current research focuses on (a) gender in sports media; (b) gender in advertising; (c) race, gender and youth culture in high school yearbooks.

Publications

Book

Messner, M. A. (2009). It’s All For the Kids: Gender, Families and Youth Sports. University of California Press.

Kimmel, M. S., Messner, M. A. (2009). Men's Lives, Eighth Edition. Boston, MA: Men's Lives, Sixth Edition/Allyn & Bacon.

Messner, M. A. (2007). Out of Play: Critical Essays on Gender & Sport. Albany, New York: Out of Play: Critical Essays on Gender & Sport/State University of New York Press.

Baca Zinn, M., Hondagneu-Sotelo, P., Messner, M. A. (2005). Gender Through the Prism of Difference, Third Edition. Gender Through the Prism of Difference, Third Edition./Oxford University Press.

Gatz, M. J., Messner, M. A. (2002). Paradoxes of youth and sport. Albany, New York: Paradoxes of youth and sport/State University of New York Press.

Messner, M. A. (2002). Taking the Field: Women, Men, and Sports. Minneapolis, MN: Taking the Field: Women, Men, and Sports/University of Minnesota Press.

Messner, M. A. (1997). Politics of Masculinities: Men in Movements. Politics of Masculinities: Men in Movements/Alta Mira Press.

Messner, M. A., Sabo, D. F. (1994). Sex, Violence, and Power in Sports: Rethinking Masculinity. Sex, Violence, and Power in Sports: Rethinking Masculinity/Crossing Press.

Messner, M. A. (1992). Power at Play: Sports and the Problem of Masculinity. Boston, MA: Power at Play: Sports and the Problem of Masculinity/Beacon Press.

Book Chapter

Messner, M. A. (2005). The Triad of Violence in Men’s Sports. pp. p. 23-46. Transforming A Rape Culture/Milkweed Editions.

Messner, M. A. (2005). Still A Man’s World?: Studying Masculinities and Sport. pp. p. 313-325. The Handbook of Studies on Men and Masculinities/Sage.

Grant Report

Messner, M. A., Carlisle Duncan, M., Willms, N. (2005). Gender in Televised Sports: News and Highlights Shows, 1989 through 2004. Gender in Televised Sports: News and Highlights Shows, 1989 through 2004/Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles.

Journal Article

Messner, M. A., Bozada-Deas, S. (2009). "Separating the men from the moms: The making of adult sex segregation in youth sports". Gender & Society. Vol. 23 (1)

Messner, M. A. (2007). "The Masculinity of the Governator: Muscle and Compassion in American Politics". Gender and Society. Vol. 21 (3)

Messner, M. A., Solomon, N. M. (2007). "Social Justice and Men’s Interests: The Case of Title IX". Journal of Sport and Social Issues. Vol. 31, pp. 162-178.

Messner, M. A., Carlisle Duncan, M., Willms, N. (2006). This Revolution is Not Being Televised. Contexts: Understanding People in Their Social Worlds/American Sociological Association. Vol. 5, pp. 34-38.

Messner, M. A., Montez de Oca, J. (2005). The Male Consumer as Loser: Beer and Liquor Ads in Mega Sports Media Events. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society/University of Chicago Press. pp. p. 1879-1909.

Messner, M. A. (2004). On Patriarchs and Losers: Rethinking Men’s Interests. Berkeley Journal of Sociology/University of California, Berkeley. pp. p. 76-88.

Messner, M. A., Moon, D., Ray, R., Thorne, B. (2004). The Reconstitution of Gender in Contemporary Society: A Roundtable Discussion. Berkeley Journal of Sociology/University of California, Berkeley. pp. p. 2126-143.

Honors and Awards

Recipient of National or International Prize in Discipline, North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, Career of Distinguished Service Award, 2007-

USC Raubenheimer Outstanding Senior Faculty Award, USC College Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research and Service, 12/2006-

Chair, Sex and Gender Section, American Sociological Association, 9/1/2008-9/1/2009

Recipient of National or International Prize in Discipline, Sociologists for Women in Society Distinguished Feminist Lecturer, 2006-2007

USC Associates Award For Excellence In Teaching, USC Associates Award For Excellence In Teaching, 2006

Distinguished Alumni Award, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, California State University, Chico, 2004

Recipient of National or International Prize in Discipline, North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Outstanding Book Award for Taking the Field: Women, Men, and Sports, 2004

USC or School/Dept Award for Teaching, USC College General Education Teaching Award, 2004

Big Splash Award, Program for the Study of Women and Men in Society, University of Southern California, 1996

Recipient of National or International Prize in Discipline, North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Outstanding Book Award for Power at Play: Sports and the Problem of Masculinity, 1993

Service to the Profession

Editorships and Editorial Boards

Series Co-editor, "Sport, Culture and Social Relations" book series, State University of New York Press, 2006-2007

Editorial Board Member, American Sociological Review, 2006-2007

Editorial Board Member, Men and Masculinities, 1993-2005

Book Series: Sport, Culture and Social Relations, State University of New York Press, 1989-2005

Editorial Board Member, Sociological Perspectives, 2000-2003

Editorial Board Member, Sex Roles, 1997-2002

Editorial Board Member, Gender & Society, 1992-1997

Editorial Board Member, Sociological Inquiry, 1993-1996

Contributing Editor, Changing Men: Issues in Gender, Sex, and Politics, 1983-1995

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 1994

Editorial Board Member, Sociology of Sport Journal, 1989-1994

Editorial Advisory Board Member, Berkeley Journal of Sociology, 1993

Editorial Board Member, Play & Culture, 1991-1992

Professional Offices

President, Pacific Sociological Association, 04/2009-04/2010

Chair, Sex and Gender Section, American Sociological Association, 2008-2009

Professional Memberships

American Sociological Association, 2004-2005

North American Society for Sociology of Sport, 2004-2005

Pacific Sociological Association, 2004-2005

Society for Study of Social Problems (elected member: committee on committees), 2004-2005

Sociologists for Women in Society, 2004-2005

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