History of the Men's Studies Association

The Men's Studies Association (MSA) was founded in 1982.

This interdisciplinary division of the National Organization for Men Against Sexism (NOMAS) serves to link together a diverse group of scholars, students, teachers, practitioners, and others who study issues of men and masculinity. Our goal is to make significant contributions to the field of Men's Studies through a feminist-informed perspective.

The Men's Studies Association

The Men's Studies Association is an association of scholars with an interest in the interdisciplinary field of men's studies. Our membership includes some of the pioneers of this field (e.g., Robert Brannon, Michael Kimmel, Joseph Pleck) as well as many graduate students and early mid-career scholars. Our refereed scholarly journal was orginally titled "Masculinities" and was published first by us and later by Guilford Press.

Men's Studies Association Abstracts Online on Resource Page

Titles and abstracts of 13 of the Men's Studies Association annual meetings are online on the Task Group's Resource page.  The meeting notes represent 13 of the last 14 years, starting from the 8th annual meeting, in 1996, through the present day.

The 22nd Annual Men's Studies Association Meeting will be held on August 1, 2010, in Anaheim, CA, as part of the 35th National Conference on Men and Masculinity.  Please consider submitting a paper for review to present at the conference (see call for papers on the side bar).

22nd Men's Studies Association Schedule of Presentations

On August 1, 2010, the Men's Studies Association of the National Organization of Men Against Sexism (NOMAS) held its 22nd National Meeting in Anaheim, CA, in conjunction with the NCADV/NOMAS collaborative conference on Ending Violence:  Changin Faces of the Movement.  The scheduled offerings of scholarly papers in the field of men's studies were as follows:

• Domestic Violence Court Research.
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