319-273-2693 Professor of Sociology and Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology

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HARRY BROD

319-273-2693 Professor of Sociology and Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0513

Areas of Specialization:

Interdisciplinary and Multicultural Humanities and Philosophy

Gender Studies and Feminist Theory

Social and Political Theory

Modern European Thought

Applied Ethics

History of Philosophy

Areas of Competence:

Philosophy of Social Science

Modern Jewish Thought and Culture

Critical Thinking

Courses Taught:

Introduction to Philosophy Philosophy of Religion

History of Western Philosophy Theories of Liberation

History of Political Philosophy Studies in Philosophy

Modern Political Theory Argument and Evidence

Ethical and Political Values Introduction to Logic

Biblical and Classical Cultures Men and Masculinities

Integrated Program in Humane StudiesPhilosophies of Life

Contemporary Moral and Social Issues Jewish Philosophy

HumanitiesFeminist Theory

Just Sex: The Ethics of IntimacyEthics for College Students

Money, Sex and Power: Theories of Race, Class and Gender

Employment:

1999 –University of Northern Iowa

Professor of Sociology and Humanities, 2013 –

Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology

Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, 1999 – 2013

Department of Philosophy and World Religions

(Associate Professor,1999 – 2002)

Director, University Honors Program,2001 – 2003

Director, Humanities Major,2000 – 2001, 2012 – 2013

Coordinator, Humanities Core,2000 – 2002

Spring 2005Saint John’s University, Minnesota

Scholar-in-Residence, Center for Men’s Leadership and Service

1998-99Temple University

Assistant Professor, Intellectual Heritage Program

Affiliated Professor, Women's Studies Program

University of Pennsylvania

Instructor, Women's Studies Program

1994-98University of Delaware
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy

1992-94Mount Saint Mary's College, Los Angeles
Lecturer, Philosophy Department

University of Southern California
Visiting Senior Lecturer, Program for the Study of Women and

Men in Society

Affiliated Scholar, Center for Feminist Research

University of California at Los Angeles
Lecturer, Council on Educational Development and

Honors Program

AntiochUniversity at Los Angeles
Adjunct Faculty, Liberal Studies

Los Angeles and PasadenaSchool Districts,
Instructor/Educator, Philosophy for Children

1988-1992Kenyon College

Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy

Director, Women's and Gender Studies Program

1987-1988 Harvard Law School

Fellow in Law and Philosophy

1982-1987 University of Southern California

Department of Philosophy, and

Program for the Study of Women and Men in Society

1984-1987 Assistant Professor

1983-1984 Senior Lecturer

1982-1983 Lecturer

1981-1982California State College, San Bernardino

Lecturer, Department of Philosophy

1978-1980Palomar College, San Marcos, California

Instructor, Department of Philosophy

1973-1978University of California, San Diego

Teaching Assistant, Department of Philosophy

and Interdisciplinary Humanities Program

Education:

1973-1981University of California, San Diego

Ph.D. in Philosophy – 1981

Dissertation: Hegel's Philosophy of Politics

Advisor: Robert B. Pippin

M.A. in Philosophy – 1975

1976-1977Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany

DAAD-FulbrightGrant for study at Hegel Archives

1968-1972New York University

B.A. in Humanities/Interdisciplinary Studies

Awards and Honors:

2015 Diversity Matters Award, University of Northern Iowa

Lifetime Achievement Award, University of Northern Iowa Center for Violence Prevention, presented at “Y Factor: Men Leading by Example” Summit, 2013.

2010 Regents Award for Faculty Excellence, Board of Regents, State of Iowa

2009 James F. Lubker Faculty Research Award, University of Northern Iowa

Leadership and Service Award, Saint John’s University Men’s Center (Minnesota), 2009

Harry Cannon Award for Exemplary and Sustained Contributions to the Field of

Men's Studies, Awarded by the AmericanCollege Personnel Association

Standing Committee for Men, 2001

Harvard Law School Liberal Arts Fellowship, 1987-1988

University of Southern California Faculty Research & Innovation Fund Grant, 1986-1987

University of California Dissertation Fellowship, 1977-1978

Fulbright-Hays – DAAD Full Grant, 1976-1977

New YorkState Regents Scholarship, 1968-1972

Certifications:

CaliforniaCommunity College Instructor Credential in Subject Matter Areas:

1) Philosophy and Religion, and

2) Humanities (Valid for Life)

Instructor and Teacher Trainer, Philosophy for Children, Institute for the Advancement

of Philosophy for Children, MontclairStateUniversity, 1994

Interviewer, Shoah Visual History Foundation, 1996

German Language Certificate, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 1976

Visiting Scholar Appointments (short-term – several days in duration):

University of Nebraska – LincolnNovember 2011

Queen’s University, CanadaMarch 2010

Simpson CollegeNovember 2008

Wabash CollegeMarch 2007

Indiana University of PennsylvaniaApril 2006

Publications:

Books:

The Making of Masculinities: The New Men's Studies,Editor, Allen & Unwin, 1987.
Fourth Printing, Routledge, 1992.

Re-issued in “Routledge Revivals” series, 2015.

A Mensch Among Men: Explorations in Jewish Masculinity, Editor, The Crossing Press, 1988.

Hegel's Philosophy of Politics: Idealism, Identity, and Modernity, Westview Press, 1992.

A Choice Outstanding Academic Book.

Theorizing Masculinities, Co-Editorwith Michael Kaufman, Sage Publications, 1994.

The Legacy of the Holocaust: Children and the Holocaust, Co-Editor with Zygmunt Mazur, Fritz H. Konig,Arnold Krammer and Wladyslaw Witalisz,

JagiellonianUniversity Press, 2002.

White Men Challenging Racism: 35 Personal Stories, Co-Author with Cooper Thompson and Emmett Schaefer, Duke University Press, 2003.

Cited as “Outstanding” (Essential Selection for Public and Secondary School Libraries) by American Association of University Presses, 2004.

Brother Keepers: New Perspectives on Jewish Masculinity, Co-Editor with Rabbi Shawn Israel Zevit, Men’s Studies Press, 2010.

Superman is Jewish?: How Comic Book SuperheroesCame to Serve Truth, Justice and the Jewish-American Way, Free Press (Simon & Schuster), 2012.

Audiobook read by Peter Berkrot, Tantor, 2012. Running time: 8 hrs, 30 min.

DVD:

Asking For It:The Ethics Erotics of Sexual Consent,A lecture with Dr. Harry Brod.

A Media Education Foundation Film. Directed & Edited by Sut Jhally.

Associate Producers: Scott Morris & Jason Young. Running time: 38 minutes. 2010.

Journal Editorships:

Men and Masculinities, Associate Editor, 2014 - .

Men's Studies Review (precursor to Men and Masculinities):

Founding Editor 1983-5.

Consulting Editor 1985-6.

Text and Performance Quarterly, Guest Editor with Karen S. Mitchell and Sonja Arsham Kuftinec,Special Issue: “Performing Citizenship”, 29:3, July 2009.

Counselling and Spirituality, Advisory Editor, Special Issue on “Men and Counselling”,

Vol.26, No.1, Spring 2007.

Universitas: The University of Northern Iowa Journal of Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity, Volume 2, Number 2, Fall 2006, Co-Editor with Phyllis Baker, “Forum” on“Masculinities”,

American Behavioral Scientist 31:5, October 1987, Co-Editor with Walter L. Williams, Special Issue on "New Gender Scholarship: Breaking Old Boundaries".

Changing Men: Issues in Gender, Sex, and Politics,Number 18, Summer/Fall 1987, Guest Editor,Special Issue on Jewishness and Masculinity.

Journal of the National Association for Women Deans, Administrators, and Counselors 49:4, Summer 1986,Guest Editor,Special Issue on Men's Studies.

Selected Articles:

"Pornography and the Alienation of Male Sexuality", Social Theory and Practice 14:3, Fall 1988, 265-284. Reprints: Sex, Self and Society: The Social Context of Sexuality, ed. Tracey L. Steele, Wadsworth, 2005, 341-351; Sexual Lives: A Reader on the Theories and Realities of Human Sexualities, eds. Robert Heasley and Betsy Crane, McGraw-Hill, 2003, 477-485; Feminist Jurisprudence: Taking Women Seriously: Cases and Materials, Second Edition, Mary Becker, Cynthia Grant Bowman and Morrison Torrey, West Group, 2001, 483-487; Third Edition, Becker et. al., 2007, 385-389 (excerpt); Gender Violence: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, eds. Laura O'Toole and Jessica R. Schiffman, New York University Press, 1997, 454-466; Second Edition, 2007, 395-408; Men's Lives, Third Edition, eds. Michael S. Kimmel and Michael A. Messner, Allyn and Bacon, 1995, 393-404; Moral Controversies: Race, Class, and Gender in Applied Ethics, ed. Steven Jay Gold, Wadsworth, 1993, 372-383; Rethinking Masculinity: Philosophical Explorations in Light of Feminism, eds. Larry May and Robert A. Strikwerda, Rowman & Littlefield, 1992, 149-165; Second Edition, 1996, 237-253; Philosophy of Sex: Contemporary Readings, Second Edition, ed. Alan Soble, Rowman & Littlefield, 1991, 281-299; Men, Masculinities and Social Theory, eds. Jeff Hearn and David Morgan, Unwin Hyman, 1990, 124-139; Pornography, eds. Robert Baird and Stuart Rosenbaum, Prometheus Books, 1991, 76-83; Revised Edition, 1998, 114-121 (excerpt). Japanesetranslation in U.S.-Japan Women's Journal 12, 1992, 43-58. Presented at American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Meetings, New York, December 1987.

“It’s Personal For Me”, A Visitor’s Introduction to the Iowa Holocaust Memorial,

“Men’s Studies: A Retrospective View”,Journal of Men’s Studies21:1, Winter 2013, 49-61.

“Republicans May be Crazy Like a Fox”, Huffington Post, March 27, 2013,

“Passport to Citizenship”, “A Couple of Sayings with Which I Disagree”, “Speaking Backwards”, “No Middle Range”, “A Jewish Thanksgiving in Avalon”, December 17 – 21, 2012 at“The Prosen People / Visiting Scribe”, Jewish Book Council, Concurrently crossposted at “Members of the Scribe”, My Jewish Learning: Arty Semite”,Jewish Daily Forward,

“Joe Kubert: The Anti-War War Artist”, Comic Book Creator #2, Summer 2013, 144-48. (Adapted from Superman Is Jewish?). Revised excerpt published as “Joe Kubert’s ‘War No More’ War Comics – Losing a Living Legend”, Huffington Post, August 17, 2012,

“Superman as Supermentsh: How the Ultimate Alien Became the Iconic American”, Jewish Currents 67:3, Spring 2013, 52-55. (Adapted from Superman Is Jewish?).

“Men for Women’s Choice”, co-author with Michael Kimmel and Michael Kaufman, Women’s Media Center, March 12, 2012,

“The Construction of the Construction of Masculinities”, Constructions of Masculinity in British Literature from the Middle Ages to the Present, ed. Stefan Horlacher, Palgrave-Macmillan, 2011, 19-32.

“Circumcision and the Erection of Patriarchy,” Men and Masculinities in Christianity and Judaism: A Critical Reader, ed. Björn Krondorfer, SCM-Canterbury Press, 2009, 355-363. Revised and expanded from“Circumcisional Circumstances: Circumspecting the Jewish Male Body”, Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices: Body, eds. Elliot N. Dorff and Louis E. Newman, Jewish Publication Society, 2008, 52-58.

“Euthyphro, Foucault and Baseball: Teaching the Euthyphro”, Teaching Philosophy 30:3, September 2007, 249-258.

“Democracy vs. Plutocracy”, North American Review 292:2, March-April 2007, 48. “Redux” in “Throwback Thursday”, North American Review, posted August 13, 2015:

“The Sorry Sons of The Godfather: Intertextuality, Orality and Diminished Masculinities in The Sopranos”, Universitas: The University of Northern Iowa Journal of Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity, 2006,

“The Passions of the Right: The Politics of Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ”, (Tikkun Magazine, March 2004). Repostings: (March 2004); Verbond van Liberaal-Religieuze Joden in Nederland (April 2004). Presented at American Men’s Studies Association Conference, Aurora University, April 2004; Jay Phillips Center for Jewish - Christian Learning, Saint John’s University, October 2004; American Academy of Religion Meeting, San Antonio, November 2004.

"Studying Masculinities as Superordinate Studies", Masculinity Studies and Feminist Theory, ed. Judith Kegan Gardiner, ColumbiaUniversity Press, 2002, 161-175.

"The German-Jewish Hyphen: Conjunct, Disjunct or Adjunct?", Conceptions of Postwar German Masculinity, ed. Roy Jerome, SUNY Press, 2001, 91-103. Reprint: Transversal 1, 2001, 18-25.

"Male Pride and Antisexism," Men and Masculinities 3:4, April 2001, 405-410.

"To Be A Man Or Not To Be A Man – That is the Feminist Question", Men Doing Feminism, ed. Thomas Digby, Routledge, 1997, 197-212.

"Jewish Education and Jewish Males: A Theoretical Reappraisal", Gender Issues in Jewish Day Schools, eds. Janna Kaplan and Shulamit Reinharz, Brandeis University Institute for Community and Religion, 1997, 141-149. Reprint at Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance,

"A Jewish Home Has an Open Door", Sh'ma: A Journal of Jewish Responsibility 27/535, May 1997, 3-4. Reprints(abbreviated):Making Connections: Community Hebrew Schools of Greater Philadelphia, March 1998, 5;Jewish Outreach Partnership

"The Case for Superordinate Studies", Transformations 8:2, Fall 1997, 55-65.

"Baby Killing Blurs Views", The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 1, 1996, E7.

"The Lasting Legacy of Temporary Survival", Second Thoughts: Critical Thinking from a Multicultural Perspective, ed. Wanda Teays, Mayfield, 1996, 336-340. Reprint (abbreviated): The Hidden Child VIII:1, Winter 1998/1999, 6-7.

"Who's Afraid of Lorena Bobbitt?", Second Thoughts: Critical Thinking from a Multicultural Perspective, ed. Wanda Teays, Mayfield, 1996, 76-77.

"Of Mice and Supermen: Images of Jewish Masculinity", Gender and Judaism, ed. Tamar M. Rudavsky, New YorkUniversity Press, 1995, 293-307. Reprints: Men's Lives, Fourth Edition, eds. Michael S. Kimmel and Michael A. Messner, Allyn & Bacon, 1998, 45-54; Redeeming Men: Religion and Masculinities, eds. Stephen B. Boyd, W. Merle Longwood, and Mark W. Muesse, Westminster John Knox Press, 1996, 145-156. Revised excerpt as "Did You Know Superman is Jewish?", Davka 1:2, 1996, 43,

"Masculinity as Masquerade", The Masculine Masquerade: Masculinity and Representation, eds. Andrew Perchuk and Helaine Posner, MIT Press, 1995, 13-19.

"The Politics of the Mythopoetic Men's Movement", The Politics of Manhood: Profeminist Men Respond to the Mythopoetic Men's Movement, ed. Michael S. Kimmel, TempleUniversity Press, 1995, 89-96.

"Some Thoughts on Some Histories of Some Masculinities", Theorizing Masculinities, eds. Harry Brod and Michael Kaufman, Sage Publications, 1994, 82-96.

"Advocative Pedagogy and Critical Thinking: When Neutrality Isn't Neutral", APA Newsletter on Teaching Philosophy 90:3, Fall 1991, 68-71.

"Integrating Feminist Ethics", APA Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy 90:2, Winter 1991, 112-114.

"Men's Changing Roles in the 1990s: Emerging Issues in the Psychiatric Treatment of Men", Hospital and Community Psychiatry 42:7, July 1991, 701-705 (co-authors Leah Dickstein, Terry Stein, Joseph Pleck, Michael Myers, Robert Lewis, Stephen Duncan).

"The Man Question in Academia", The Sociology of Sex and Gender: Syllabi and Teaching Materials, ed. Virginia Powell, American Sociological AssociationTeachingResourcesCenter, 1990, 237-239. Reprint: Changing Men 22, 1991, 37-38.

"A Weaning Ceremony" (co-author Maria Papacostaki), A Ceremonies Sampler: New Rites, Celebrations, and Observances of Jewish Women, ed. Elizabeth Levine, Women's Institute for Continuing Jewish Education, 1991, 39-41. Excerpt reprinted in Pray Tell: A Hadassah Guide to Jewish Prayer, Rabbi Jules Harlow, Jewish Lights, 2003, 223.

"Scholarly Studies of Men: The Field Is an Essential Complement to Women's Studies", Chronicle of Higher Education, March 21, 1990, B2-3. Reprints: Women's Studies in the Academy: Origins and Impact, ed. Robyn L. Rosen, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004, 533-535; Reconstructing Gender: A Multicultural Anthology, ed. Estelle Disch, Mayfield, 1997, 345-348; Second Edition, 2000, 355-358; Third Edition, 2003, 411-414; Against the Tide: Pro-Feminist Men in the United States 1776-1990, A Documentary History, eds. Michael S. Kimmel and Thomas E. Mosmiller, Beacon, 1992, 396-398.

"A Better Class of Men", Gender & Society 4:2, June 1990, 251-253.

"Towards a Male Jewish Feminism", A Mensch Among Men: Explorations in Jewish Masculinity, ed. Harry Brod, Crossing Press, 1988, 181-187. Reprint: Genesis 2 19:1, 1988, 24-30. Portuguese translation at

"Does Manning Men's Studies Emasculate Women's Studies?", Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy 2:2, Summer 1987, 153-156.

"The New Men's Studies: From Feminist Theory to Gender Scholarship", Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy 2:1, Winter 1987, 179-196.

"The Case for Men's Studies", The Making of Masculinities: The New Men's Studies, ed. Harry Brod, Allen & Unwin, 1987, 39-62. Reprints: Men and Masculinities: Critical Concepts in Sociology, ed. Stephen Whitehead, Routledge, 2006, Volume 1, 317-330; Gender Space Architecture: An interdisciplinary introduction, (excerpts), eds. Jane Rendell, Barbara Penner and Iain Borden, Routledge, 2000, 88-95.Revised as "New Perspectives on Masculinity: A Case for Men's Studies", Changing Men: New Directions in Research on Men and Masculinity, ed. Michael S. Kimmel, Sage, 1987, 263-277.

"The 'Spirit' of Hegelian Politics: Public Opinion and Legislative Debate from Hegel to Habermas", Hegel's Philosophy of Spirit, ed. Peter Stillman, SUNY Press, 1987, 124-144.

"Cross-Culture, Cross-Gender: Cultural Marginality and Gender Transcendence", American Behavioral Scientist 31:5, October 1987, 5-11.

"Unlearning Racism", Changing Men 17, Winter 1986, 13.

"Philosophy Teaching as Intellectual Affirmative Action", Teaching Philosophy 9:1, March 1986, 5-13.

"Fraternity, Equality, Liberty", Changing Men 16, Summer 1986, 2-4 & 45. Reprints: Feminist Philosophies, eds. Janet A. Kourany, James P. Sterba, and Rosemarie Tong, Second Edition, Prentice-Hall, 1999, 504-510; New Men, New Minds: Breaking Male Tradition, ed. Franklin Abbott, Crossing Press, 1987, 148-153; Men's Lives: Readings in the Sociology of Masculinity, eds. Michael S. Kimmel and Michael A. Messner, MacMillan, 1989, 598-605; Second Edition, 1992, 554-560.

“Why is this 'Men's Studies' Different From All Other 'Men's Studies'?", Journal of the National Association for Women Deans, Administrators, and Counselors 49:4, Summer 1986, 44-49. Presented at Modern Language Association, Chicago, December 1985.

"Fathering: New Styles and Old Problems", The Fathers' Book, eds. Carol Kort and Ronnie Friedland, G. K. Hall & Co., 1986, 120-124. Reprint in Father Love 1:3, Summer 1986, 7-9.

"Feminism For Men: Beyond Liberalism", Brother: The Newsletter of the National Organization for Changing Men, 3:3, June 1985, 2 & 5. Dutch translation in Mannenstudies 2:3, Fall 1986, 6-7.

"Eros Thanatized: Pornography and Male Sexuality", Humanities in Society 7:1&2, Winter-Spring 1984, 47-63. Reprint in Men Confront Pornography, ed. Michael S. Kimmel, Crown, 1990, 190-206.

"Comment" on Richard Dien Winfield's "The Theory and Practice of the History of Freedom", History and System: Hegel's Philosophy of History, ed. Robert L. Perkins, SUNY Press, 1984, 145-148.

"Work Clothes and Leisure Suits: The Class Basis and Bias of the Men's Movement", Changing Men 11, Winter 1983, 10-12 & 38-40. Reprints: Men's Lives: Readings in the Sociology of Masculinity, eds. Michael S. Kimmel and Michael A. Messner, MacMillan, 1989, 276-287; Achilles Heel 9, April 1990, 18-24; Men 3 (abbreviated), 1985, 70-72.

"Logic and Politics: An Approach to Teaching Informal Reasoning", Teaching Philosophy 5:3, July 1982, 211-219.

Reference Work Contributions:

Consultant Editor, International Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities, eds. Michael Flood, Judith Kegan Gardiner, Bob Pease and Keith Pringle, Routledge, 2007. Author of entries on “Philosophy” (476-479),“Circumcision” (67-69), and “Comics” (76-77).

"Jewish Men", Men and Masculinities: A Social, Cultural and Historical Encyclopedia, eds. Michael Kimmel and Amy Aronson, ABC-CLIO, 2004, 441-443.

"Masculinity/Masculinities" and "Men's Studies", Women's Studies Encyclopedia, Revised and Expanded Edition, ed. Helen Tierney, Garland Publishers, 1999, 892-894 & 919-921.

"Masculinity" and "Men and Feminism", Reader's Guide to Women's Studies, ed. Eleanor B. Amico, Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1998, 389-390 & 399-400.

"Masculinity", Feminism and Psychoanalysis: A Critical Dictionary, ed. Elizabeth Wright, Basil Blackwell, 1992, 237-239.

"Masculinity and Sex Roles" syllabus and "Gender History of One's Family" assignment (co-authored with Lois Banner), The Sociology of Sex and Gender: Syllabi and Teaching Materials, ed. Barrie Thorne et. al., American Sociological AssociationTeachingResourcesCenter, Second Edition, 1985. "Men and Masculinities" syllabus in Third Edition, ed. Virginia Powell, 1990.

Reviews:

“The Superman Code”, Tikkunonline, July 2006). Reprint (excerpt) in Voices from the Prairie: Humanities Iowa Newsletter, Fall 2006, 3.

“Mainstream Ignores Kong’s Racial Issues”, Cedar Falls Times, January 14, 2006, A7.

“They’re Bi Shepherds, Not Gay Cowboys: The Misframing of Brokeback Mountain”, The Journal of Men’s Studies 14:2, Spring 2006, 252-253.

“Star Wars, Perhaps, Is Dark Lesson For Our Time”, Waterloo – Cedar Falls Courier, June 4, 2005, B2.