Michael Kimmel

A leading sociologist of masculinity, he spent decades arguing that gender studies could not be only about women — founding the academic journal Men and Masculinities and, in 2013, Stony Brook University's Center for the Study of Men and Masculinities, where he served as executive director. He was a longtime spokesman for the National Organization for Men Against Sexism. In 2018 he was publicly accused of sexual harassment and retired from Stony Brook while a Title IX inquiry was pending; no charges were ultimately filed.