Jackson T. Katz (born May 7, 1960) is an American educator, filmmaker, and author. Katz's work centers on violence, media, Masculinity, and media literacy.
Early life and education
Katz is a former high school football player from Swampscott, Massachusetts.[ Katz holds a master's degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and a Ph.D. in cultural studies and education from UCLA, where he studied with Douglas Kellner.]
Work
From 1988 to 1998, Katz oversaw Real Men, a grass-roots organization against sexism in Boston.
Katz co-founded Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) in 1993 at Northeastern University's Center for the Study of Sport in Society.[[1] New Defense Department domestic violence task force conducts an extensive program review.] where he served from 2000-2003.[[2] Defense Task Force on Domestic Violence, Third year report 2003.]
Katz advocates for a bystander intervention approach to preventing violence and bullying, including school bullying.
Documentaries
Katz is the creator of educational videos for high school and college students produced and distributed through the Media Education Foundation:
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Tough Guise: Men, Violence and the Crisis in Masculinity (1999) (with Sut Jhally). The video was named one of the Top Ten Young Adult Videos for 2000 by the American Library Association.
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Wrestling with Manhood: Boys, Bullying & Battering (2002) (with Sut Jhally). The video analyzes the gender and sexual politics of professional wrestling.
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Spin the Bottle: Sex, Lies, and Alcohol (2004) (with Jean Kilbourne). The video examines media representations of gender and sexuality in beer commercials, Hollywood films and other media.
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Tough Guise 2: Violence, Manhood & American Culture. The video examines toxic masculinity and masculine violence.
He is also featured in such documentaries as Byron Hurt's Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes (2007), Thomas Keith's (2008), and Jennifer Siebel Newsom's Miss Representation (2011).
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