Jackson Katz
| Jackson T. Katz | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 7, 1960 |
| Alma mater |
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Harvard University (Ed.M.) University of California, Los Angeles (Ph.D.) |
| Spouse(s) | Shelley Eriksen |
| Website | http://www.jacksonkatz.com |
Jackson T. Katz (born May 7, 1960) is an American educator, filmmaker, and author. He is a creator of a gender violence prevention and education program entitled Mentors in Violence Prevention, which has been actively marketed to the U.S. military and various sporting organizations.
Katz's work centers on violence, media, and masculinities, with an added focus on media literacy. He has made several documentaries on the representation of women and men in media.
Katz is a former high school football player from Swampscott, Massachusetts. The first man to minor in women's studies at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 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. He has collaborated with Jean Kilbourne, Sut Jhally, and Byron Hurt.
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. MVP has been implemented by college athletic programs, professional teams (including the New England Patriots and Boston Red Sox), NASCAR, and the United States Marine Corps. The related MVP Strategies 1997, distributes gender violence prevention training materials to U.S. school districts, municipalities, human service programs, corporations, law enforcement agencies, and military services. Katz has personally lectured at many such organizations as well, and has appeared on "Good Morning America," "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and "ABC News 20/20." His consultative role ranges has ranged from the World Health Organization to The Liz Claiborne Company. In March 2000, Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen appointed him to the U.S. Secretary of Defense's Task Force on Domestic Violence in the Military, where he served from 2000-2003.
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