Michael A. Messner

Michael A. Messner was born in Salinas, California, and educated from kindergarten to Ph.D. in California's public schools. He lives in Santa Fe, NM with sociologist and author Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo. Messner worked as a professor of sociology and gender studies at the University of Southern California from 1987 to 2023. His recent books include Some Men: Feminist Allies and the Movement to End Violence Against Women, co-authored with Max Greenberg and Tal Peretz, published by Oxford University Press in 2015. The first of two books on military veterans who become activists for peace, Guys Like Me: Five Wars, Five Veterans for Peace, was published in 2019 by Rutgers University Press. The second, Unconventional Combat: Intersectional Action in the Veterans' Peace Movement, was published by Oxford University Press in 2021. His new book, The High School: Sports, Spirit, and Citizens, 1903-2024, will be published in March, 2025 by Rutgers University Press.