1 Mar 2016, The Bystander Intervention Model by Dr Jackson Katz |
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Engendering a Culture of Prevention on Campuses: the Bystander Intervention Model by Dr Jackson Katz Dr. Jackson Katz is internationally renowned for his pioneering scholarship and activism on issues of gender and violence. He is the founder and president of MVP Strategies, which provides gender violence prevention and leadership training to institutions in the public and private sectors, and is an acclaimed public lecturer who speaks extensively in the U.S. and around the world on topics related to violence, media, and multiracial, multinational masculinities. Since 1990, he has lectured at over 2500 colleges, prep schools, high schools, middle schools, professional conferences and military installations in 49 states, eight Canadian provinces, and across Europe, Australia and other countries. His TED talk, "Violence against Women is a Men's Issue," has been viewed more than 2.5 million times and he is the author of an influential book entitled, The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help, and Leading Men: Presidential Campaigns and the Politics of Manhood. Katz has a BA in philosophy from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, a Masters from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and a Ph.D. in cultural studies and education from UCLA. |