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Mark Sherman is an emeritus professor of psychology at SUNY, New Paltz. After receiving his BA from the University of Pennsylvania and his PhD from Harvard (where one of his teachers was B.F. Skinner), he went on to a distinguished teaching career at the State University of New York at New Paltz. He was twice nominated for the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. He took early retirement from teaching in 1995 to allow more time for his research and writing.

Sherman has taught, thought, researched and written about gender issues for more than 35 years.

With communications professor Adelaide Haas, Sherman did a major research project on men’s and women’s conversational styles in single-sex groups. The result was “Man to Man, Woman to Woman,” published in Psychology Today in 1984, and cited in Time magazine shortly after publication. This brief article — which discusses sources of problems in male-female communication — anticipated by six years the work of Deborah Tannen. It has been reprinted in at least two major texts for English composition classes. Sherman and Haas also published scholarly papers based on their research.

In the early 1990s, Sherman became aware that boys and young men were falling behind girls and young women in school, and since that time, he has read, talked, and written about this issue extensively, including in newspaper oped pieces. Since 2010, he has had a blog on the Psychology Today website, where he has often written on the problems facing young males. His posts on these issues get many views a day.

He has also written for the Good Men Project and is regular contributor to their discussions.

Sherman is also a member of the Coalition for establishment of a White House Council on Boys and Men; and he recently became a member of the Advisory Board to the group (which is headed by Warren Farrell, author of The Boy Crisis).

Among his many interests have been songwriting, singing, and humor. He has written regular humor column for his local paper for nearly 35 years, has produced two CDs of his songs, and has been doing a podcast, “The Kvetching Professor” for a year-and-a-half.

Most important, says Mark Sherman, is that he has been happily married for nearly 50 years, is the father of three grown sons and the grandfather of five young grandsons.

Recently, Mr. Sherman was live on our talking about Boys And Men Need Our Attention.

During our conversation, Mr. Sherman talked about:

– The younger Mark Sherman days growing up with a difficult childhood in Brooklyn, New York
– The effect his relationship with his father has had on him
– The reason he decided to pursue psycology and male-female communication
– Why Mark want to discuss this topic
– His reasons why he feels that boys are falling behind and why
– Comparing boy life when he was growing up to boy life today

You can find out more about Mr. Sherman via:

Website
Twitter
The Kvetching Professor Podcast – TuneIn Radio
The Kvetching Professor Podcast – Libsyn

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Aisha K. Staggers had her first major publication, an album review, in The New Haven Register while just a sophomore in high school. Another series of reviews published in The Hartford Courant followed. By the time she reached college, Aisha was writing for the literary magazine and interning at a local radio station, ABC-affiliate as a writer in the news department and in the A&R department of an independent record company.

As a graduate student at Fisk University, Aisha asked Dr. Raymond Winbush to chair her thesis because 1) he was one of the most renowned voices in black culture and academia, and 2) he was a Prince fan. His scholarship and guidance led Aisha to an early career as a professor of social sciences and later an administrator in higher education.

Aisha has also served as a director of education and policy research centers and on the staff of legislative commissions. She previously served on the Executive Board of the CT Young Democrats’ Women’s Caucus, an avid campaigner and has remained active in politics and public policy.

Jill Jones is our special guest for this conversation. Ms. Jones is activist, feminist, former collaborator with Paisley Park.

During the November 22, 2019 edition of Staggers State Of Things, the ladies talked about:

– The Impeachment inquiry

You can find more about Ms. Staggers via:

Twitter
Authory
HuffPost
Atlanta Black Star
YouTube – I Wish U Heaven – Prince Tribute Playlist
Email

You can find out more about Ms. Jones via:

Twitter
Facebook
Instagram
Soundcloud

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Aisha K. Staggers had her first major publication, an album review, in The New Haven Register while just a sophomore in high school. Another series of reviews published in The Hartford Courant followed. By the time she reached college, Aisha was writing for the literary magazine and interning at a local radio station, ABC-affiliate as a writer in the news department and in the A&R department of an independent record company.

As a graduate student at Fisk University, Aisha asked Dr. Raymond Winbush to chair her thesis because 1) he was one of the most renowned voices in black culture and academia, and 2) he was a Prince fan. His scholarship and guidance led Aisha to an early career as a professor of social sciences and later an administrator in higher education.

Aisha has also served as a director of education and policy research centers and on the staff of legislative commissions. She previously served on the Executive Board of the CT Young Democrats’ Women’s Caucus, an avid campaigner and has remained active in politics and public policy.

Jill Jones is our special guest for this conversation. Ms. Jones is activist, feminist, former collaborator with Paisley Park.

During the November 15, 2019 edition of Staggers State Of Things, the ladies will be talked about are:

– The Impeachment inquiry
– 45 associate Roger Stone convicted found guilty of lying to Congress
– Saugus High School shooting
– Duvall Patrick entering the Democratic primary

You can find more about Ms. Staggers via:

Twitter
Authory
HuffPost
Atlanta Black Star
YouTube – I Wish U Heaven – Prince Tribute Playlist
Email

You can find out more about Ms. Jones via:

Twitter
Facebook
Instagram
Soundcloud

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Michael J. Durkin is an author, speaker and dedicated maniac committed to the strengthening of Men, Women, Families and the Planet.

Self-Labeled as a “Contemporaneous Intuitive” Michael specializes in working with Live audiences and “downloads” answers, theology, wisdom and weaves his own personal experience into his teachings on Marriage, Business Success, Parenting, Fitness and overall Masculinity on request! He is passionate about keeping families together, making marriages joyful, giving children a place to grow and learn – and he is fan of putting the hot, seductive, alluring SEX back into Marriages where it belongs!

He is the author of 8 business books and has spoken in front of audiences as little as 6 people and as large as 26,000 people! He is the creator of the Men of Honor program which he hosts Monday through Friday at 6:30am Eastern from his studio in the back woods of CT. To date he has recorded over 190 half-hour messages on sex, honor, commitment, eating right, masculinity, getting a ripped and shredded body, romancing your wife and how to keep your mouth shut so that your marriage survives and possibly even thrives! The overall goal of the Men of Honor audios is to “help a Man be a better Man than he was yesterday!”

Michael Durkin has survived and re-built his life in the face of losing a daughter at birth, the collapse of a 20 year marriage, raising his oldest Son as an “only” Father for 14 years and having his youngest Son withheld from him for 7 years! His wisdom comes from a deep belief that God has a plan for his life and that his challenges have toughened him and developed him into a Man who can lead, counsel and teach other Men by revealing his experience, strength and hope.

Recently, MJ came on the show to talk about Why Marriage ‘Kills’ Sex!

During the conversation, MJ talked about:

– Some of his background including being adopted when he was born
– When did men’s work become part of his journey and how a men’s group helped him after being divorced by his wife after twenty years of marriage
– How do men think about sex and how do women think about sex
– Every man liking to be seduced
– The questions in every woman’s soul “Am I beautiful? Am I valuable? Do you see me? Am I a valuable person?”
– The man being responsible to be the proactive initiator of romance
– Marriage is a high stakes game there is a lot to loss if you do it wrong
– Most men are not being taught about romance
– Marriage taking the chase out of sex
– Love is a feeling, love is not a feeling for many men
– Men need to know themselves first before they get married
– Some of the challenges with marriage that men come to him with
– The 97% rule for men in marriage
– Men need to be generous with their words when they are speaking with women
– “When you build an awesome family, you build an awesome community, when you build an awesome community you build an awesome country, when you build an awesome country, if you build an awesome you can actually heal the world.”
– Some tactics for men that are married for improving their marriage
– His wish for men

You can find out more about MJ via:
Conversations With Men

You can find out more information about Men And Masculinity via:

Website
Facebook
YouTube

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 Dr. Amy Ellis is a licensed clinical psychologist and the Assistant Director of the Trauma Resolution and Integration Program (TRIP) at Nova Southeastern University. TRIP is a university-based community mental health center that applies a contextual approach to treating and understanding survivors of prolonged childhood sexual and physical abuse. Dr. Ellis has also developed specific clinical programming focusing on trauma-informed affirmative care for sexual and gender minorities as well as gender-based services focusing on male-identifying individuals at TRIP. Dr. Ellis is involved in a variety of leadership activities within the American Psychological Association (APA), including service as a Consulting Editor for three peer-reviewed journals and she is also the Editor for APA’s Division 29 (Psychotherapy) website. Currently, she serves as the co-principal investigator on a large comparative effectiveness trial funded by the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute.

Recently, Dr. Ellis was on our show talking about Sexual And Gender Minorities And Sexual Abuse.

During our conversation. Dr. Ellis talked about:

– Some of her background and some push back that she received in pursuing her PhD
– How she chose psychology as part of her journey and why she did not go to her PhD graduation
– Why she chose to focus on gender and gender minorities and sexual abuse
– Her passion to help the underserved
– Some of the misunderstanding when it comes to sexual and gender minorities and sexual abuse and why many people know so little about it
– Dr. Amy getting pushback and the some of the challenges she faces in doing her work
– Some of the challenges that sexual and gender minorities who experienced or have experiencing deal with and are facing
– Workplace and family life challenges that these individuals face
– What are some of the members of this community saying to Dr. Ellis
– Some special moments that Dr. Ellis has experienced
– The need for more attention to this subject
– Calls to action

You can find out more information about Dr. Ellis via:

Personal Website
University website
Peers for Men’s Health Study
Twitter

Relevant Community-Disseminated Publications:

Trauma & PTSD in LGBTQ Individuals
Trauma & PTSD in LGBTQ Individuals Youth & Adults – Video
Lessons Learned from Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse
Helping Sexual and Gender Minority Male Survivors Heal from Sexual Trauma
Tyler Perry and his sexual trauma — what we can learn from this
Sexual abuse against gay and bi men brings unique stigma and harm

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Donnie Denkins Moreland Jr. is a Minnesota based mental health advocate and writer. Donnie holds a Master’s Degree, in Film Studies, from National University and a Bachelor’s Degree, in Sociology, from Prairie View A&M University. Donnie has contributed to Black Youth ProjectRaceBaitrA Gathering of the Tribes and Sage Group Publishing.

Recently, Mr. Moreland Jr. was live on our show talking about his article Maybe Black Men Protect White Women Because We See Ourselves In Them.

During our conversation, Mr. Moreland Jr. talked about:

– Growing up in Maryland and Texas before moving to Minnesota
– How his mother influenced him to get his education
– Some of his writing journey
– The background behind the article and how much of his personal experience part of the article
– What white women mean to black men
– The privilege of white womanhood
– the reaction to the article
– His message to white women, black women and black men

You can contact Mr. Moreland via:

Website
Twitter
Instagram

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Alejandro Antonio Reyes is a native New Yorker, life & health coach and seminar trainer. He spent 21 years as a CHG (Certified Health Geek) working in Fitness, Medical Exercise and Health Coaching. He’s been a personal growth nerd since 2002 participating in many transformational trainings from different enterprises, including Tony Robbins coach training. In 2018 Alex decided to create seminar trainings for men as a greater expression of his mission. His personal mission is to make a massive difference in the health and personal growth of as many people as he can affect so that he leaves behind a living legacy through a body of work that continues to contribute long after he’s gone.

Alex has degrees in Philosophy and Comparative Religion studying directly under two of Joseph Campbell’s students and learned Jeet Kune Do under two of Bruce Lee’s students.
He began in men’s trainings and circles in 2007 and has held various organizational positions of leadership and instruction with distinction, while still leading his men’s community in New York City since 2017.

Recently, Dr. Vibe hosted a conversation for M&M Explores with Alex where he talks about A Man’s Path – An Eight Step Journey.

During our conversation, Alex talked about:

– Young Alex including losing his brother who was his only ray of light at that time at the age of seventeen when he had no idea that he was dying which caused him to be in a “dark place” for nine years which lead him to realize the importance of mentorship and mentoring
– His concern about the increasing number of suicides
– An example his commitment to help and serve men and when did he decide that this is his purpose
– His relationship with his father and how it impacted his journey
– The story behind A Man’s Path – An Eight Step Journey (the eight steps, four stages, five junctures)
– Some of the things that men tell him that they are missing
– Who is attending his program
– Men who have given up on their journey or don’t have a journey
– What his purpose is
– His call to action for men

You can find out more about Alex via:

Awaken The Dragon

You can find out more information about Men And Masculinity via:

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YouTube

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