Coach Kammer’s Work on the Gender Issues of Men and Boys

Researcher/Writer

Book Author

Commentator/Interviewer

Social Worker/SW Conference Presenter

Fatherhood & Reentry Trainer

Public Safety Jail Officer & Probation Agent

Standup Comedian

WCVT-FM Radio, Towson University

• 1983-1989

  • “In a  Man’s Shoes” weekly program, Interviewer/Producer/Host

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New York Daily News

• January 6, 1985

  • “Fatherhood and the Myth of Patriarchy”

Baltimore Chronicle

• Monthly column 1985-1987

  • March 1985: “Men’s Rights”

  • April 1985: “Up from Rejection”

  • May 1985: “Deadbeat Daddies”

  • June 1985: “Sexism: Who’s to Blame?”

  • July 1985: “Putting an End to Rape”

  • August 1985: “Sometimes Men’s Issues Equal Women’s Issues”

  • September 1985: “Another Look at Pornography”

  • October 1985: “Sexual Self-Esteem, Man-Style”

  • November 1985: “Conference on Men and Women Covers New Topics”

  • December 1985: “Mothers and Children, Children and Fathers”

  • January 1986: “Manhood, Fatherhood and Family”

  • February 1986: “Statistics Reveal Plight of Men in This Society”

  • March 1986: “Fear of Commitment Can Make Good Sense”

  • April 1986: “‘Color Purple’ Turns Him Blue”

  • May 1986: “If the Shoe Doesn’t Fit, Wear It Anyway”

  • June 1986: “Better Is Worse”

  • July 1986: “The Double Action of Double Standards”

  • August 1986: “Of Frogs and Magic, Princes and Prisons”

  • September 1986: “In the Paternity Ward”

  • October 1986: “Looking for a Few Good Women”

  • November 1986: “The Feminization of Parenting”

  • December 1986: “Men, Feminism and Traditional Values”

  • January 1987: “On Fences, Inside Out”

  • February 1987: “Preserving the Promise of Fatherhood”

  • March 1987: “Bits and Pieces”

  • April 1987: “A Job for Job”

  • May 1987: “Fathers in the Middle”

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Moving Up Magazine

• Spring 1986

  • “Relationships: The Risks of Taking the First Step”

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M/r Magazine

• Spring 1986

  • “The ‘Wimp Bill’ Fights Back”

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Baltimore Sun

• July 24, 1987

  • “Tightening the Screws for Child Support May Only Continue the Decline of Fatherhood”

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Fast Lane Magazine

• August 1987

  • “Hidden Bodies: The Unnoticed Rise in Male Suicide” with Tim Sayles

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Fast Lane Magazine

• September 1987

  • “The Noble Savage”

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Baltimore Sun

• March 26, 1989

  • “Drugs, Murders, Crime and the Special Problems of Males”

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Baltimore Sun

• May 12, 1989

  • “Half the Story: Gender Bias in the Courts”

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Editor & Publisher

• May 4, 1991

  • “She Said. She Said. Newspapers Must Begin Dealing With the Gender-based Concerns of Men”

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USA Today

• August 6, 1991

  • “Hear Holly Dunn, Don’t Suppress Her”

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Baltimore Sun

• September 25, 1991

  • “Fathers Are Important”

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Adweek

• November 4, 1991

  • “’Mythopoetic’ Men”

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Baltimore Sun

• March 26, 1992

  • “A Matter of Men and Children”

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Wingspan: Inside the Men’s Movement, St. Martin’s Press, Christopher Harding, editor

• 1992

  • Chapter: “Male Is Not a Four-Letter Word”

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Quill: The Magazine of the Society of Professional Journalists

• May, 1992

  • “On Balance: The Journalism of Gender”

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New York Daily News

• July 12, 1992

  • “Barbara Jordan Should Help Bridge Gender Gap for Dems”

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Playboy

• November 1992

  • “ManTrack” contributor

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Man! Magazine

• Winter 1992

  • “A Lot of Help from Our Friends”

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Baltimore Sun

• December 21, 1993

  • “Men and Women: Who’s Got the Power?”

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San Diego Union-Tribune

• December 26, 1993

  • “The Military Reacted to Tailhook, But Was Justice Done?”

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Reason Magazine

• January 1994

  •  “Recovering from a Tailspin: The Navy’s Tailhook Scandal”

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Crisis: The Magazine of the NAACP

• January 1994

  • “What Do We Really Know About Child Support? Part 1”

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Crisis: The Magazine of the NAACP

• February 1994

  • “What Do We Really Know About Child Support? Part 2” (killed)

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St. Martin’s Press

• February 1994

  • Good Will Toward Men: Women Talk Candidly About the Balance of Power Between the Sexes

    • Sample Chapter, Audrey Chapman, Black Couples Therapist

    • Sample Chapter, Karen DeCrow, Former President of NOW

    • Sample Chapter, Helen Fisher, Anthropologist

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Nieman Reports, the Nieman Journalism Foundation at Harvard University

• Spring, 1994

  • “Power Feminism, the Media and Government”

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution

• March 13, 1994

  • “Child Support ‘Crackdown’ Is Bad News”

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Social Security Administration National Diversity Conference

• 1996

  • Workshop: Including Men in Diversity Efforts

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Standup Comedy

• 1996

  • Grins, Montgomery County, Maryland
     

Baltimore Sun

• March 4, 1997

  • “Judicial Bias Against Men”

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Self-published

• 1999

  • If Men Have All the Power How Come Women Make the Rules

    • Sample Chapter

    • Sample Chapter-Mobile

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 Baltimore Gay Paper

•  March 16, 2000

  • “It’s Not Because You’re Gay, It’s Because You’re a Man”

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Submission to Abell Foundation Award in Urban Policy

• March 2007

  • “Asking the Right Questions about Baltimore’s Marginalized African-American Men and Boys”

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University of Maryland School of Social Work Dean’s Research Paper

• August 17, 2007

  • “Improving Gender Balance in Social Work”

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First National Conference on Social Work With and For Men

• 2008

  • Workshop: “Improving Gender Diversity in Social Work”

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Second National Conference on Social Work With and For Men

• 2009

  • Workshop: “Advocating and Organizing for Men’s and Boys’ Social Justice Needs”

 

Self-published

• 2009

  • Heroes of the Blue Sky Rebellion: How You and Other Young Men Can Claim All the Happiness in the World

    • Sample Chapter

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Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

• 2010

  • Correctional Officer, Baltimore City Detention Center

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National Association of Social Workers – New Mexico Chapter Annual Conference

• 2010

  • Workshop: “Honoring Our Core Value and Ethical Commitment to Gender Diversity and Inclusiveness”

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Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

• 2011

  • Parole & Probation Agent, Central Baltimore

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National Association of Social Workers – North Carolina Chapter Annual Conference

• 2011

  • Workshop: “How Are We Affected by the Large and Growing Lack of Men in Social Work, and What Should We Do About It?”

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University of Maryland School of Social Work

• 2012

  • Outstanding Recent Graduate Award

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National Fatherhood Initiative

• 2012

  • Trainer/Facilitator for Fatherhood Programming in State Correctional and Social Services Systems: Indiana, Virginia, Connecticut and Missouri

 

Diocese of Steubenville OH Annual Conference on Promoting Healthy Attachments

• 2013

  • Workshop: “Domestic Violence Science Versus Ideology”


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National Association of Social Workers – Maryland Chapter Annual Conference

• 2015

  • Workshop: “Helping Men Give and Get All the Love They Can”

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Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership & Governance

• 2015

  • Peer Reviewer

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Voices of the Governing Institute

• September 15, 2016

  • “Social Work’s Gender Problem”