Making a New Male Studies Class: Lessons Learned from Developing and Teaching an Online Male Studies Survey Course

Abstract

The aim of the present paper is to discuss the process of designing and teaching a new online male studies class and to share the lessons learned throughout the process. We provide our own commentary in conjunction with perceptions of student engagement. We hope this paper will benefit instructors and possibly other audiences by discussing the merits and challenges of teaching a male online course. Our pedagogical approach relied on use of a breadth of topics with an overarching interdisciplinary bend. We assigned a mixture of books, articles, and media that were sufficiently accessible for the student audience. Both male and female students appeared to benefit from taking this course judging by their insightful analyses and enthusiasm for course content.