Biography
Eric Mankowski (Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) is a community and social psychologist, broadly interested in the relationship between individual, group, and community functioning, especially in areas of mental health. In particular, he focuses on understanding how masculinity is socially constructed and its connection to violence, substance abuse, and other health and social problems.
Research
His work involves collaborative research and action projects with social service agencies, community based organizations, and government bodies. A range of methods including surveys, interviews, focus groups, and group observations are used together with quantitative and qualitative analytic techniques.
Current projects with students include (1) assessment of changes in identity, beliefs, and abusive behavior among men court-mandated to violence intervention and prevention programs and their intimate partners; (2) a national evaluation of the impact of statewide standards on batterer intervention program practices; (3) description of gender bias in 'accidental' gun violence by toddlers; (5) gendered analysis of mass-shooter manifestos (6) evaluation of victim impact panels for intimate partner violence; (7) identifying mediators of masculinity threat and violence; (7) measurement of participation in an all-ages, youth-run local music festival.
Undergraduate Classes Taught
- Psy 342/343 Social Psychology I and II
- Psy 410/510 Domestic Violence Intervention Systems
- Psy 410/510 Ecological-Environmental Psychology
- Psy 431/531 Psychology of Men and Masculinities
- Psy 440/540 Group Process
- Psy 480/580 Community Psychology
Graduate Classes Taught
- Psy 537/637 Qualitative Research Methods in Psychology
- Psy 514/614 Advanced Applied Social and Community Psychology
Publications
Guest Edited Journals
Mankowski, E.S. (Ed.) (2014). Reframing masculinity in a men's mutual help organization: The Mankind Project, Research articles. International Journal of Self-Help & Self-Care, 8(1).
Mankowski, E.S., & Maton, K.I. (Eds.) (2010). Men, masculinity, wellness, health and social justice: Community based approaches. American Journal of Community Psychology, 45(1/2).
Mankowski, E.S., & Rappaport, J. (Eds.) [special issue] (2000). Qualitative research on narratives of spiritually-based communities. Journal of Community Psychology, 28(5).
Articles
Gondolf, E. W., Bennett, L., & Mankowski, E. (2018). Lessons in program evaluation: The ACTV Batterer Program Study and its claims. Violence Against Women, 25(5), NP1-NP10.
Galvez, G., Mankowski, E.S., & Glass, N. (2015). Work-related intimate partner violence, acculturation, and socioeconomic status among employed Mexican men enrolled in batterer intervention programs. Violence Against Women, 21, 1218-1236.
Viola, W.E., Mankowski, E.S., & Gray, M.E. (2015). The moderating effect of within group similarity on change in a strengths-based programme for incarcerated young men. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 25, 95-109.
Boal, A.L., & Mankowski, E.S. (2014). The impact of legislative standards on domestic violence intervention program practices and characteristics. American Journal of Community Psychology, 53, 218-230.
Boal, A.L. & Mankowski, E.S. (2014). Barriers to compliance with Oregon batterer intervention standards. Violence and Victims, 29, 607-619.
Mankowski, E.S. (2014). Collaborative research with a mutual help organization for men addressing masculinities: Cross cutting issues and themes. International Journal of Self-Help and Self Care, 8, 33-40.
Maton, K.I., Mankowski, E.S., Anderson, C.W., Barton, E.R., Karp, D.R., & Ratjen, B. (2014). Long term changes among participants in a men's mutual help organization. International Journal of Self Help and Self Care, 8, 85-112.
Mankowski, E.S., Maton, K.I., Burke, C.K., & Stephan, S.H. (2014). Group formation, participant retention, and group disbandment in a men's mutual help organization. International Journal of Self Help and Self Care, 8, 41-60.
Anderson, C.W., Maton, K.I., Burke, C.K., Mankowski, E.S., & Stapleton, L. (2014). Changes in conventional masculinity and psychological well-being among participants in a mutual help organization for men. International Journal of Self Help and Self Care, 8, 61-84.
Kendall-Tackett, K., Edleson, J., Collin-Vezina, D., Mankowski, E.S., & Vaughan-Eden, V. (2013). Best violence research of 2012: Selections from an invited panel of researchers. Psychology of Violence, 3, 203-211.
Mankowski, E.S., Galvez, G., Perrin, N.A., Hanson, G.C., & Glass, N. (2013). Patterns of work-related intimate partner violence and job performance among abusive men. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 28, 3041-3058.
Yragui, N.L., Mankowski, E.S., Perrin, N.A., & Glass, N.E. (2012). Dimensions of support among abused women in the workplace. American Journal of Community Psychology, 49, 31-42.
Galvez, G., Mankowski, E.S., McGlade, M., Ruiz, M.E., & Glass, N. (2011). Work-related intimate partner violence among employed immigrants from Mexico. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 12, 230-246.
Mankowski, E.S., Galvez, G., & Glass, N. (2011). Interdisciplinary linkage of community psychology and cross-cultural psychology: History, values, and an illustrative research and action project on intimate partner violence. American Journal of Community Psychology, 47, 127-143. [Paper selected as one of the 10 Best Violence Research Articles of 2011 by the journal Psychology of Violence.]
Mankowski, E.S., & Maton, K.I. (2010). A community psychology of men: Historical and conceptual review. American Journal of Community Psychology, 45, 73-86.
Burke, C.K., Maton, K.I., Mankowski, E.S., & Anderson, C. (2010). Healing men and community: Predictors of outcome in a men's initiatory and support organization. American Journal of Community Psychology, 45,186-200.
Galvez, G., Mankowski, E.S., Braun, M.F., & Glass, N. (2009). Development of an iPod audio computer-assisted self-interview to increase the representation of low literacy populations in survey research. Field Methods, 21, 407-415.
Glass, N., Perrin, N.A., Hanson, G.C., Mankowski, E.S., Bloom, T., & Campbell, J.C. (2009). Patterns of perpetrators' abusive behaviors as reported by Latina and non-Latina survivors. Journal of Community Psychology, 37, 156-170.
Haaken, J., Fussell, H., & Mankowski, E.S. (2007). Bringing the church to its knees: Evangelical Christianity, feminism, and domestic violence discourse. Psychotherapy and Politics International, 5, 103-115.
Maruyama, M., & Mankowski, E.S. (2006-7). Telephone hotlines for men in Japan. International Journal of Self-Help and Self-Care, 5, 153-173.
Silvergleid, C.S., & Mankowski, E.S. (2006). How batterer intervention programs work: Participant and facilitator accounts of processes of change. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 21, 139-159.
Stein, C.H., & Mankowski, E.S. (2004). Asking, witnessing, interpreting, and knowing: The process of conducting qualitative research in community psychology. American Journal of Community Psychology, 33, 21-35.
Mankowski, E., Wilson, D.J., Silvergleid, C., Chamberlain, M., Truesdell, & Huffine, C. (October, 2002). A survey of Oregon batterer intervention providers. Oregon Council on Crime and Delinquency Bulletin, pp. 1-4.
Mankowski, E.S., Haaken, J., & Silvergleid, C. (2002). Collateral damage: An analysis of the achievements and unintended consequences of batterer's intervention programs and discourse. Journal of Family Violence, 17, 167-184.
Mankowski, E.S., & Humphreys, K., & Moos, R. (2001). Individual and contextual predictors of involvement in twelve-step self-help groups following substance abuse treatment. American Journal of Community Psychology, 29, 537-563.
Mankowski, E.S., & Silvergleid, C. (1999-2000). A review of self-help & mutual support groups for men. International Journal of Self Help and Self Care, 1, 281-299.
Mankowski, E.S., & Rappaport, J. (2000). Narrative concepts and analysis in spiritually based communities. Journal of Community Psychology, 28, 479-493.
Mankowski, E.S., & Thomas, E. (2000). The relationship between personal and collective identity: A narrative analysis of a campus ministry community. Journal of Community Psychology, 28, 517-528.
Humphreys, K., & Mankowski, E.S., Moos, R.H., & Finney, J.W. (1999). Enhanced friendship networks and active coping mediate the effect of self-help groups on substance use. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 21, 54-60.
Book Chapters and Reports
Mankowski, E.S., & Glover, N. (forthcoming). Understanding health and health disparities in European American boys and men. In D.M. Griffith, M.A. Bruce, R.J. Thorpe (Eds.), Men's health equity: A handbook. New York: Routledge.
Mankowski, E.S., & O'Connor, E. (2018). Social psychology, Applied. In G. Ritzer and C. Rojeck (Eds.), The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (2nd edition, pp. 1-4). Wiley & Sons.
American Psychological Association, APA Working Group on Health Disparities in Boys and Men (2018). Health disparities in racial/ethnic and sexual minority boys and men. Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/pi/health-disparities/resources/race-sexuality-men.aspx
Gun violence as a public health issue. Advisory committee report (2017). Retrived from: https://www.ohsu.edu/xd/about/intiatives/upload/GVPHI-2017-Report_FINAL-WEB-2.pdf
Mankowski, E.S. & Smith, R. (2016). Men's mental health and masculinities. In H.S. Freedman (Ed.), Encyclopedia of mental health (2nd edition), Vol. 3 (pp. 66-74). Waltham, MA: Academic Press.
Mankowski, E.S. (2013). Antecedents to gun violence: Gender and culture. In Gun violence: Prediction, prevention and policy (pp. 13-17). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
Mankowski, E.S., Galvez, G., & Glass, N. (2009). Research and action on intimate partner violence: Interdisciplinary convergence of cultural community psychology and cross-cultural psychology. In A. Gari & K. Mylonas (Eds.), Quod Erat Demonstrandum: From Herodotus' Ethnographic Journeys to Cross-Cultural Research (pp. 371-379). Athens: Pedio Books.
Mankowski, E.S. (2004). Men’s support groups. In M.S. Kimmel & A. Aronson (Eds.) Men and Masculinities: A social, cultural, and historical encyclopedia (p. 536). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio Press.
Burke, C.K., Maton, K.I., Anderson, C.W., Mankowski, E.S., & Silvergleid, C.S. (2004). The ManKind Project. In M.S. Kimmel & A. Aronson (Eds.) Men and Masculinities: A social, cultural, and historical encyclopedia (p. 494). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio Press.
Mankowski, E.S., Maton, K.I., Burke, C.K., Hoover, S.A., & Anderson, C.W. (2000). Collaborative research with a men's organization: Psychological impact, group functioning, and organizational growth. In: E. Barton (Ed.), Mythopoetic perspectives of men's healing work: An anthology for therapists and others (pp. 183-203). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Mankowski, E.S. (2000). Reconstructing masculinity: Imagoes and the life stories of members of a men's mutual support group. In: E. Barton (Ed.), Mythopoetic perspectives of men's healing work: An anthology for therapists and others (pp. 100-117). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Wilson, S., & Mankowski, E.S. (2000). Beyond the drums: An exploratory study of the mythopoetic men's movement and its impact on group members. In: E. Barton (Ed.), Mythopoetic perspectives of men's healing work: An anthology for therapists and others (pp. 21-45). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Mankowski, E.S., & Rappaport, J. (1995). Stories, identity and the psychological sense of community. In R.S. Wyer, Jr. (Ed.), Advances in social cognition, Vol. 8, 211-226, Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.