Joyce Endendijk is Associate Professor of Clinical, Child, and Family Studies, at Utretcht University, the Netherlands. Her research examines gender and sexual development across childhood and adolescence. Her newest line of work investigates which adolescents are vulnerable to getting entrenched in manosphere and tradwife communities and why.
What has been most meaningful about your work as an associate editor for PMM?
What has been most meaningful to me is twofold. First handling manuscripts across the field has given me a broad,, up-to-date view of recent advances in psychological research on men and masculinites. This has directly shaped my own recent and future work, which has increasingly moved toward PMM’s core questions, most notably through a new line of research on adolescents’ engagement with the manosphere. Second, I find it very rewarding to help researchers strengthen their work. By giving constructive and concrete feedback on theory, measurement, analysis, and design my aim is to help each manuscript reach its most rigorous and impactful form
What advice would you give to authros who are interested in publishing their work in PMM?
My advice is to think broadly about what fits PMM. The journal is not limited to research focused only on men. Papers with a broader gender focus, or those examining differences between genders, are also very welcome, as long as they have clear relevance for understanding men and masculinities. We value rigorous research with clear scientific and practical relevance for men. Above all, submissions should be truly innovative and move the field forward, not merely take an incremental step beyond existing work. Finally, PMM welcomes contributions from across the social sciences, so authors from disciplines outside psychology should not hesitate to submit.
Joyce Engenijk
Associate Professor
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Utretcht University
