Michael Kim­mel is SUNY Dis­tin­guished Pro­fes­sor of Soci­ol­o­gy Emer­i­tus at Stony Brook Uni­ver­si­ty, and the author of many books, includ­ing Angry White Men, Guy­land, and Man­hood in Amer­i­ca. He is also the great-grand­nephew of Mor­ris and Rose Mich­tom. He lives in Brooklyn.