Harry Brod (February 1, 1951 – June 16, 2017) was a professor of sociology at University of Northern Iowa.
Brod became interested in the men's movement in the mid-1960s, as he thought about society's expectations of individuals based on their gender.
After listening to the arguments, Brod decided to devote much of his life to "showing people that damage to men's psyches is the result of the power we have over everyone else.
Brod was hired as interim director of the new Women’s and Gender Studies Department at Kenyon College in the early 1990s.
Despite being assured during the hiring process that his gender was not an issue, the appointment of a man was very controversial.