John Jack Winkler (11 August 1943 in St. Louis – 26 April 1990 in Stanford, California) was an American philologist and Benedictine monk.
In 1970, he left the Benedictines and participated in a graduate program in Ancient Philology at the University of Texas, Austin.
In his research, Winkler dealt with the social functions of Attic dramas and the portrayal of sexual conventions and gender roles in ancient Greece.
[1] Winkler's last book,Rehearsals of Manhood: Athenian Drama as Social Practice (2023)[2] was edited by David Halperin and Kirk Ormand and published posthumously.
He was criticised by Camille Paglia in her essay "Junk Bonds and Corporate Raiders: Academe in the Hour of the Wolf".