My name is Duane de Four and I’m an educator, (budding) writer and activist. My specialties include:
- Gender violence prevention education
- Sexual health education
- Exploring & redefining masculinity
- Outreach to boys and men
- Diversity education
I’ve been a professional educator for around fifteen years. In that time I’ve had the privilege of facilitating hundreds (probably thousands) of trainings — for both mixed and single gender groups — reaching:
- Youth in detention centers
- Middle and high school students
- Men enrolled in batterer intervention programs
- College/University students, student-athletes, coaches, staff, fraternity & sorority groups
- Professional athletes, coaches and/or staff with the NFL, NBA, NHL and NASCAR
- Service men and women in the U.S. Marine Corps, Air Force and Air National Guard
Recently, I was one of only six Subject Matter Experts selected to train Air Force Sexual Assault Response Coordinators (SARCs) to deliver a groundbreaking Bystander Intervention curriculum that will reach over 600,000 Air Force personnel. I have also worked with the Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) program, founded by Jackson Katz, for over ten years. I currently work as Project Manager for MIT’s Violence Prevention and Response (VPR) program and an Adjunct Professor at Northeastern University’s Foundation Year program.
In addition to my work as an activist and educator, I’m an occasional writer for “The Takeback,” a blog about masculinity, politics, and culture where I write under the pen name: TriniD4.
To read my full bio, visit the Biography page. To learn about the education, outreach and/or technical support services that I can provide your organization, please visit the Services pages. If you’d like to contact me directly, please visit the Contact page to send me a message.
Want to know what fun and exciting training I’m off to next? You can keep track of all my upcoming special events and trainings in the news feed, located on the left side of my homepage or the mini-calendar on the right. Don’t forget about my pictures from various trainings and the videos highlighting aspects of my work and/or travels that I occasionally make. You can find those on the right side of my homepage as well.
Thanks for visiting and I look forward to hearing from you!
