Richard (Rich) M. Tolman

Professor of Social Work

Degrees

BS, Communication Studies, 1975, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL;
MSW, Interpersonal Practice, 1979, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor;
PhD, Social Welfare, 1984, University of Wisconsin, Madison

BioSketch

Richard M. Tolman, LMSW, PhD, is a professor at the University of Michigan School of Social Work. He received his doctorate in social welfare from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his MSW from the University of Michigan. Professor Tolman's work focuses on the effectiveness of interventions designed to change violent and abusive behavior, and the impact of violence on the physical, psychological and economic well-being of victims He began his work in this area as a practitioner working with men who batter in 1980. His current projects include research on the impact of and prevention of abuse during pregnancy and involvement of men and boys as allies to end men's violence against women. He is currently co-Director of the Global Research Program on Mobilizing Men for Violence Prevention, a collaborative project between the University of Michigan and the University of Minnesota.

Professor Tolman teaches primarily in the interpersonal practice sequence. He also co-teaches a course focusing on community empowerment through creative expression. He is engaged in several projects, overlapping dimensions of research, teaching and service, that focus on the use of creative arts in social work efforts.

Rich M. Tolman, Professor of Social Work

Email

rtolman@umich.edu

Web Sites

Personal Home Page

Location

Room:	3702 SSWB
Phone:	(734) 764-5333
Fax:	(734) 763-3372

University of Michigan
School of Social Work
1080 S. University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Selected Publications

Tolman, R. M., & Edleson, J. (in press). Intervening with men for violence prevention. In C. M. Renzetti, J. L. Edleson, & R. Kennedy Bergen (Eds.), Sourcebook on violence against women (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Inc.

Neugut, T., Edleson, J., & Tolman, R. M. (in press). Children exposed to domestic violence: Prevention approaches. In S. Alexander, R. Alexander, & N. Guterman (Ed.), Prevention of child maltreatment. G.W. Medical Publishing.

Kimball, E., Edleson, J.L., Neugut, T.B., Tolman, R.M., & Carlson, J. (in press). Global efforts to engage men in preventing violence against women: An international survey. Violence Against Women.

Kernsmith, P., & Tolman, R. M. (in press). Attitudinal correlates of girls use of violence in teen dating relationships. Violence Against Women.

Saunders, D., Faller, K., Tolman, R. (2011). Child custody evaluators' beliefs about domestic abuse allegations: Their relationship to evaluator demographics, background, domestic violence knowledge and custody-visitation recommendations. Final Technical Report Submitted to the National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice.

Tolman, R. M., Himle, J., Bybee, D., Abelson, J., Hoffman, J., & Van Etten-Lee, M. (2009). Impact of social anxiety disorder on employment among women receiving welfare benefits. Psychiatric Services, 60, 61-66.

Fitch, D., Peet, M., Reed, B. G., & Tolman, R. (2008). The use of ePortfolios in evaluating the curriculum and student learning. Journal of Social Work Education, 44(3), 37-54.

Black, B. M., Tolman, R. M., Callahan, M., Saunders, D. G., & Weisz, A. (2008). When will adolescents tell someone about dating violence victimization? Violence Against Women, 14, 741-758.

Weisz, A. N., Tolman, R. M., Callahan, M. R., Saunders, D. G., & Black, B. M. (2007). Informal helpers' responses when adolescents tell them about dating violence or romantic relationship problems. Journal of Adolescence, 30, 853-868.

Rosen, D., Tolman, R. M., Conner, K. O., & Warner, L. (2007). Racial differences in mental health service utilization among low-income women. Social Work in Public Health, 23(2/3).

Rosen, D., Sang, J., & Tolman, R. M, & Mallinger, G. (2007). Intimate partner violence, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder as additional predictors of low birth weight infants among low-income mothers. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 22(10), 1305-1314.

Fitch, D., Gibbs, T., Peet, M., Reed, B. G., & Tolman, R. (2007). XML and ePortfolios. Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 36(3), 319-333.