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Richard M. Tolman
Sheldon D. Rose Collegiate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work
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.
Research Interests/Focus
Group work and family violence, interpersonal practice.
Contact Information
| Phone | Room | Address | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (734) 764-5333 | rtolman@umich.edu | 4726 SSWB | University of Michigan School of Social Work 1080 S. University Ann Arbor, MI 48109 |
Education
| Year | Degree | School | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | PhD | Social Welfare | University of Wisconsin, Madison |
| 1979 | MSW | Interpersonal Practice | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
| 1975 | BS | Communication Studies | Northwestern University, Evanston, IL |
Websites
| Personal Home Page |
News
2023 ENGAGE Small Grant Recipients Announced
July 18, 2023
| Year | Description |
|---|---|
| 2022 | Fedina, L. and Tolman, R.M. (2022) Population and Subgroup Differences in the Prevalence and Predictors of Campus Sexual Assault, National Institute of Justice Webinar. |
| 2021 | Tolman, R.M., Stith, S., Spencer, C. and Williams, B. (2021). Skills, Strengths, Techniques and Resources (SSTaR): A USAF Family Advocacy Program secondary prevention strengths-based program for participants with allegations of maltreatment. 2021 Virtual ResilienceCon. |
| 2021 | Felsman, P. Symposium Organizer, Tolman, R. M. Discussant (2021) Entertain Me Well: An Entertaining, Customizable, Technology-Assisted Platform for Delivering Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression, Symposium at Society for Social Work Research. |
| 2020 | Walsh, T., Tolman, R.M. and Premo, E. (2020) Roles and relationships, renunciations and responsibilities: Factors that impact wellbeing in the transition to fatherhood. 2020 Virtual Meeting of the International Marcé Society for Perinatal Mental Health. |
| 2019 | Seabrook, R., Walsh, T., Tolman, R.M., Lee, S. & Singh, V. (2019, January). Prescription Opiate Misuse and IPV Perpetration Among Young Men, Society for Social Work Research, San Francisco. |
| 2019 | Walsh, T., Seabrook, R. Tolman, R.M., Lee, S. & Singh, V. (2019, January). How Can Healthcare Settings be Used to Identify Male Intimate Partner Victimization and Perpetration?: Perspectives from a Nationally Representative Sample of Young Men, Society for Social Work Research, San Francisco. |
| 2019 | Reed, L. and Tolman, R. M. (2019, January). Digital Dating Abuse Perpetration in Adolescent Dating Relationships: Exploring Motivations for Digital Behaviors and Links to Off-Line Abuse, Society for Social Work Research, San Francisco. |
| 2019 | Walsh, T., Jones, M. Tolman, R., Lee, S. & Singh, V. (2019). Early Service Experiences As a Barrier or Facilitator of Subsequent Service Engagement: An Examination of Father Engagement in Prenatal and Pediatric Care. Society for Social Work Research, San Francisco. |
| 2018 | Tolman, R.M. & Larance, L. A. (2018, January). Men’s Development of Emotional “Responsibility” during the Transition to Fatherhood. Society for Social Work and Research, Washington. D.C. |
| 2018 | Reed, L., Boyer, M., Meskunas, H. & Tolman, R.M. (2018, April). It’s All Fun and Games Until Someone Gets Hurt: Coercive Sexting in Adolescent Dating Relationships, Society for Research on Adolescence Minneapolis Minnesota. |
| 2018 | Tolman, R.M. (2018, May). Engaging Men and Boys in Gender-Based Violence Prevention. Ending Gender-Based Violence Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan. |
| 2007 | Tolman, R., et al. (2007, January). Evaluation of a project to enhance the safety of domestic violence survivors in the context of supervised visitation and exchange: Reports from program directors. Poster presented at SSWR. |
| 2006 | Tolman, R. M. (2006, December). Socially-just practice with perpetrators of domestic violence. Paper presented at the 5th International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health, Hong Kong. |
| 2003 | Lee, S. J., Tolman, R. M., & Corcoran, M. (2003, January). The relationship of childhood sexual abuse to adulthood mental health and work outcomes: A mediational model. Paper presented at the Society for Social Work Research, Washington, D.C. |
| 2003 | Tolman, R. M., & Seefeldt, K. (2003, January). Longitudinal research on welfare reform. Symposium presented at the Society for Social Work Research, Washington, D.C. |
| 2003 | Yoshihama, M., Horrocks, J., Siebold, W., Tolman, R., & Hammock, A. C. (2003, July). Patterns of intimate partner violence over the lifecourse: Assessing the timing and duration using the Life History Calendar Method. Paper presented at the 8th International Family Violence Research Conference, Portsmouth, NH. |
| 2003 | Tolman, R. M., Young, E. A., & Witkowski, K. (2003, July). Family violence trauma and cortisol levels. Paper presented at the 8th International Family Violence Research Conference, Portsmouth, NH. |
| 2002 | Rosen, D., & Tolman, R. M. (2002, January). The relationship between partner violence and birth outcomes among a community sample of low income mothers. Presented at the Society for Social Work Research, San Diego, CA. |
| 2002 | Tolman, R. M., Himle, J. A., Van Etten, M. L., & Abelson, J. L. (2002, March). Impact of social anxiety disorder on work success in welfare recipients. Presented at the Anxiety Disorders Association of America 22th National Conference on Anxiety Disorders, Austin, TX. |
| 2002 | Tolman, R. M., Rosen, D., & Allard, S. (2002, June). Prevalence of psychiatric disorders and use of mental health services by women receiving welfare. Presented at Moving Forward: Building on Social Work Contributions to Mental Health Research, Rockville, MD. |
| 2002 | Tolman, R. M., & Chen, H. (2002, November). Domestic violence and employment: Fixed effects models of three waves of women's employment study data. Paper presented at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management. Dallas, TX. |
| 2001 | Rosen, D., & Tolman, R. (2001, January). Closing the gap: Low income women's use of substance abuse and mental health services. Paper presented at Society for Social Work Research, Atlanta, GA. |
| 2001 | Nam, Y. J., & Tolman, R. M. (2001, January). Partner abuse and welfare receipt among women living in a low-income neighborhood. Paper presented at Society for Social Work Research, Atlanta, GA. |
| 2001 | Tolman, R. M., Rosen, D., & Allard, S. (2001, August). Barriers to mental health, substance abuse, and domestic violence service utilization by welfare recipients. Presented at the National Association for Welfare Research and Statistics, Baltimore, MD. |
| 2001 | Allard, S., Rosen, D., & Tolman, R. M. (2001, November). Linking the spatial distribution of social service providers to service utilization rates. Presented at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Conference, Washington, DC. |
| 2001 | Tolman, R. M., Danziger, S. K., & Rosen, D. (2001, December). Domestic violence and the economic well-being of low-income women. Paper presented at the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. |
| 2000 | Tolman, R. M., & Rosen, D. (2000, January). Traumatic events and posttraumatic stress disorder in low-income single mothers. Presented at the Society for Social Work Research, Charleston, SC. |
| 1999 | Tolman, R. M., & Rosen, D. (1999, January). Domestic violence in the lives of women on welfare. Presented at the Society of Social Work and Research Conference, Austin, TX. |
| 1999 | Tolman, R. M., & Rosen, D. (1999, April). Domestic violence towards women receiving welfare: Report on an urban Michigan caseload study. Presented at the 2nd Trapped by Poverty/Trapped by Abuse Conference, Ann Arbor, MI. |
| 1999 | Saunders, D., Tolman, R. M., & Plichta, S. (1999, April). The relationship between domestic violence, welfare and emotional well-being in a national sample of U.S. women. Presented at the 2nd Trapped by Poverty/Trapped by Abuse Conference, Ann Arbor, MI. |
| 1999 | Kalil, A., Tolman, R., Rosen, D., & Gruber, G. (1999). Domestic violence, maternal functioning, and children's adjustment in welfare families. Presented at the Population Association of America Annual Research Conference, New York, NY. |
| 1999 | Kalil, A., Rosen, D., Gruber, G., & Tolman, R. M. (1999, April). The impact of domestic violence and mother's well-being on children in families receiving welfare benefits. Presented at the 2nd Trapped by Poverty/Trapped by Abuse Conference, Ann Arbor, MI. |
| 1999 | Danziger, S. K., Tolman, R. M., & Rosen, D. (1999). Social workers expanded role in addressing welfare recipients barriers to work. Presented at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference, Austin, TX. |
| 1999 | Callahan, M. R., Tolman, R. M., & Saunders, D. G. (1999, April). Is adolescent dating violence victimization related to psychological well-being? Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque, NM. |
| 1998 | Tolman, R. M., & Rosen, D. (1998). Domestic violence in the lives of welfare recipients: Implications for the family violence option. Presented at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Conference, New York, NY. |
| 1997 | Tolman, R. M., & Stoops, C. (1997, July). The impact of psychological maltreatment on women's well-being and relationship satisfactions. Paper presented at the 5th International Family Violence Research Conference, Durham, NH. |
| 1997 | Tolman, R. M. (1997, July). An ecological analysis of the data on batterer intervention effectiveness: Implications for policy and practice. Paper presented at the 5th International Family Violence Research Conference, Durham, NH. |
| 1997 | Tolman, R. M. (1997, November). Domestic violence and welfare. Roundtable presented at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Washington, D.C. |
| 1995 | Tolman, R. M. (1995, March). Alternative sanctions for men who batter. Paper presented at the Future of Domestic Violence Intervention, Haifa, Israel. |
| 1995 | Tolman, R. M., Edleson, J. L., & Fendrich, M. (1995, July). The application of the Theory of Planned Behavior to abusive men's cessation of violent behavior. Paper presented at the 4th International Family Violence Research Conference, Durham, NH. |
| 1995 | Tolman, R. M. (1995, May). Do groups increase psychological maltreatment by men who batter? Paper presented at the Symposium for the Empirical Foundations of Group Work, Iowa City. |
| 1995 | Tolman, R. M. (1995, July). The validation of the psychological maltreatment of women inventory. Paper presented at the 4th International Family Violence Research Conference, Durham, NH. |
| 1993 | Tolman, R. M. (1993, May). The effectiveness of court-mandated treatment for batterers. Paper presented at the Symposium for the Empirical Foundations of Group Work, Ann Arbor, MI. |
| 1991 | Tolman, R. M. (1991, May). Extended area interventions for men who batter: A proposal. Paper presented at the Symposium for the Empirical Foundations of Group Work, Chicago, IL. |
| 1990 | Tolman, R. M. (1990, May). Group process and outcome in groups for men who batter. Paper presented at the Fifth Symposium on the Empirical Foundations of Group Work, Nashville, TN. |
| 1990 | Tolman, R. M. (1990, September). Groups for men who batter: empirical research on outcome and process. Paper presented at the European Congress on Behavior Therapy, Paris. |
| 1989 | Tolman, R. M. (1989, January). The outcome of shelter-sponsored group treatment of men who batter. Paper presented at the Family Violence Research Conference, West Lafayette, IN. |
| 1989 | Tolman, R. M., & Molidor, C. (1989, May). A decade of social work group research: a methodological review. Paper presented at the Fourth Symposium on the Empirical Foundations of Group Work, Ann Arbor, MI. |
| 1989 | Tolman, R. M., & Maiden, P. (1989, October). Assessment of family violence in EAP settings. Paper presented at the National Association of Social Work, San Francisco, CA. |
| 1988 | Tolman, R. M. (1988, November). The impact of court involvement on the outcome of intervention with men who batter. Paper presented at the American Society for Criminology, Chicago, IL. |
| 1987 | Tolman, R. M., & Bhosley, G. (1987, May). A comparison of two types of pregroup preparation for men who batter. Presented at the Third Symposium on the Empirical Foundations of Group Work, Chicago, IL. |
| 1987 | Tolman, R. M., Mendoza, C., & Beeman, S. (1987, July). The effectiveness of a shelter-sponsored program for men who batter. Paper presented at the Third National Family Violence Research Conference, Durham, NH. |
| 1987 | Tolman, R. M. (1987, July). The development and validation of a non-physical abuse checklist. Paper presented at the Third National Family Violence Research Conference, Durham, NH. |
| 1987 | Tolman, R. M. (1987, August). The development of a measure of non-physical abuse of women by their male partners. Paper presented at the European Association of Behavior Therapy, Amsterdam. |
| 1986 | Tolman, R. M. (1986, June). Groups for men who batter: Process research. Presented at the Second Symposium on the Empirical Foundations of Group Work, Ann Arbor, MI. |
| 1985 | Tolman, R. M., Brekke, J., Jones, L., & Mowry, D. (1985, February). Changing men: A profeminist agenda for social work educators. Presented at the Council on Social Work Education, Annual Program Meeting, Washington, DC. |
| 1985 | Tolman, R. M. (1985, June). Self report measures for stress management groups. Presented at the Symposium for Empirical Group Work, Madison, WI. |
| 1985 | Tolman, R. M., Rose, S. D., & Tallant, S. (1985, November). A multi method approach to stress management groups: An experimental study. Presented at the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Houston, TX. |
| 1984 | Tolman, R. M., & Mowry, D. (1984, March). Practice research by social work graduates. Presented at the Council on Social Work Education, Annual Program Meeting, Detroit, MI. |
| 1983 | Tolman, R. M., & Rose, S. D. (1983, March). Stress management for social workers. Presented at the Council on Social Work Education, Annual Program Meeting, Fort Worth, TX. |