Todd I. Herrenkohl

Marion Elizabeth Blue Professor of Children and Families

Dr. Herrenkohl’s primary research interests focus on the areas of child and family well-being, child maltreatment and the psychosocial and developmental underpinnings of health-risk behaviors in youth and adults; substance use, mental and physical health outcomes of adversity; and resilience. He has also worked to raise awareness of the causes and consequences of violence in children and families and to promote the use of public health models of primary prevention.

Research Interests

Child maltreatment and the psychosocial and developmental underpinnings of health-risk behaviors in youth and adults; substance use, mental and physical health outcomes of adversity; and resilience.

Curriculum Vitae

Contact Information

  • [email protected]

  • (734) 763-9382

  • 2712 SSWB
    University of Michigan
    School of Social Work
    1080 S. University Ave.
    Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Education

  • 1998 PhD Social Welfare
    University of Washington, Seattle
  • 1993 MSW Social Work
    Simmons College, Boston, MA
  • 1991 BA Social Relations
    Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA

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Activities

Websites

Publications

Riley, H. O., Miller, A. L., Chang, Y., Sherman, B. A., Stein, S. F., McMiller, K. C., Yang, S.,Moore, A., Vachhani, S. S., & Herrenkohl, T. I. (in press). Perspectives on a system-oriented trauma-informed approach in schools: A qualitative study using the TIPPS framework. American journal of Orthopsychiatry.
Herrenkohl, T. I., Jenson, J., & Catalano, R. F. (in press). Youth Violence. In F. Maggino (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer.
Senger-Carpenter, T., Seng, J., Herrenkohl, T. I., Marriott, D., Chen, B. & Voepel-Lewis, T. (in press). Applying life history theory to understand earlier onset of puberty: An ABCD Cohort analysis. Journal of Adolescent Health.
Hong, S., Grogan-Kaylor, A., Kim, M., Saba, S., Bender, A., Yu, C. L., Fedina, L., & Herrenkohl, T. (2026). When empathy helps and hurts: Non-Linear associations between early childhood maltreatment history, empathy and self-harm thoughts. Child Maltreatment, 0(0).
Granner, J. R., Lee, S. J., Burns, J., Herrenkohl, T. I., Miller, A. L., Batshon, R., & Seng, J. S. (2025). Perinatal intervention desires of new fathers who have a history of child maltreatment: A mixed methods study. Child Maltreatment, 31(1), 124-138.
Shyrokonis, Y., Royer, M., Fedina, L., Bender, A., Herrenkohl, T, Tolman, R., & Nichols, D. (2025). Campus sexual violence victimization and perpetration experiences in racial, gender identity, and sexual orientation minority student subpopulations: A scoping review. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 0(0).
Mayer, M. J., Horgan, J., Herrenkohl, T. I., & Osher, D. (2024). Violent extremism in the U.S: Causes and consequences for youth, families, schools, and communities. Journal of School Psychology, 106, 101345.
Horgan, J., Lorig, C., Borum, R., Allely, C. S., & Herrenkohl, T. I. (2024). Understanding and preventing violent extremism in schools. Journal of School Psychology, 106, 101346.
Shyrokonis, Y., Peitzmeier, S., Ward, M., Fedina, L., Tolman, R., & Herrenkohl, T. (2024). Help-seeking and service utilization among survivors of intimate partner violence during the COVID-19 pandemic. Violence Against Women, 0(0), 10778012231222491.
Fedina, L., Bender, A., Royer. M., Ashwell, L., Tolman, R., & Herrenkohl, T. I. (2024). 3-month prevalence of unwanted sexual contact: Subpopulation differences by race, gender identity, and sexual orientation in a national sample of college students. BMC Public Health, 24, 572.

Honors and Awards

Year Description
2020 American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW) Fellow
2019 2019 Society for Social Work and Research Fellow

Presentations

Year Description
2024 Fedina, L., Tolman, R., & Herrenkohl, T.I. (2024). Preventing Relationship and SexualViolence on College Campuses in the U.S. Webinar sponsored by the National Institute ofJustice (April).
2024 Herrenkohl, T.I. (2024). Violence across the lifecourse: Research, practice, and policy. Invitedpresentation for the USC Judith D. Tamkin Symposium on Elder Abuse (February).
2024 Herrenkohl, T.I. (2024). Invited editors’ panel. Society for Social Work and Research annualconference. January.
2022 Fedina, L., Peitzmeier, S., Ashwell, L., Ward, M., Herrenkohl, T.I., & Tolman, R. (2022,).
Experiences of help-seeking among IPV victims during the COVID-19 pandemic. Virtual
poster presented at the Society for Social Work and Research annual Conference (January).
2022 Herrenkohl, T.I., Roberto, K.A., Bromley, S. (2022). Violence across the lifecourse: Child maltreatment, intimate partner violence, and elder mistreatment. Invited webinar for Center for Victim Research, Justice Research and Statistics Association.

Courses

Past Courses

Title Instructor Term Course Section Meeting Start Meeting End
Prevention of Child Maltreatment Herrenkohl, Todd I. Winter 2026 801 03:00 pm 05:00 pm View Course
Program Evaluation and Applied Research Herrenkohl, Todd I. Fall 2025 002 09:00 am 12:00 pm View Course
Prevention of Child Maltreatment Herrenkohl, Todd I. Winter 2025 001 02:00 pm 05:00 pm View Course
Program Evaluation and Applied Research Herrenkohl, Todd I. Fall 2024 002 09:00 am 12:00 pm View Course
Prevention of Child Maltreatment Herrenkohl, Todd I. Winter 2024 001 02:00 pm 05:00 pm View Course
Program Evaluation and Applied Research Herrenkohl, Todd I. Fall 2023 002 02:00 pm 05:00 pm View Course
Program Evaluation and Applied Research Herrenkohl, Todd I. Fall 2023 001 09:00 am 12:00 pm View Course
Program Evaluation and Applied Research Herrenkohl, Todd I. Winter 2022 002 02:00 pm 05:00 pm View Course
Prevention of Child Maltreatment Herrenkohl, Todd I. Winter 2022 001 02:00 pm 05:00 pm View Course
Program Evaluation and Applied Research Herrenkohl, Todd I. Fall 2021 001 09:00 am 12:00 pm View Course