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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/Focus
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.
Contact Information
| Phone | Room | Address | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (734) 763-9382 | [email protected] | 2712 SSWB | University of Michigan School of Social Work 1080 S. University Ave. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 |
Education
| Year | Degree | School | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | PhD | Social Welfare | University of Washington, Seattle |
| 1993 | MSW | Social Work | Simmons College, Boston, MA |
| 1991 | BA | Social Relations | Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA |
Websites
| Trauma-informed Programs and Practices for Schools (TIPPS) |
News
- 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.
- 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.
- Fedina, L., Hong, S., Rousson, A., Graham, L., Lee, J. O., & Herrenkohl, T. I. (2024). Childhood maltreatment and intimate partner violence perpetration in adulthood: An investigation into proximal and distal risk factors across the life course. Journal of Family Violence, 39(2), 247-258.
- Hong, S. H., Yu, C.-L., Rousson, A. N., Bender, A. E., Fedina, L., & Herrenkohl, T. I. (2024). Examining the association between trauma characteristics and adult depression and anxiety: Analysis of types, variety, repetition, and timing of past trauma. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 39(3-4), 569-586.
- 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.
- 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.
- Price D., Robinson Y., Riley H., Ribaudo J., Giang C., Herrenkohl T. I., & Miller A. L. (2023). Start early: Providing trauma-informed, systems-focused professional development in early childhood development and learning contexts. OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine, 8(4), 055.
- Roberto, K. A., Potter, E. C., Fedina, L., Love, J., Chang, Y., & Herrenkohl, T. (2023). Families with early history of parental abuse and neglect: Midlife adult children's relationships with their parents during COVID-19. Journal of Family Issues, 0(0).
- Fedina, L., Roberto, K. A., Zhang, X., Chang, Y., Love, J., & Herrenkohl, T. I. (2023). Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on stress, coping, and well-being among adults with histories of child maltreatment. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.
- Granner, J. R., Lee, S. J., Burns, J., Herrenkohl, T. I., Miller, A. L., & Seng, J. S. (2023). Childhood maltreatment history and trauma-specific predictors of parenting stress in new fathers. Infant Mental Health Journal.
- Fedina, L., Roberto, K., Zhang, X., Chang, Y., Love, J. & Herrenkohl, T. I. (2023). Effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on stress, coping and well-being among adults with histories of child maltreatment. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.
- Fedina, L., Bender, A. E., Tobbits, J. Herrenkohl, T. I., & Tolman, R. (2023). Dating abuse and harassment among sexual and gender minority U.S. college students. LGBT Health, (S1), S79-S88.
- Saba, S. K., Godwin, J., Hong, S., Pan, T., Chang, Y., Brindle, E., & Herrenkohl, T. (2023). Associations between childhood maltreatment and physiological dysregulation in adulthood: Methodological decisions and implications. Child Abuse and Neglect, 144, 106369.
- Hong, S., Yu, C. L., Rousson, A. N., Bender, A., Fedina, L. & Herrenkohl, T. I. (2023). Examining the association between trauma characteristics and adult depression and anxiety: Analysis of types, variety, repetition, and timing of past trauma. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 39(3-4), 569-586.
- Fedina, L., Moss, L., Rousson, A., Smith, M. E., Bright, C., Herrenkohl, T. I., & DeVylder, J. (2023). Effects of neighborhood disconnection on psychological distress and suicide risk associated with interpersonal violence within racial groups. Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma, 16(3), 681-697.
- Fedina, L., King, C., DeVylder, J., & Herrenkohl, T. I. (2023). Distinct profiles of violence victimization and suicide risk: Findings from a national survey of emerging adults. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 3(3), 245-255.
- Fedina, L., Bender, A., Tibbitts, J., Tolman, R., & Herrenkohl, T. I. (2023). Dating abuse and harassment among sexual and gender minority U.S. college students. LGBT Health, (S1), S79-S88.
- Higgins, D., Lonne, B., Scott, D., Herrenkohl, T. I. & Klika, B. (2022). Core components of public health approaches to preventing child abuse and neglect. In R. Krugman, & J. Korbin, (Eds.) Handbook of Child Maltreatment 2nd edition 22, 445-458.
- Fedina, L., Peitzmeier, S., Ward, M., Ashwell, L., Herrenkohl, T., & Tolman, R. (2022). Associations between intimate partner violence and increased economic insecurity during COVID-19. Psychology of Violence, 13(1), 53-63.
- Shyrokonis, Y., Fedina, L., Tolman, R., Herrenkohl, T., & Peitzmeier, S. (2022). Perceptions of partner decarceration among survivors of intimate partner violence during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Urban Health, 99, 887-893.
- Miller, A., Stein, S., Sokol, R., Varisco, R., Trout, P., Julian, M., Ribaudo, J., Kay, J., Pilkauskas, N., Gardner-Neblett, N., Herrenkohl, T., Zivin, K., Muzik, M., & Rosenblum K. (2022). From zero to thrive: A model of cross-system and cross-sector relational health to promote early childhood development across the child-serving ecosystem. Infant Mental Health Journal, 43(4), 624-637.
- Herrenkohl, T., Fedina, L., Sokol, R., & Ashwell, L. (2022). Youth Violence. Katzman, C. & Gordon, C., Eds. Neinstein's 7th Edition Adolescent and Young Adult Health Care: A Practical Guide. Wolters Kluwer.
- Lonne, B., Herrenkohl, T. I., Higgins, D. J., & Scott, D. (2022). The implications of leveraging administrative data for public health approaches to protecting children: Sleepwalking into quicksand? International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice, 5, 501-517.
- Eisman, A. B., Palinkas, L. A., Koffkey, C., Herrenkohl, T. I., Abbasi, U. Fridline, J., Lundahl,L., & Kilbourne, A. M. (2022). Michigan Model for HealthTM Learning to Enhance and Adapt for Prevention (Mi-LEAP): protocol of a pilot randomized trial comparing Enhanced Replicating Effective Programs versus standard implementation to deliver an evidence-based drug use prevention curriculum. Pilot Feasibility Studies, 8, 204.
- Rousson, A. N., Tajima, E. A., Herrenkohl, T. I., & Casey, E. A. (2022). Patterns of intimate partner violence and the harsh parenting of children. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
- Herrenkohl T. I., Scott, D, Higgins, D. J., Klika, J. B., & Lonne B. (2021). How COVID_19 is placing vulnerable children at risk and why we need a different approach to hcild welfare. Child Maltreatment, 26(1), 9-16.
- Jung, H., Herrenkohl, T. I., Skinner, M. L., & Rousson, A. N. (2021). Does educational success mitigate the effect of child maltreatment on later offending patterns? Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36(3-4), NP1833-1855NP.
- Ortega, R. M., Johnson-Motoyama, M., Merkel-Holguin, L., Rodriguez, C. M., Lee, S. J., Maguire-Jack, K. M., & Herrenkohl, T. I. (2021). Fauri 2020 Lecture: Child welfare and the COVID-19 pandemic. Advisor. NY: The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, 33(2), 8-19.
- Peitzmeier, S., Fedina, L., Ashwell, L., Tolman, R., & Herrenkohl, T. (2021). Increases in intimate partner violence during COVID-19: Prevelance and correlates. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37(21-22), NP20482-NP20512.
- Herrenkohl, T. I., Roberto, K., Fedina, L., Hong, S., & Love, J. (2021). Prospective study on child abuse and elder mistreatment: Assessing direct effects and associations with depression and substance use problems during adolescence and middle adulthood. Innovation in Aging, 5(3), 1-8.
- Herrenkohl, T. I., Fedina, L., Hong, S., Lee, O., & Saba, S. (2021). Associations between prospective and retrospective measures of child abuse and self-reported adult health at midlife. Child Abuse and Neglect, 120, 105203.
- Herrenkohl, T. I., Wooten, N. R., Fedina, L., Bellamy, J. L., Bunger, A. C., Ding-Geng, C., Jenson, J. M., Lee, B. R., Lee, J. O., Marsh, J. C., Solomon, P., & Williford A. (2020). Editorial: Advancing our committment to antiracist scholarship. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 11(3).
- Rousson, A. Fleming, C. B., & Herrenkohl, T. I. (2020). Childhood maltreatment and later stressful life events as predictors of depression: A test of the stress sensitization hypothesis. Psychology of Violence, 10(5), 493-500.
- Ringle, J. L., Mason, W. A., Herrenkohl, T. I., Smith, G., Stevens, A., & Jung, H. (2020). Prospective associations of child maltreatment subtypes with adult educational attainment: Tests of mediating mechanisms through school-related outcomes. Child Maltreatment.
- Herrenkohl, T. I., Jones, T. M, Lea, C. H. III, & Malorni, A. (2020). Leading with data: Using an impact-drivem research consortium model for the advancement of social emotional learning in schools. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 90(2), 283-287.
- Hemphill, S. A., Plenty, S., Bond, L., Herrenkohl, T. I., Toumbourou, J. W., & Catalano, R. F. (2020). Chapter 3: Demographic and socioeconomic predictors of school suspension: A longitudinal study in Victoria, Australia and Washington States, United States. In P. Towl & S.A. Hemphill Safe, Supportive, and Inclusive Learning Environments for Young People in Crisis and Trauma: Plaiting the Rope 27-39. London, UK: Taylor & Francis Publishers.
- Herrenkohl, T. I., Fedina, L., Roberto, K., Raquet, K., Hu, R. X., Rousson, A., & Mason, W. (2020). Child maltreatment, youth violence, intimate partner violence, and elder mistreatment: A review and theoretical analysis of research on violence across the lifecourse. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse, 23(1), 314-328.
- Herrenkohl, T., Hong, S. & Verbrugge, B. (2020). Advancing trauma-informed programs in schools: Recommendations to advance systems change. APSAC Advisor, 32(1), 10-16.
- Herrenkohl, T. I., Lonne, B., Scott, D., & Higgins, D. (2019). New directions for public health approaches: Key themes and issues. In B. Lonne, D. Higgins, D. Scott & T. I. Herrenkohl (Eds.), Child Maltreatment (contemporary issues in research and policy): Vol. 9. Re-visioning public health approaches for protecting children. 9, 487-499. New York, NY: Springer.
- Herrenkohl, T. I. & Herrenkohl, L. R. (2019). Introduction to the Special Issue: State-level engagement of university-school partnerships to strengthen opportunities for student learning and educator preparation. Teachers College Record, 121(12).
- Herrenkohl, T. I., Mersky, J. P., & Topitzes, J. (2019). Applied and translational research on trauma-responsive programs and policy: Introduction to a special issue of the American Journal of Community Psychology. American Journal of Community Psychology, 64, 281-285.
- Herrenkohl, L. R., Napolitan, K., Herrenkohl, T. I., Kazemi, E., Favia, L., & Phelps, D. (2019). Navigating fragility and building resilience: A school-university partnership to support the development of a full service community school. Teachers College Record, 121(12).
- Herrenkohl, T. I., & Klika, J. B. (2019). Intersecting forms of child victimization and public health prevention. In B. Lonne, D. Higgins, D. Scott & T. I. Herrenkohl (Eds.), Child Maltreatment (contemporary issues in research and policy): Vol. 9. Re-visioning public health approaches for protecting children. 9, 97-112. New York, NY: Springer.
- Higgins, D., Lonne, B., Scott, D., & Herrenkohl, T. I. (2019). The successes and limitations of contemporary approaches to child protection. In B. Lonne, D. Higgins, D. Scott & T. I. Herrenkohl (Eds.), Child Maltreatment (contemporary issues in research and policy): Vol. 9. Re-visioning public health approaches for protecting children. 9, 3-17. New York, NY: Springer.
- Lonne, B., Higgins, D. Herrenkohl, T. I., & Scott, D. (2019). Reconstructing the workforce within public health protective systems: Improving resilience, retention, service responsiveness and outcomes. Child Abuse and Neglect, 110(3), 104191.
- Herrenkohl, T. I., Lonne, B, Higgins, D., & Scott, D. (2019). Ensuring the personal security of children demands bold system reform. International Journal of Child Maltreatment, 3, 9-17.
- Jung, H., Herrenkohl, T. I., Skinner, M. L., Lee, J. O., Klika, J. B., & Rousson, A. N. (2019). Gender Differences in Intimate Partner Violence (IPV): A predictive analysis of IPV by child abuse and domestic violence exposure during early childhood. Violence Against Women, 25(8), 903-924.
- Herrenkohl, T. I. (2019). Cross-system collaboration and engagement of the public health model to promote the well-being of children and families. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 10(3), 319-332.
- Herrenkohl, T., Hong, S. & Verbrugge, B. (2019). Trauma-informed programs based in school: Linking concepts to practices and assessing the evidence. American Journal of Community Psychology, 64, 373-388.
- Herrenkohl, T. I., & Rousson, A. (2018). IPV and the intergenerational transmission of violence. Domestic Violence Report, 23(4), 49-60.
- Stevens, A., Herrenkohl, T. I., Mason, W. A, Smith, G. L., Klevens, J., & Merrick, M. T. (2018). Developmental effects of household adversity, transitions, and relationship quality on adult outcomes of socioeconomic status: Effects of substantiated child maltreatment. Child Abuse and Neglect, 79, 42-50.
- Lee, J. O., Jones, T. M., Kosterman, R., Cambron, C., Rhew, I., Herrenkohl, T. I., & Hill, K. G. (2018). Childhood neighborhood context and adult substance use problems: The role of socio-economic status at the age of 30 years. Pulic Health, 165, 58-66.
- Bishop, A., Walker, S. C., Lockhart, M., & Herrenkohl, T. I. (2018). Applying a community-based participatory research approach to the development of a structured assessment tool: A case study in a multiservice youth initiative. Collaborations: A Journal of Community-Based Research and Practice, 21(5), 1-14.
- Sousa, C., Mason, W. A., Herrenkohl, T. I., Prince, D., Herrenkohl, R. C., & Russo, M. J. (2018). Direct and indirect effects of child abuse and environmental stress: A lifecourse perspective on adversity and depressive symptoms. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 88(2), 180-188.
- Herrenkohl, T. I., Kim, M. H, & Anderson, J. (2018). Child Maltreatment in the context of poverty and other forms of adversity. In J. B. Klika & J. R. Conte (Eds). APSAC Handbook on Child Maltreatment (4th ed.) 34-46. Los Angeles, CA: Sage.
- Heerde, J. A., Toumbourou, J. W., Hemphill, S. A., Le, H., Herrenkohl, T. I., & Catalano, R. F. (2018). Prevent crime and save money: Return-on-investment models in Australia. Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, 545, 1-18.
- Mason, W. A., Russo, M. J., Chmelka, M. B., Herrenkohl, R. C., & Herrenkohl, T. I. (2017). Parent and peer pathways linking childhood experiences of abuse with marijuana use in adolescence and adulthood. Addictive Behaviors, 66, 70-75.
- Storer, H. L., Casey, E. R., & Herrenkohl, T. I. (2017). Developing whole school bystander interventions: The role of school- settings in influencing adolescents responses to dating violence and bullying. Children and Youth Services Review, 74, 87-95.
- Casey, E. R., Storer, H. L., & Herrenkohl, T. I. (2017). Mapping a continuum of adolescent helping" and bystander behavior within the context of dating violence and bullying. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.
- Cambron, C., Kosterman, R., Catalano, R. F., Guttmannova, K, Herrenkohl, T. I., Hill, K. G., & Hawkins, J. D. (2017). The role of self-regulation in academic and behavioral paths to a high school diploma. Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology, 3, 304-325.
- Klika, B., Trautman, A., Stiles, E., & Herrenkohl, T. I. (2017). Child maltreatment. In Huebner, B. M. (Ed.), Oxford Bibliographies in Criminology. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Lee, J. S., Tajima, E. A., Herrenkohl, T. I., & Hong, S. (2017). Effects of formal and informal deviant labels in adolescence on crime in adulthood. Social Work Research, 41(2), 97-110.
- Herrenkohl, T. I. (2017). Toward a comprehensive policy to reduce disparities in youth violence. American Journal of Public Health, 107(6), 829-830.
- Kelly, A. B., Mason, W. A., Chmelka, M. B., Herrenkohl, T. I., Kim, M. J., Patton, G. C., Hemphill, S. A., Toumbourou, J. W., & Catalano, R. F. (2016). Depressed mood during early to middle adolescence: A bi-national longitudinal study of the unique impact of family conflict. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 45(8), 1604-1613.
- Herrenkohl, T. I., Leeb, R. L., & Higgins, D. (2016). The public health model of child maltreatment prevention. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse.
- Herrenkohl, T. I., & Jung, H. (2016). Effects of child abuse, adolescent violence, peer approval, and pro-violence attitudes on intimate partner violence in adulthood. Criminal Behavior and Mental Health, 26(4), 304-314.
- Kim, M. J., Mason, W. A., Herrenkohl, T. I., Catalano, R. F., Toumbourou, J. W., & Hemphill, S. A. (2016). Influence of early onset of alcohol use on the development of adolescent alcohol problems: A longitudinal bi-national study. Prevention Science, 18, 1-11.
- Lee, J. O., Kosterman, R., Jones, T. M., Herrenkohl, T. I., Rhew, I. C., Catalano, R. F., & Hawkins, J. D. (2016). Mechanisms linking high school graduation to health disparities in young adulthood: A longitudinal analysis of the role of health behaviors, psychosocial stressors, and health insurance. Public Health, 139, 61-69.
- Skinner, M. L., Hong, S., Herrenkohl, T. I., Brown, E. C. Lee, J. O., & Jung, H. (2016). Longitudinal effects of early child maltreatment on adult co-occurring substance misuse and mental health problems: The role of adolescent alcohol use and depression. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 77, 464-472.
- Herrenkohl, T. I., Jung, H., Klika, J. B., Mason, W. A., Brown, E. C., Leeb, R. T., & Herrenkohl, R. C. (2016). Mediating and moderating effects of social support in the study of child abuse and adult physical and mental health. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 86(5), 573-583.
- Sousa, C., Klika, J. B., Herrenkohl, T. I., & Packard, W. B. (2016). Child Maltreatment. In Cuevas, C. (Ed.), The Wiley Handbook on the Psychology of Violence. Wiley.
- Herrenkohl, T. I., Boxer, P., & McGylnn-Wright, A. (2016). Prevention and treatment of violence in youth (Chapter 72). In L. Neinstein, D. Katzman, T. Callahan, C. Gordon, A. Joffe, and V. Rickert (Eds.), Neinstein’s Adolescent and Young Adult Health Care: A Practical Guide (6th ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
- Hemphill, S. A., Heerde, J. A., Herrenkohl, T. I., & Farrington, D. P. (2015). Within-individual versus between-individual predictors of antisocial behaviour: A longitudinal study of young people in Victoria, Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 48(3), 429-445.
- Heerde, J. A., Toumbourou, J. W., Hemphill, S. A., Herrenkohl, T. I., Patton, G. C., & Catalano, R. F. (2015). Incidence and course of adolescent deliberate self-harm in Victoria, Australia, and Washington State, USA. Journal of Adolescent Health, 57, 537-544.
- Skinner, M. L., Kristman-Valente, A. N., & Herrenkohl, T. I. (2015). Adult binge drinking: Childhood sexual abuse, gender, and the role of adolescent alcohol-related experiences. Alcohol and Alcoholism.
- Lee, J. O., Herrenkohl, T. I., Jung, H., Skinner, M. L., & Klika, J. B. (2015). Longitudinal examination of peer and partner influences on gender-specific pathways from child abuse to adult crime. Child Abuse and Neglect, 47, 83-93.
- Jung, H., Herrenkohl, T. I. Lee, J. O., Skinner, M., & Klika, J. B. (2015). Effects of physical and emotional child abuse and its chronicity on crime into adulthood. Violence and Victims, 30(6), 1004-1018.
- Herrenkohl, T. I. & Favia, L. (2015). Building resilience by teaching and supporting the development of social emotional skills and wellness in vulnerable children. In U. Kumar (Ed.), Handbook of Resilience: A Psychosocial Perspective. Taylor and Francis.
- Evans-Whipp, T., Plenty, S. M., Catalano, R. F., Herrenkohl, T. I., & Toumbourou, J. W. (2015). Longitudinal effects of school drug policies on student marijuana use in Washington State, US and Victoria, Australia. American Journal of Public Health, 105(5), 994-1000.
- Storer, H. L., Casey E., & Herrenkohl, T. I. (2015). Efficacy of bystander programs to prevent dating abuse among youth and young adults: A review of the literature. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse.
- Herrenkohl, T. I., Herrenkohl, L. R., Benner, J., Proulx., M. A., & Calvo, N. (2015). Research-practice partnership to support social emotional learning in schools. Sage Research Methods Cases.
- Herrenkohl, T. I., Higgins, D. J., Merrick, M. T. & Leeb, R. T. (2015). Positioning a public health framework at the intersection of child maltreatment and intimate partner violence. Child Abuse and Neglect, 48, 22-28.
- Jung, H., Herrenkohl, T. I., Lee, J. O., Hemphill, S. A., & Heerde, J. A. (2015). Gendered pathways from child abuse to adult crime through internalizing and externalizing behaviors in childhood and adolescence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.