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

Professor Richard M. Tolman's research focuses on violence against women and children, the effectiveness of interventions designed to change violent and abusive behavior, and the traumatic effects of violence on the well-being of victims. Tolman is currently co-director of the Project for Research on Work, Welfare, and Domestic Violence, which is cosponsored by the School's Research Center on Poverty, Risk, and Mental Health, and the Center for Impact Research of Chicago. His research includes a study of trauma, mental health, and health issues for low-income single mothers. Tolman is on the editorial board of the Journal of Emotional Abuse, and was formerly the associate editor of the Journal of Interpersonal Violence. He has served as a domestic violence expert on a number of national panels, including NIMH, National Institute of Justice, the National Research Council, and the National Women's Resource Center. Other areas of research/scholarly interest: mental health; interpersonal practice.

Personal Information

Email

rtolman@umich.edu

Web Sites

Personal Home Page

Mailbox

INDI

165

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

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

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.

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

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.

Rosen, D., Tolman, R. M., & Warner, L. (2006). Comparing psychiatric service use among low-income women and women in a general household population. Social Work Research, 30(4), 223-232.

Lee, S., & Tolman, R. M. (2006). Childhood sexual abuse and adult work outcomes. Social Work Research, 30(2), 83-92.

Saunders, D. G., Pahl, L., Holter, M., & Tolman, R. M. (2006). Welfare workers' responses to domestic violence cases: The effects of training and worker characteristics. Families in Society, 87(3), 329-339.

Yoshihama, M., Gillespie, B., Hammock, A. C., Belli, R., & Tolman, R. (2005). Does the Life History Calendar method facilitate the recall of intimate partner violence? Comparison of two methods of data collection. Social Work Research, 29(3), 151-163.

Tolman, R. M., & Wang, H. C. (2005). Domestic violence and women's employment: Fixed effects models of three waves of Women's Employment Study data. American Journal of Community Psychology, 36(1/2), 147-158.

Saunders, D. G., Holter, M. C., Pahl, L. C., Tolman, R. M., & Kenna, C. E. (2005). TANF workers' responses to battered women and the impact of brief worker training: What survivors report. Violence Against Women, 11(2), 227.

Kaplan, G., Siefert, K., Ranjit, N., Raghunathan, T., Young, E., Tran, D., et al. (2005). The health of poor women under welfare reform. American Journal of Public Health, 95(7), 1252-1258.