Wm. Michael Fleming
Associate Professor of Family Studies
Director of Research and Assessment, Patricia A. Tomson Center for Violence Prevention
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Wm. Michael Fleming
Associate Professor of Family Studies
Director of Research and Assessment, Patricia A. Tomson Center for Violence Prevention
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow University of Michigan; Program Development and Evaluation
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison; Human Development and Family Studies
M.A. University of Connecticut; Marriage and Family Therapy
B.A. University of Wisconsin-Madison; Psychology
Content associated with understanding interpersonal violence and the education and prevention of such violence as well as the development of health relationships. Understanding family dynamics; fatherhood and men in healthy relationships.
Dynamics associated with interpersonal violence and high conflict relationships; systemic models of prevention and early intervention in gender violence; programmatic and evaluative efforts associated with engaging men and boys in violence prevention and healthy relationships; workforce development and education for victim service providers and educators and secondary trauma and vicarious victimization among such providers.
Fleming, W.M., & Heisterkamp, A.H. (2015). Cultivating partnerships: A case study for moving beyond campus-centric approaches to sexual violence prevention. eJournal of Public Affairs, 4, 61-88.
Fleming, W.M., & Wiersma, J. (2015). The role of alcohol consumption patterns and pro-social bystander interventions in contexts of gender violence. Violence Against Women, 21. 1259-1283
Katz, J., Heisterkamp, A., & Fleming, W. (2011). The social justice roots of the Mentors in Violence Prevention Model, and its application in a high school setting. Violence Against Women.17, 684-702.
Darling, C., A., Fleming, W.M. & Cassidy, D. (2009) Professionalization of family life education: Defining the Field. Family Relations 58, 330-345.
Lynch, A., & Fleming, W.M. (2005). Bystander Approach: Empowering Students to Model Ethical Sexual Behavior. Journal of Family & Consumer Science 97, 27-33.