EDUCATION
PhD, University of Michigan (Social Work and Sociology)
MSW, University of Michigan
Fulbright Scholar, Colégio de México, Mexico
BA, Swarthmore College
AREAS OF INTEREST
Intimate partner violence intervention and prevention; community-based participatory research; community practice with immigrant populations; qualitative methods; feminist theory and practice.
HONORS, AWARDS, and AFFILIATIONS
Outstanding Teacher Award, awarded by a vote of students, Program in Public Health, Stony Brook University (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2017, 2015, 2014, 2012).
Student Life Award, awarded by the vice president of student affairs at Stony Brook University for work on sexual violence prevention on campus (2015).
Frederick R. Preston Partnership Award, Stony Brook University, awarded for "outstanding service and contributions to the quality of student life on the Stony Brook campus in partnership with the Office of the Dean of Students."
Fulbright Fellowship, Programa Interdisciplinario de Estudios de la Mujer, Colegio de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico (1995-96).
NIMH Training Fellow in the Interdisciplinary Research Program on Violence and Mental Health Across the Lifespan, University of Michigan (2002-05).
Member: American Public Health Association; Society for Social Work and Research; American Sociological Association; American Academy of Health Behavior.
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES and PROJECTS
Healthy Libraries Lab, an interprofessional collaboration among faculty from Stony Brook Medicine and staff/administration of local libraries, providing interdisciplinary health and social services to library patrons and assessing their impact (2020 to present).
Evaluation of Fatherhood FIRE (Family-Focused, Interconnected, Resilient, and Essential), funded by the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance, Pathways to Responsible Fatherhood (2020-25).
Evaluation of Project SPARK (Supported Parents and Resilient Kids), funded by IMPACT (DHHS Administration on Children, Youth and Families - Family and Youth Services Bureau Family Violence Prevention and Services Discretionary Grants: Specialized Services for Abused Parents and Their Children (Demonstration Projects) (2020-24).
Violence and onward HIV transmission in perinatally-infected adolescents, National Institutes of Health (2019-24).
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Hammock, A., Inman, E., Madi, P. Violari, A., & Kidman, R. (in press). An exploratory test of the pathways between adverse childhood experiences and later perpetration of intimate partner violence in South African male youth using theoretical frameworks. Child Abuse & Neglect.
Dietrich, J. J., Zharima, C., Mboneli, E., Tsotetsi, L., Vermaak, S., Nkala-Dlamini, B., Violari, A., Kidman, R., & Hammock, A., (in press). ‘It’s not my business’: Adolescent boys’ experiences and responses to community violence in Soweto, South Africa.Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma.
Hammock, A., Dietrich, J. J., Tsotetsi, L., Mboneli, E., Sipapa, A., Zharima, C., Vermaak, S., Nkala-Dlamini, B., Violari, A., & Kidman, R. (2025). “They say a woman has to be beaten up in order to show that you love her, but I don’t see it that way”: South African adolescent males’ experiences of household violence and their perpetration of intimate partner violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605251384899.
Inman, E. M., Zhang, X., Madi, P., Ramsammy, C. W., Hammock, A., Violari, A., Kidman, R. (2025). Violence as an obstacle to HIV medication adherence and viral suppression: A daily diary investigation among adolescent boys. Social Science & Medicine, 364,117549. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117549.
Nelson, A., Moylan, C., Allen, J., & Hammock, A. (2024). "When and How Many: Factors Associated with Campus Sexual Assault Reforms." Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy. Advance online publications. doi: 10.1111/asap.12393
Hammock, A., Pandolfelli, G., Samuel, T., Fils-Aimé, P., Grande, M., D'Ambrosio, M., Murphy, M., Kaur, S., Logan, J., Feuerstein-Simon, R., Cannuscio, C., & Benz-Scott, L. (2023). Understanding how suburban public librarians respond to the health and social needs of communities. Library and Information Science Research, 45(10, 101233. doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2022.101217.
Yoshihama, M & Hammock, A. (2023). Assessing Community Readiness to Develop a Socioculturally Relevant Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Program. Prevention Science, 24(7):1340-1351. doi: 10.1007/s11121-023-01567-5/ PMID: 37436561.
Pandolfelli, G., Hammock, A., et al. (2023). An interprofessional team-based experiential learning experience in public libraries. Pedagogy in Health Promotion, 9(1):54-63/ doi: 10.1177/23733799211048517.
Babalola, T., Couch, T., Donahoe, M., Kidman, R., Hammock, A., Monastero, R., Hanes, D., & Meliker, J. (2022). Domestic violence calls for police service in five US cities during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. BMC Public Health, 22, 2455. https://doi.org.10.1186/s12889-022-14901-3.
Hammock, A., Hayward, A., *McKillip, A.J., and Kohli, E. (2022). Coparenting and masculinity in a fatherhood program. Family Relations. 71. 1122-1141.
Yoshihama, M., Hammock, A., Baidoun F. (2022). Analysis of Bystander Behavior Toward Intimate Partner Violence via Peerformance. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37(11-12), NP10196-NP10219. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260520985482.
Yoshihama, M., Hammock, A., Baidoun F. (2022). Peerformance: Bystanders Enacting and Challenging Gender Norms in Community-Based Theater to Prevent Domestic Violence. Violence Against Women, 28(3-4), 922-945. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012211014556.
Hayward, R.A., Hong, H.P., *McKillip, A.J., Hammock, A., & Hou, W. (2020). Exploring the impact of a text messaging intervention on engagement and retention of fathers in a community-based father involvement program. Advanced online publication. Journal of Technology in Human Services. doi:10.1080/15228835.2020.1841070.
Hammock, A., Majumdar, S., *Mathew, A., &*Johnson, S. Men's experiences of sexual assault bystander intervention education. (2020). Advanced online publication. Journal of American College Health. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2020.1790572.
Greco, J., Kupczynski, L., Silverman, N., & Hammock, A. (2020). The Clinical Site Visit: Perspectives of Physical Therapist Students. Journal of Physical Therapy Education, 34(4), 321-331. doi:10.1097/JTE.0000000000000157.
Levin, D. & Hammock, A. (2020). Sex Education in Ontario: Exploring Youth Perceptions, School Contexts and Messaging in Sexual Health Education Programs. The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 29(3), 323-338. doi:10.3138/cjhs.2019-0046.
Moylan, C., Hammock, A., & Carlson, M. (2020). In the Eye of the Reformer: Higher Education Personnel Perspectives on Campus Sexual Assault Policy Implementation. Journal of School Violence, 19(4), 433-445. doi: 10.1080/15388220.2020.1728285.
Yoshihama, M., Ramakrishnan, A., Hammock, A., & Pasha, M. (in press). Intimate partner violence prevention program in an Asian immigrant community: Integrating theories, data, and community participation. Violence Against Women.
Hammock, A. (2011). Identity Construction through Theatrical Community Practice. Qualitative Social Work, 10(3), 364-380.
Yoshihama, M., Hammock, A.C., & Horrocks, J. (2006). Intimate partner violence, welfare receipt, and health status of low-income African American women: A lifecourse analysis. American Journal of Community Psychology, 37 (1-2), 95-109.
Yoshihama, M., Gillespie, B., Hammock, A.C., Belli, R.F. & Tolman, R. (2005). Does the Life History Calendar method facilitate the recall of domestic violence victimization? Comparison of two methods of data collection. Social Work Research, 29(3). 151-163.
Hammock, A.C. (1996). Violencia conyugal y mujer joven: Experiencias en las organizaciones sociales de apoyo a la mujer. JOVENes: Revista de Estudios Sobre Juventud. 1(2), 84-99. (Partner violence and young women: Experiences in social service organizations that offer support to women. JOVENes: Research Magazine on Adolescence.)
