Robert L. Hampton, Ph.D. is Provost/Executive Vice President at Tennessee State University. He previously served York College of the City University of New York as its President and Professor, Department of Social Sciences. Prior to joining York College, he served as Associate Provost for Academic Affairs and Dean for Undergraduate Studies, Professor of Family Studies and Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is a Hartman Mentoring Scholar. He has published extensively in the field of family violence including several edited books; Violence in the Black Family: Correlates and Consequences, Black Family Violence: Current Research and Theory, Family Violence: Prevention and treatment, Preventing Violence in America and Substance Abuse, Family Violence, and Child Welfare: Bridging Perspectives and Promoting Racial Ethnic and Religious Understanding in America. He is completing a new book entitled The Prevention and treatment of Interpersonal Violence Within the African American Community: Evidence-based Approaches. He is one of the founders of the Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community. His research interests include partner violence, family abuse, community violence, student success in higher education and social change.

Dr. Hampton's degrees include: a BA from Princeton University and an MA and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. In addition to his academic work, Dr. Hampton served in the United State Army Reserve from 1972 to 1996 and retired at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

Dr Hampton has published extensively in the field of family violence. Some of his publications include:

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