Zippy News: JMF Issue on Transformative Family Scholarship

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Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022

Journal of Marriage and Family Releases Special Issue on Transformative Family Scholarship
Join Your Colleagues in Person for NCFR 2022
Add Workshops to Your NCFR Registration
NCFR International Section Seeks Mentors and Mentees
Oct. 25 Webinar: How To Be An Anti-Racist Researcher
Free Networking Event for Marriage & Family Scholars
Save the Date: NCFR's Annual Member Meeting is Virtual!
Show Prospective Students What It Means to Become a Family Scientist
On the Bookshelf: What is Family Science? An Answer
On Demand Webinar: How to Reduce Barriers for Latino(a) Immigrants
Video of the Week: Angela Lansbury's Last Word
New Employment Opportunities

NCFR Journals

Journal of Marriage and Family Releases Special Issue on Transformative Family Scholarship

NCFR's Journal of Marriage and Family has published a special issue on the theme of promoting anti-racist family scholarship, part of a series across NCFR's three flagship journals.

This special issue focuses on scholarship using cutting-edge theory, research, and practices to investigate racial injustice and confront White supremacy within the context of the family. Dawn M. Dow, Ph.D., April Few-Demo, Ph.D., and Deadric T. Williams, Ph.D., served as guest editors.

Many of the issue's articles are open access to the public.

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2022 NCFR Annual Conference | Nov. 16-19 in Minneapolis
Join Your Colleagues in Person for NCFR 2022

We are looking forward to seeing everyone at the 2022 NCFR Annual Conference in Minneapolis, Nov. 16–19, 2022 — the premier conference for family-related research, teaching, theory, and practice.

Register by Oct. 20. After this date, registration rates increase. All attending presenters, discussants, facilitators, moderators, and session chairs must register for the conference.

Presenters: Instructions are now available to help you prepare for and conduct a successful conference session.

All in-person attendees will be required to have proof of COVID-19 vaccination. Learn more.

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Thank you to our 2022 Host Sponsor — Department of Family Social Science at the University of Minnesota — for their generous support of the conference.

Add Workshops to Your NCFR Registration

This year, NCFR will host several preconference workshops before the main conference starts on Nov. 16 — as well as a postconference workshop:

Theory Construction and Research Methodology (TCRM) Workshop
Tuesday, Nov. 15 and Wednesday, Nov. 16

Broader Impact Bootcamp: Translating Your Research for Social Change
Tuesday, Nov. 15, 1-5 p.m. CT

KAIROS Blanket Exercise: Exploring Relationships among Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Peoples
Tuesday, Nov. 15, 5:30–8:30 p.m. CT

Linking Local Practitioners & Global Researchers in Minneapolis
Saturday, Nov. 19, 12:30–4:30 p.m. CT

Application of Ambiguous Loss Theory: Advanced Training for Family Therapists and Educators
Saturday, Nov. 19, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. CT

Add any workshop when you register for the conference or login to your account to add it to your existing registration.

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NCFR Member Opportunities

NCFR International Section Seeks Mentors and Mentees

Applications due by Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022

NCFR's International Section (IN) is accepting applicants for its mentorship program. All NCFR IN Section members are eligible to apply and are invited to be involved as either a mentor or a mentee.

The goal of the IN section mentorship program is to advance the discipline of Family Science by supporting and encouraging the professional development of its members.

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Please note this is a different program than NCFR's Mentoring Academy

NCFR Webinars
How To Be An Anti-Racist Researcher

Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022 / 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. CT
Presented by Meagan Call-Cummings, Ph.D.; Sharrell Hassell-Goodman, M. Ed., M.S. Ed.; Giovanni P. Dazzo, Ph.D. / Register now

It is important for researchers to be able to identify and understand how race, class, gender, and other inequities are embedded in the structures of their research plans to help shift research practices to be more inclusive and explicitly anti-racist.

This webinar will begin to address this gap by offering resources to question one’s own research practices through an anti-racist lens. By the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to:

Examine and apply anti-racist research methods;
Connect epistemological commitments with concrete methodological decisions/plans; and
Develop an individual action plan committed to anti-racist research

All webinars are recorded and available later on demand. Classroom and departmental licenses are also available.

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Recording now available:
Anti-Racist Pedagogy: Rethinking How One Teaches
Presented by Adrienne Duke, Ph.D.

Free Networking for Emerging Scholars
A Conversation with HMRE Researchers and Practitioners

Virtual event: Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022 / 2:30–4 p.m. CT / Free!

If you work or are pursuing work in Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education (HMRE) fields, don't miss this free networking event hosted by NCFR and the Marriage Strengthening Research and Dissemination Center (MAST Center), the week before the 2022 NCFR Annual Conference (November 16-19).

Emerging scholars will be paired with mentors to discuss professional development topics such as: navigating graduate school, launching a research agenda, academic and nonacademic career opportunities in HMRE-related work, and how to form partnerships with HMRE programs.

Spots will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Mentors and mentees needed!

LEARN MORE AND REGISTER

Friday, Nov. 11, 2022 | 3–4:30 p.m. Central Time

Virtual NCFR Annual Member Meeting

Gaining the Competitive Edge: Propelling Family Science Ph.D.s to the Top of the Job Market

All NCFR members are invited to attend the NCFR Annual Member Meeting — which will be held virtually on Nov. 11 — to hear updates on NCFR activities, ask questions, and recognize colleagues and their accomplishments.

The second half of the meeting will include a member discussion of how doctoral students in Family Science or HDFS (Human Development and Family Science) can hold the competitive edge in the job market when they graduate.

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No signup or NCFR conference registration is needed to attend this free meeting. NCFR members will receive an email with the Zoom link closer to the meeting date.

On the Bookshelf
What is Family Science?
An Answer
Anthony G. James, Jr., Ph.D., CFLE

It can be difficult to understand what Family Science is, or to answer important questions such as:

How does one develop and maintain a Family Science career?
What are the goals of Family Science?
How can Family Science training provide knowledge and skills that helps families?

These are common questions asked by those unfamiliar to the discipline of Family Science.

This new textbook is an essential resource for anyone seeking to understand the value of Family Science in contemporary social science marketplaces. Author and NCFR member Anthony G. James Jr., Ph.D., CFLE, is an experienced Family Scientist and a strong advocate of putting knowledge into practice – and helping families achieve their desired goals.

FULL BOOK INFORMATION

NCFR members: Have you written or edited a book that was published in the past year? We'll include your book in our Resource Library, along with one announcement in Zippy News. Learn more...

On Demand WebinarsHow to Reduce Barriers for Latino(a) Immigrants Using a Cultural Adaptation Model

Presenter Rubén Parra-Cardona, Ph.D., introduces and demonstrates how to apply a cultural adaptation model that has evolved over 14 years of working with Latino(a) families. Attendees will first be provided with an introduction or refresher to the purpose, key concepts, an utilization of community-based participatory research (CBPR) methodology.
This webinar recording is now available free to NCFR members and CFLE. Learn more & access recording.

Dr. Parra-Cardona was a fantastic plenary speaker at the 2019 NCFR Annual Conference. NCFR members can watch his plenary recording here.

Classroom or departmental licenses are available for these and any other webinar or conference recordings.

All NCFR webinar recordings are approved for CFLE continuing education credit.

Zippy's Video of the Week
Angela Lansbury's Last Word

Actress Angela Lansbury died on Oct. 11, 2022 at the age of 96. She was a Hollywood and Broadway star with a colorful and varied seven-decade career, collecting six Tony Awards, and nominations for Emmy, Grammy and Academy Awards (her first of three Oscar nominations was at the age of 18; she received an honorary award in 2013).

Lansbury is best remembered as TV detective Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote. The New York Times interviewed her in 2010 to discuss her life and accomplishments with the understanding the video would be released only after her death.

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New Employment Opportunities

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Postdoctoral Fellow
Utah State University

Utah State University seeks applications for post-doctoral fellows in the Human Development and Family Studies department (HDFS). Multiple positions are available. The purpose of the postdoctoral fellowship is to prepare the fellow to assume research, Extension, faculty, and leadership positions in relationship education science, practice, and policy. The fellows' primary responsibilities will be analyzing data, evaluating programmatic effectiveness, and writing/publishing manuscripts. Fellows will be expected to contribute to existing studies and take an active role in conceptualizing and conducting new studies. Additional responsibilities may include assisting with implementation of programmatic and evaluation protocols, presenting research results at conferences/meetings, and working with students and county Extension faculty.

Location: Logan, Utah
Required education: Doctorate
Application Deadline: Open until filled

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Tenure-Track (Open Rank) Faculty - Adult Development and Aging
Pennsylvania State University

The Department of Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS), in the College of Health and Human Development at Penn Stat, seeks a tenured or tenure-track faculty member, rank open, who will bring leadership to the department and college in research focused on determinants of healthy aging. The successful applicant will be a leader of a program of research with a strong publication record and evidence of securing external funding. Responsibilities include directing a research program focusing on determinants of healthy aging; teaching both undergraduate and graduate level courses; and meeting departmental training needs including directing theses and dissertations in adult development and aging.

Location: University Park, Pennsylvania
Required education: Doctorate
Application Deadline: Open until filled

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Lecturer, Human Development and Family Science
Queens College, City University of New York

The Department of Family Nutrition and Exercise Sciences at Queens College-CUNY is currently conducting a search for a full-time lecturer or lecturer doctoral schedule position in human development and Family Science beginning fall 2023. The successful applicant will teach courses in human development and Family Science, such as family relations, child development and parenting, families as consumers, family resource management, sexuality, families in cross-cultural perspectives, fieldwork, and other related areas. Other duties will include advising students; developing and assessing curricula; and service to the profession, department, and college.

Location: Queens, New York
Required education: Bachelor's with special consideration given to Master's (rank of lecturer); Doctorate (rank of lecturer doctoral schedule)
Application Deadline: Dec. 4, 2022

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