Zippy News: 2021 Conference Schedule Available

2021 NCFR Annual Conference
Preliminary Conference Schedule Now Available

Registration is open to attend the 2021 NCFR Annual Conference virtually. At this time, NCFR is planning for a virtual format due to current pandemic conditions.

The 2021 NCFR Annual Conference from Tuesday Nov. 2 to Friday, Nov. 5, will be a four-day dynamic experience optimized for participants from across the globe.

Please note the following improvements to the 2021 schedule, designed to accommodate attendees in time zones all around the world:

Business and committee meetings are scheduled on weekdays beginning Wednesday, Oct. 27.
The NCFR membership meeting will be Friday, Oct. 29 from 4-5:30 p.m. Central Time.
The conference program begins on Tuesday, Nov. 2 with four blocks of poster sessions, the TCRM Workshop, and Newcomers Welcome.
Academic sessions are scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 2 through Friday, Nov. 5, between 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Central Time.

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NCFR Celebrates Pride Month and LGBTQ Family Research

June is recognized as LGBTQ Pride Month in the U.S., to commemorate the June 1969 Stonewall riots. Many parades and other Pride events are held in June.

In celebration of Pride Month in June, NCFR is highlighting recent research and resources pertaining to LGBTQ individuals and their families.

LGBTQ family research is conducted and published all 12 months of the year and NCFR will continue to provide more resources year-round.

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Family Life Education

Register to Attend the 2021 Family Life Education Summit

Friday, June 25, 2021, 10 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. CDT

NCFR’s first virtual Family Life Education summit will focus on practitioners at all experience levels working with and for families.

Participants will learn from and make important connections with fellow practitioners and will gain practical tools and ideas for how to support and empower families within their specific contexts.

The opening plenary is titled "Collaboration as the Key to Unlocking Family Well-Being," presented by Cynthia B. Wilson, Ph.D., CFLE. Session topics include program development and evaluation to implementing online programming to running your own practice.

LEARN MORE & REGISTER

All sessions will be recorded and available for viewing by registrants after the event.

Summer Webinars From NCFR

Managing Difficult Group Situations in Parent Education

Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. CDT
Presenters: Glen Palm, Ph.D., CFLE, and Deborah Campbell, M.S.

As parent groups become more diverse, Family Life Educators need greater self-understanding, empathy and deeper appreciation for parents' individual backgrounds and contexts. This webinar will focus on some of the challenging moments that occur when working with parent groups and offer helpful strategies, including how to use appropriate language in response to situations.

Participants will consider group context, parental background, and their own emotional responses when selecting various strategies and responses to challenging behaviors. Participants will also have an opportunity to practice new strategies they have learned and reflect on their own emotional responses to difficult situations.

Approved for 1.5 hours of CFLE continuing education credit.

REGISTER FOR WEBINAR

NCFR has a full slate of webinars scheduled for this summer! See all upcoming webinars

NCFR Awards and Recognition

Apply for the 2021 Cognella Innovation in Teaching Award for Family Science
Deadline: Sept. 10, 2021

In collaboration with NCFR, publisher Cognella is now accepting applications and nominations for the Cognella Innovation in Teaching Award for Family Science.

The award celebrates those teaching in higher education who go above and beyond to introduce cutting-edge teaching practices to their courses that better engage students and advance scholarship in the discipline.

The first-place recipient of the award will receive a $1,000 cash prize, and the second-place winner will receive a $500 Cognella book credit.

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Call for Proposals
Northwest Council on Family Relations (NWCFR) 2021 Conference

The Northwest Council on Family Relations (NWCFR), a regional affiliate of NCFR, is pleased to announce its 2021 virtual fall conference scheduled for Sept. 24 & 25, 2021.

The conference theme is, “Applying a Social Justice Lens to Family Science Research and Practice: What Have We Learned from Current Crises?” Conference registration for professionals is $35 USD and free for students, recent graduates, and those impacted by COVID-19.

The proposal submission deadline is Friday, July 30, 2021, for paper presentations, posters, workshops, and round table discussions.

SUBMIT A PROPOSAL

Call for Applications
2021 MAST Center Small Grant Program

The Marriage Strengthening Research & Dissemination Center (MAST Center) is accepting applications for its 2021 Small Grant Program for emerging scholars interested in research on families, relationships, and/or healthy marriage and relationship education programming.

The program will provide up to 10 awards of up to $750 to help cover the cost of professional development activities during the 2021-2022 academic year. The program is open to current graduate students and early career professionals within 3 years of finishing a master’s or PhD program.

Applications are due by 5 p.m. EDT on July 15, 2021.

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What Is Family Science?

Family Science: The Scientific Study of Families & Close Interpersonal Relationships

Just as family is a unique type of group, Family Science is built on a unique set of characteristics that sets it apart from other social sciences. It is:

Relationship-focused
Strengths-oriented
Preventive
Evidenced-based
Applied (or by another term: Translational)

This combination of traits makes the discipline of Family Science — and the work of Family Scientists — vital to better understanding, strengthening, and empowering families.

MORE FAMILY SCIENCE ESSENTIALS

Spread the word! Share NCFR's We Are Family Science website to introduce your family, friends, and colleagues to the ways Family Science makes a difference.

NCFR Section Events
Intersectional Feminism Summer Book Club

Tuesday, June 29, 2021, 10 a.m. – Noon EDT
Free for REDF & FFS Section members

NCFR's Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Families (REDF) Section and Feminism and Family Studies (FFS) Section will host a virtual Zoom discussion of the New York Times' bestseller, Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall. The discussion will be facilitated by NCFR member Keiana Mayfield, M.S.

Please note this event is for members of these NCFR sections.
To join an NCFR section, please visit: my.ncfr.org and click on the "Join Sections" button.

REGISTER FOR EVENT

REDF Section Virtual Social: Our Moments of Joy and Flourishing
REDF members are also invited to a virtual social on Thursday, June 17, 7–8:30 p.m. CDT. Register here

Zippy's Video of the Week
The Best Commencement Speech Never Given

And finally, is there a greatest commencement speech of all time?

We know one thing for sure. The greatest commencement speech never given is one that has long been attributed to author Kurt Vonnegut, and was actually a column written by Mary Schmich for the Chicago Tribune. Schmich never orated her speech either; the column was merely a speech she could imagine herself delivering to graduates.

Someone posted Schmich's column to the Internet in 1997 (without attribution) and the Vonnegut urban legend was born. In 1999, film director Baz Luhrmann turned it into a song with an accompanying music video, provided here for your enjoyment.

TRUST US ON THE SUNSCREEN

Employment Opportunities

Employers: Get your job opening included in Zippy News by posting it in the NCFR Jobs Center! Get started here.

Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor of Urban Early Childhood Education
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis - IUPUI

The Indiana University School of Education at IUPUI seeks a non-tenure track visiting clinical assistant professor with strengths in teaching, leadership, and scholarship that are grounded in early childhood pedagogy and theories in urban settings. The successful candidate will teach early childhood courses that ground pre-service teachers in deep understanding of critical social justice pedagogy, human development, social-emotional learning, and urban communities within strong field-based experiences.

This position also includes the role of program coordinator for the early childhood program. This role includes scheduling courses and instructors, coordinating student teaching placements, coordinating benchmark assessments, coordinating accreditation assessments as well as leading ongoing program development, innovation, and evaluation.

Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Required education: Doctorate
Application deadline: June 15, 2021; open until filled

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Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Science – Tenure Track
University of Central Missouri

The School of Human Services at the University of Central Missouri seeks an assistant professor in the marriage and family therapy specialization of the human development and Family Science graduate program and the child and family development undergraduate program. The successful candidate will teach graduate and undergraduate courses. Scholarly activity, such as presentations, grants, and publications, is necessary for promotion and tenure. The position has clinical supervision responsibilities and includes advisement, recruitment, and networking with professionals in the field. The preferred candidate will have the ability to utilize technology and teach online courses.

Location: Warrensburg, Missouri
Required education: Doctorate
Application deadline: June 21, 2021. Open until filled.

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Editor, CFLE Network
National Council on Family Relations

NCFR seeks an editor for its quarterly newsletter for Certified Family Life Educators (CFLEs). CFLE Network provides news, information, resources and materials regarding the practice of Family Life Education. It also provides information regarding the status and ongoing development of the CFLE program. As editor, you will have the opportunity to identify relevant themes and authors and work with NCFR staff to produce this important CFLE benefit. The position will begin in September with the fall 2021 issue.

Location: Remote work
Required education: Master's
Application deadline: Review begins June 30; open until filled

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