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NCFR Weekly Zippy News

Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024

New Policy Brief on State Paid Parental Leave
Jan. 16 Webinar: Quantitative Sampling Techniques
Call for Presenters: Quantitative Methods Webinar
Call for Submissions: NCFR Résumé and CV Review Program
JFTR Call Extended: Sexual & Gender Diversity in Families
New Career Q&A: Fostering Youth Development Through Extension Education
Call for Reviewers: NCFR Résumé and CV Review Program
Nominate Leaders for 2025 NCFR Elections
Now Hiring: NCFR Editor, Research & Policy Briefs
NCFR Congratulates the 2023 Wiley Award Recipients
Congrats to NCFR Section Award Recipients
Virtual Grad School Meet & Greet
Teaching Family Science Conference
Upcoming Events
Zippy's Video of the Week: Good News in 2023
New Employment Opportunities

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NCFR Releases New Research and Policy Brief
State Paid Parental Leave Policy: A Tool to Reduce Inequality Within and Between Families

In the absence of federal legislation, 13 states and the District of Columbia have implemented or passed paid parental leave policy. New evidence suggests that paid parental leave improves maternal and child health, reduces economic hardship, and has a positive impact on partner relations.

Policy design features such as eligibility, leave duration, and wage replacement rates vary across states. To reduce between– and within-family inequality, paid parental leave should be accessible to all workers, should include full or near-full wage replacement, and should last at least 12 weeks.

This brief includes several policy recommendations at multiple levels that can help to address existing inequalities within and between families.

A two-page executive summary and a six-page policy brief are available for you to download and share with others.

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CFLE Continuing Education/NCFR Webinar
What's My N? Sampling Techniques in Qualitative Research

Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024 / 11 a.m. to 12:30 CT
Presented by: Kevin Roy, Ph.D.

This webinar will promote Family Science research by providing flexible, creative, and a critical set of methodological tools that can be used in qualitative research to prioritize context, process, and meaning in family relationships.

By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to:

Distinguish between quality and quantity of data collection approaches and their relationship to purposive and theoretical sampling techniques;
Develop a process of saturation (both data-based and theoretical) that emerges from systemic sampling techniques; and
Understand how enhanced sampling and saturation leads to more rigorous qualitative science that elevates our understanding of families in communities

Approved for 1.5 hours of CFLE continuing education credit.

REGISTER FOR WEBINAR

Call for Presenters: Quantitative Methods Webinar Series

Application Deadline Extended: Jan. 22, 2024

The National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) seeks webinar presenters to teach basic and advanced techniques in quantitative methods who can do the following – (1) articulate the assumptions of the presented methods, (2) form appropriate questions in their area of interest that can be answered by the presented methods, and (3) run the presented methods in their software of choice.

Find out more about this opportunity here.

Call for Papers
Sexual and Gender Diversity in Families: Theoretical Advances in the Context of Social Change

Deadline Extended: Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024

A forthcoming special issue of NCFR's Journal of Family Theory & Review will update the understanding of LGBTQ+ couples and families from multiple theoretical and international perspectives, in the context of remarkable sociohistorical change.

Guest editors Gaëlle Meslay and Stephen T. Russell seek articles that:

Address changes and evolutions in LGBTQ+ family patterns – and within LGBTQ+ families;
Attend to intersectionality, including differences across generations or considerations of contextual and cultural differences – national or political, regional or cultural, religious or racial or ethnic differences;
Provide new theoretical analyses and conceptualizations, as well as integrative reviews.

READ FULL CALL

Family Science Impact
Fostering Positive Youth Development Through Extension Education:
A Preview from the Winter NCFR Report

NCFR's newest member career Q&A spotlights Matthew Rodriguez, Ph.D., Th.M., who applies his training in Family Science as a 4-H youth development advisor with University of California Cooperative Extension. In his role, Dr. Rodriguez collaborates with youth agencies to incorporate volunteer educators in programs in schools, camps, 4-H, and more.

Serving families through these programs "allows me the opportunity to understand social disparities of health and how we can work towards addressing them at the community level," Dr. Rodriguez writes.

GET INSPIRED: READ THE Q&A

Call for Reviewers: NCFR Résumé and CV Review Program

The National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) seeks volunteers to join its Résumé and CV Review Program. Reviewers must be members of NCFR who currently work with résumé & CV pedagogy or evaluation in other capacities. Reviewers must be committed to providing quality feedback about content, formatting, structure, appearance, and more.

This is a great discipline-related volunteer activity to add to your own CV. Please see our reviewer application form to learn more and apply.

Details about the program can be found here.

Nominate NCFR Members for Leadership

One of the best ways to get and stay connected with leaders in the family field is by volunteering for leadership and service opportunities at NCFR. This year 13 elected positions are open — and we need you!

We invite you to review the list of open positions and consider where you can make the most impact based on your prior experience and goals for the future.

This is a great way to serve the Family Science discipline, gain leadership skills, and makes a great addition to your résumé/CV.

Nominate yourself or a colleague by March 15, 2024.

Position Announcement
NCFR Seeks Research and Policy Brief Editor

Application Deadline: Friday, Feb. 2, 2024

NCFR seeks a new editor for its Research and Policy Briefs. These briefs help inform decisions that affect families at the federal, state, and local levels to educate policymakers and others who have an investment in families (learn more).

The successful candidate will determine brief topics, commission and work with authors, recruit qualified reviewers, and ensure authors provide evidence-based research and policy implications. Candidates must be a current member of NCFR and the Family Policy Section.

This is a part-time contract position to be for a period of 36 months with an option to renew for 12-24 months.

SEE FULL JOB DESCRIPTION

NCFR Awards & Recognition
2023 Wiley Prize in Family Science: The Alexis Walker Award

Congratulations to Benjamin R. Karney, Ph.D.; Jeffrey B. Wenger, Ph.D.; Melanie A. Zaber, Ph.D.; and Thomas N. Bradbury, Ph.D., awardees of the 2023 Wiley Prize in Family Science: The Alexis Walker Award for 2023. This award recognizes the best Family Science paper published in a Wiley journal in 2021 and 2022. The winning article, State Minimum Wage Increases Delay Marriage and Reduce Divorce Among Low-wage Households, was published in NCFR's Journal of Marriage and Family in 2022.

NCFR presents this award every other year in acknowledgment of distinguished contributions to path-breaking new research or innovative theory development in Family Science scholarship.

READ MORE ABOUT THEIR DISTINGUISHED WORK

NCFR Awards & Recognition
Congrats to NCFR Award Recipients for 2023

NCFR congratulates the following members who were recipients of awards in 2023. We will highlight more award recipients in the following weeks of Zippy News.

Family Policy Section

Feldman Best Conference Proposal Award/New Professional
Jaz Routon, Ph.D., University of Vermont
"Rural Sexual and Gender Minority Experiences of Housing Instability and Perceptions of Residential Community Climate"

Feldman Best Conference Proposal Award/Student
Nathaniel Stekler, B.S., University of Connecticut
"Tax Credit Utilization in a NGO-Administered Free Tax Preparation Program"

Family Therapy Section

Best Poster Award/Student
Clairee Peterson, M.S., University of Georgia
"Moral Injury in Service Members: The Potential Role of Fear Networks and Fear Conditioning and Implications For Assessment and Treatment"

Best Paper Award/Student
Brady Eisert, M.S., Kansas City Relationship Institute
"Do Relationship Investment Plans Increase Couples' Commitment to Therapy?"

Best Poster Award/New Professional
Weimiao Zhou, Ph.D., Utah State University
"That’s Not What I Expected to Hear From You: Divorced Parents’ Violation of Sharing Their New Dating With Children" 

Best Paper Award/New Professional
Katelyn Coburn, Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
"How Nonbinary People Navigate Binary Gender Norms in Interpersonal Relationships: Contextual Factors and Implications for Family Therapists"

Feminism and Family Science Section

Alexis Walker – Mid-Career Achievement in Feminist Family Science
Lyndal Khaw, Ph.D., Montclair State University

SEE ALL AWARD RECIPIENTS

Virtual Grad School Meet & Greet

Saturday, Jan. 27 / 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. CST
Organized by: NCFR Member, Janeal M. White, Ph.D., CFLE
Free for students to attend / Free for universities to present

Similar to speed dating, students are invited to drop in for short 30-minute sessions to learn more about master's programs in areas such as youth development, marriage and family therapy, child life, social work, and many others.

Each session is moderated by an undergraduate student and is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for students to explore their options for graduate education.

This event is completely free for students to attend and there will be door prizes! University degree programs can sign up to present at no cost.

LEARN MORE & REGISTER

Upcoming NCFR Events

Happy New Year! NCFR has a line up of great educational opportunities for early 2024 for family researchers and practitioners to learn new skills and connect with one another.

Guidance for Family Practitioners to Manage Stress
Tuesday, Jan. 30, 11 a.m. – Noon CST
Presented by Amber Allen, CFLE

CFLE Conversation: Family Engagement in School Districts
Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2 – 3 p.m. CST
Presented by Marney Turner, M.A., CFLE
FREE networking session for Certified Family Life Educators (CFLEs)

Working with Families in Crisis: Insights from Family Stress Theory
Tuesday, Feb. 20, 11 a.m. – Noon CST
Presented by Scott S. Hall, Ph.D., CFLE

CFLE Conversation: Family Life Educator Insurance
Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2 – 3 p.m. CST
Presented by Lena Jackson-Lynch, Ph.D., CFLE
FREE networking session for Certified Family Life Educators (CFLEs)

Encouraging Research through Student Mentorship
Thursday, Feb. 22, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. CST
Presented by Ryan G. Carlson, Ph.D.; Naomi J. Wheeler, Ph.D.; and Nakita Carroll, M.A.

Teaching Tuesday: Teaching Family Life Education Methodology
Tuesday, March 5, Noon – 1 p.m. CST
Presented by Bridget Walsh, Ph.D., CFLE

SEE ALL UPCOMING EVENTS

Zippy's Video of the Week

Good News You May Have Missed in 2023

Bad news can break suddenly, but good news can be found everywhere, all the time – if you know where to look. In 2023, and every year, there's certainly no shortage of the dark grim and depressing but sometimes that obscures the uplifting, positive developments the year brought to people the world over.

From technology and medicine to the environment, this week's video brings reminders of some of the headlines of good things that happened in 2023.

WATCH VIDEO

New Employment Opportunities

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

Webinar Coordinator
National Council on Family Relations

NCFR seeks a webinar coordinator to plan, manage, coordinate, execute, and expand the organization’s webinar education program.

The webinar coordinator will coordinate the production of and moderate NCFR webinars; find expert webinar presenters; and provide administrative and program support for the webinar education program.

NCFR seeks to fill the webinar coordinator position immediately for a period of 24 months. This is a paid contract job that can be done remotely.

Location: Remote
Required Education: Degree in a Family Science-related field
Application Deadline: Feb. 8, 2024

SEE FULL DETAILS

Visiting Postdoctoral Research Associate
University of Illinois

The Department of Human Development and Family Studies seeks a visiting postdoctoral research associate with an anticipated start of August 2024. The applicant must have strong methodological and quantitative data analysis skills, writing skills, and the ability to work in a collaborative interdisciplinary environment. Candidates should also have expertise or experience with relationship or family science in context, broadly defined, project management, and team leadership.

Location: Urbana, Illinois
Required Education: Doctorate
Application Deadline: Feb. 15, 2024, open until filled

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