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Thursday, March 7, 2024

Apply Now: NCFR Darling Grant
Member News: Suzanne R. Smith Appointed President of SUNY Potsdam
Family Science 5: Research & Researchers in the Media
Louisiana State University Program Name Includes Family Science
Three Programs Renew CFLE Approval
Family Focus Call for Articles
Volunteers Needed: CV/Résumé Program
Call for Authors: CFLE Network
March 20: Gender Development, Identity, and Expression Webinar
March 25: Machine Learning Webinar
CFLE Conversations: Social Work
CFLE Accomplishments
NCFR's Early View Articles
Groves Monographs on Marriage & Family
OneOp Webinar
Video of the Week: Impact of the Female Founder Collective
Employment Opportunities

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Funding Opportunity

Apply Now: NCFR Darling Family Life Education Research Initiative Grant

Applications are now being accepted for the inaugural NCFR Darling Grant. The purpose of the NCFR Darling Grant is to integrate research into the practice of Family Life Education, a priority for both NCFR and Carol Darling, Ph.D., CFLE.

This $5,000 biennial grant can help Family Life Educators, researchers, and programs that often lack funding to conduct research needed to support and maintain their projects and services.

Examples of potential projects might include:

Collaboration of a researcher or educator and a practitioner to evaluate the effectiveness of specific FLE programs;
Examine best practices in designing and/or implementing a program for one or more demographic, racial or ethnic, cultural, or historically marginalized groups;
Compare different programmatic delivery methods such as teaching in-person versus online;
Assess the impact of state laws and regulations on the dissemination of FLE programs; and
Examine the implementation of FLE across international settings.

If you have any questions, please contact Ginnie O'Neill.

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Need help writing your grant proposal? Find NCFR on-demand webinars on grant writing. Free for members

Member News: Suzanne R. Smith Appointed President of SUNY Potsdam

NCFR would like to congratulate Suzanne R. Smith, Ph.D., in her appointment to president at SUNY Potsdam. In April, SUNY Potsdam will celebrate the inauguration of Dr. Smith as its 18th president. She was appointed to the position by the SUNY Board of Trustees at the recommendation of Chancellor Dr. John B. King, following a nationwide search. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Smith was the provost and vice president for academic affairs at Georgia Southwestern State University.

Congratulations, Dr. Smith!

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In the News
Family Science 5: Research & Researchers in the Media

Catch up on Family Science research and researchers featured in the media in February, including these pieces about couple relationships:

"Your On-Again, Off-Again Relationship Does More Harm Than You Realize": Women.com cited several Family Scientists and scholarly articles from NCFR's Journal of Marriage and Family and Family Relations.
"Married, Divorced, Reunited: Why Ex-Spouses Fall Back in Love": On TODAY.com, NCFR member, J. Kale Monk, Ph.D., CFLE, provided research-based insights about couples who break up and get back together.
"Valentine's Insights: Dr. Futris & Dr. Werner-Wilson on Love": Prairie Public News of North Dakota, Minnesota, and Montana, aired interviews with Family Science scholars, Ted G. Futris, Ph.D., CFLE, and Ronald J. Werner-Wilson, Ph.D., about healthy relationships.

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Family Science News
Louisiana State Includes ‘Family Science’ in its Programs Name

NCFR is pleased to announce that Louisiana State University has changed both its bachelor's and master's degree programs to Human Development & Family Science. The previous name of both programs was Child and Family Studies. Find Louisiana State's bachelor's and master's programs in the NCFR Degree Programs Guide.

Louisiana State University programs are CFLE-approved which means that once students complete the bachelor's or master's degree, they can apply for the CFLE credential through an abbreviated process with NCFR.

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If your department or program is considering a name change to include Family Science, NCFR has sample documents and resources available for you that other schools, like Louisiana State University, have successfully used.
Access resources | Bonus: Check out NCFR's webinar on this same topic

Academic Programs Renew CFLE Approval

Degree programs at Eastern Kentucky University, Portland State University, and University of North Alabama have recently renewed their CFLE-approved status.

Additionally, Florida Gulf Coast University has recently become a CFLE-approved program.

Graduates of these programs can now apply for the CFLE credential through the CFLE-approved program process once they have completed the identified CFLE coursework.

CONGRATS TO THESE PROGRAMS!

Call for Articles
Family Focus: Sibling Interactions and Family Dynamics

Final Call: Submit Your Proposal By March 7

The centrality of siblings as a source of influence and tension in family life is well-established. We know that increases in divorce, remarriage, and stepfamily formation added complexity to sibling interactions. What about the complexity of sibling interactions in the midst of global uncertainty and rapid social change?

Family Scientists are invited to offer insights on sibling interactions and family dynamics during times of social change and growing uncertainty about the future.

Example topics include:

How does caring for aging parents affect sibling relationships?
If and when do siblings share information about unknown siblings?
What role does social media play in sibling connection and interaction?
How do siblings adapt to alienation and exclusion?

Prospective authors should submit their proposals by March 7 using this online submission form. Contact the Family Focus editor, Joyce Serido, Ph.D., with questions.

Family Focus is a section of NCFR Report member magazine.

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Call for Volunteers: NCFR Résumé and CV Review
Apply by April 20

Calling NCFR Members: The Résumé and CV Review Program seeks volunteer reviewers. Volunteers should 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.

If you are interested, please email Ginnie O'Neill, NCFR director of member engagement & development.

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Call for Authors
CFLE Network: Family Life Education and the Court System

Submit Your Proposal By March 15

CFLE Network seeks articles that highlight how Family Life Educators work with individuals and/or families who are involved with the court system for its spring 2024 issue.

Examples of potential topics include:

Your story of what you do to support families involved with the justice system;
The challenges you address as you work with the court system;
Resources that you have found to help you as you do this important work;
How your organization is making a positive difference for families involved with the justice system;
Stories highlighting multiple perspectives on what it is like to be part of the court system; and
What the research tells us about how FLE can help families find their way out of the system.

The submission deadline is March 15. Email Network editor, Beth Magistad, Ph.D., CFLE, at networkeditor@ncfr.org with questions.

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Gender Development, Identity, and Expression:

A Biopsychosocial Perspective
Wednesday, March 20 / 11 a.m. – Noon CT
Presented by Hilary A. Rose, Ph.D., CFLE

Gender development is vastly more complex and complicated than simple dichotomies or traditional binaries. Models have been developed to help understand this multifaceted trait but have yet to fully explain variations with gender over time.

To begin clarifying this intricacy, Hilary Rose, Ph.D., CFLE, will provide evidence surrounding the complexities of gender development, gender identity, and gender expression from a biopsychosocial perspective. This will include information and examples on the uniqueness of each level or stage of gender development.

This webinar will be useful for those wishing to better understand the complexities of gender development and gender diversity to support their own personal and professional relationships.

Approved for 1.0 hour of CFLE continuing education

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Introduction to Machine Learning
Monday, March 25 / Noon – 1:30 p.m. CT
Presented by Wonkyung Jang, Ph.D.

Larger data sets and use of predictive analytical techniques have advanced the conclusions being made with Family Science research. A solution to this challenge is using machine learning (ML) techniques to extract meaning from data. As an emerging skill within the Family Science discipline, ML offers a powerful toolkit to extract deeper insights from complex datasets, uncovering nuanced patterns and relationships that may have previously gone unnoticed.

Wonkyung Jang, Ph.D., will offer an exciting exploration of ML and its transformative applications in Family Science. Attendees will learn about real-world case studies demonstrating how ML has driven breakthroughs in Family Science, and be provided with hands-on guidance on processing, cleaning, managing, and analyzing data.

Approved for 1.5 hours of CFLE continuing education

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NCFR Journals Latest Research

Recent Early-View Articles

Keep up with the latest research from NCFR's scholarly journals — Journal of Marriage and Family (JMF), Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Science (FR), and Journal of Family Theory & Review (JFTR) — all of which publish early-view articles online.

New articles published last week between February 25 and March 2 from Family Relations and the Journal of Family Theory & Review can be found on the NCFR website.

NCFR members with journal subscriptions can access the full text of articles on the journals section of the website.

Explore tips and strategies to find out how you can submit your manuscript to an NCFR journal.

Call for Manuscripts

Groves Monographs on Marriage and Family
Full Manuscripts due by Sept. 30

Families serve as an essential source of strength, healing, and hope during times of challenge and hardship. For this monograph, the focus is on scholarship and professional practice which capture the role that families play in helping their own members and the larger society manage the vicissitudes of life. What family strengths are essential? How can relationships experience healing and reconciliation? What role does hope play in times of trouble?

Submit full manuscript by Sept. 30.

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OneOp Webinar
Public Health Approaches to Suicide Prevention: Working with Military Service Members

March 21 / 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. ET

Join OneOp, a free and open-access multidisciplinary professional development resource for providers serving military families, for their webinar on to learn how to implement evidence-based public health approaches to suicide prevention. Specific focuses include how service providers can screen for suicide risk and align service delivery for military-connected adults.

Approved for 1.5 hours of CFLE continuing education.

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