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NCFR Weekly Zippy News
Thursday, March 13, 2025 |
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• Make Plans for NCFR 2025
• TCRM 2025 Call for Proposals
• Apply to NCFR's Olson Grant
• New JFTR Special Issue
• CFLE Conversations: Cultural Agility |
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Submit Your Proposal to NCFR 2025
NCFR 2025 / Nov. 19-22 / Baltimore, Maryland / Baltimore Marriott Waterfront
Conference Theme: "Power, Privilege, and Difference: Lived Experiences of Changing Families and Societies"
The time has come—submit your completed research, or research in progress to the 2025 NCFR Annual Conference! The proposal submission system is open until April 1, 2025, 11:59 p.m. PDT.
This year, NCFR brings some changes to your proposal submission process:
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Additional time to submit your work for consideration! By starting later in the year, it gave you more time on all of your calendars (academic, personal, professional) to ready your submission.
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Concise abstracts encouraged! (500 word-max!) This will make your submission quicker and more efficient.
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A unified call for proposals! Instead of submitting your proposal to a specific NCFR section, you will be able to select up to three of NCFR's sections and/or NCFR's SNP group—whichever most aligns with your topic!
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Refined subject areas! Options have been streamlined from nearly 400 to about 50. This allows for curated sessions that integrate multiple NCFR section perspectives.
PLUS, this year you may submit proposals for work in progress (as long as it is sufficiently developed by the time of the conference).
We are excited about this year's reimagined annual conference and cannot wait to share in the excitement with you in Baltimore, Maryland! See you there!
>>Deadline: April 1, 2025, 11:59 p.m. PDT<<
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MEMBER OPPORTUNITIES |
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Funding Opportunity for NCFR members
Apply to the NCFR Olson Grant
Deadline: April 1, 11:59 p.m. CT
The NCFR Olson Grant: Bridging Research, Theory, and Practice has begun its fifth year of accepting applications. This $10,000 annual grant — made possible by namesake and benefactor David H. Olson, Ph.D. — is available to current NCFR members working to creatively contribute to the discipline of Family Science by uniting research, theory, and practice in their work.
To learn more about bridging research, theory, and practice, applicants are encouraged to watch the NCFR webinar presented by Dr. Olson, "Circumplex Model and PREPARE/ENRICH: Bridging Research, Theory, and Practice" —free to NCFR members.
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*Faculty members, postdocs, and doctoral students nearing completion of their dissertations may apply. An application for Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval must be submitted prior to submitting a grant application.
Not a member? Become a member to apply for the grant.
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PREPARING FOR NCFR 2025 |
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Proposal Mentoring Program
Deadline Extended: Submit Draft Proposal by March 17
NCFR offers a conference proposal mentoring program to help you with your proposal this year. We have assembled a cadre of experienced presenters, with whom you will be matched, to be a supportive mentor and provide you with feedback prior to submitting your proposal this year.
To participate, email a draft proposal to Cindy Winter by Mon., March 17.
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NCFR Member Benefit
Call for Conference Proposal Reviewers
Sign up by April 1
A high number of proposals is expected for this year's conference. We can certainly benefit from NCFR members assistance as conference proposal reviewers for 2025. Your involvement ensures a high-quality program (all proposals will be blind-reviewed). Serving as a proposal reviewer is a benefit of NCFR membership.
>>Sign up for this member-only opportunity by April 1.<< (login required)
Reviews must be completed between April 7 and April 21, 2025. Assigned reviewers will be notified on April 7 via email.
Not a member? Join or renew your membership and you too can partake in this volunteer opportunity
LEARN MORE & SIGN UP |
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TCRM 2025: Now Accepting Proposals
Submission Deadline is April 15
Theory Construction and Research Methodology (TCRM) Workshop is a longstanding tradition within NCFR and is held onsite at the NCFR Annual Conference. This year, in addition to the previously used proposal formats, you have the option to submit a question poster. Read more about this NEW proposal format.
LEARN MORE ABOUT TCRM |
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IN NCFR NEWS |
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NCFR Seeks Executive Director
The National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) is pleased to share some exciting news—we are embarking on a search for Executive Director. This visionary leader will champion Family Science, advance our vision, and foster a thriving, inclusive community of researchers, educators, students, practitioners, and policy workers.
Share this opportunity with your networks and encourage qualified candidates to apply. We need your help, in this pivotal moment, to find the right leader to guide NCFR into the future. Thank you for your support!
READ MORE ABOUT THE SEARCH |
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NCFR RESEARCH |
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NCFR Journals
New JFTR Special Issue Published March 2025
Theorizing Academia: Critical and Futuristic Perspectives
A new special issue is available from NCFR's Journal of Family Theory & Review (JFTR), themed "Theorizing Academia: Critical and Futuristic Perspectives" and guest-edited by NCFR Fellows Ramona Faith Oswald, Ph.D., and Anisa M. Zvonkovic, Ph.D. (pictured left to right)
The issue "explores the positionality of feminist administrators within Human Development and Family Science (HDFS) and their efforts to enhance the discipline's visibility, value, and impact," according to the guest editors' introduction. Collectively, Drs. Oswald and Zvonkovic write, the papers "examine the status and boundaries of HDFS within higher education" and "push back against neoliberalism by arguing that human well-being should be the bottom line for HDFS (and Human Sciences) programs."
READ THE ISSUE
NCFR members with journal subscriptions have access to the full text of articles through the journals section of the NCFR website. |
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NCFR Journals
New NCFR Research
Published between March 2—8
Each week, we look to share some of the latest research from all three of NCFR's scholarly journals advancing Family Science — Journal of Marriage and Family (JMF), Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Science (FR), and Journal of Family Theory & Review (JFTR).
Check out these early-view open access articles, one of which was written by an NCFR member, published in JMF: |
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• Occupational autonomy, paid maternity leave, and mothers' return to work after childbirth — Camille Portier, Ph.D.
This article examines whether mothers rely more on occupational autonomy to balance work and childrearing when paid maternity leave is unavailable.
• Yes, parents, it reflects on you: Norms and Metanorms regulating teen daughters and parents — NCFR member Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson, Ph.D., (pictured), Stefanie Mollborn, Ph.D., Christine Horne, J.D., Ph.D.
This particular article, written by an NCFR member, examines normative expectations of teens and parents related to teen behaviors in multiple domains; results suggest that to understand parenting expectations and family dynamics, researchers should consider the wider complex of behaviors and expectations within which they occur.
• Mate preferences and marriage-related behaviors: The case of Japan — Yuko Hara, Ph.D., Wei-hsin Yu, Ph.D.
This study examines contributors to mate preferences and their changes, as well as behaviors corresponding to mate preferences in Japan, where mate preferences likely play a role in its steady marriage decline.
• Educational gap between partners and sterilization — Kate H. Choi, Ph.D.
This study compares the sterilization behavior of couples with varying joint education levels and union types.
VIEW MORE NEW EARLY-VIEW ARTICLES
NCFR members with journal subscriptions have access to the full text of articles on the journals section of the website. You can get immediate notifications of new articles submitted to NCFR's journals by signing up for email alerts. Seize the opportunity— get your manuscript published in an NCFR journal! Check out some tips & strategies before doing so.
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CAPTURE NCFR 2024 |
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Pictured above: Special Session, Fireside Chat: Exploring Resilience and Resistance in African American Families (just one of NCFR 2024 recorded sessions)
2024 NCFR Annual Conference Recordings Available
Conference recordings have moved from Whova to the NCFR website
If you missed NCFR 2024, you can access up to 15 video recordings—all of which are available for purchase on the NCFR website. This package includes all 4 plenary sessions, 9 special sessions, 1 invited presenter symposium, and 1 symposium.
>>PURCHASE CONFERENCE SESSIONS—if you did not register for the 2024 NCFR Annual Conference.
Conference registrants—whether you paid to attend in person or Bridge—can now access recordings on the NCFR website. This free access is a benefit of your 2024 NCFR Annual Conference registration!
>>ACCESS RECORDINGS—if you were a conference registrant (login required)
**Submit a request to use NCFR Annual Conference sessions in your classes with your students, or amongst your colleagues and constituents in your department or organization. The conference sessions can connect very well to your pedagogy, organization's goals, your Family Life Education work, and more!
>>START NOW—REQUEST A CLASSROOM LICENSE |
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CFLE CONVERSATIONS |
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CFLE Conversations
Cultural Agility in Family Life Education
Wed., May 7 / Noon – 1 p.m. CT
Facilitator: Marcy Peake, M.A., LPC, NCC, CFLE
FREE for CFLEs / Renew your CFLE credential
Are you curious about effective strategies CFLEs utilize to enhance Culturally Agile collaboration and communication in Family Life Education? Join CFLEs of various personal and social identities to discuss how to authentically engage and share space with others.
For 30 years, Marcy L. Peake, M.A., LPC, NCC, CFLE, has authored curricula, and created course content on race, gender, culture, and youth development, and served pre-K–12 youth and families. She is the founder of The Center for Cultural Agility, a licensed professional and national certified counselor, Certified Family Life Educator, and Great Start to Quality trainer. Ms. Peake is a national consultant and speaker on diversity, equity, and inclusion in education, youth development, and community engagement. She has taught graduate and undergraduate students and served as the Director of Diversity and Community Outreach Initiatives at Western Michigan University. Ms. Peake has experience on school boards and committees and approaches her work from her multi-racial, multi-ethnic, and multi-cultural identities, research, service, and scholarship.
Don't miss your chance to network with Ms. Peake and other CFLEs committed to advancing cultural agility in their work and communities.
RESERVE YOUR SEAT |
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CFLE NEWS |
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Winter Issue of CFLE Network
Read the Issue of Network on Cultivating Cultural Humility in Family Life Education
NCFR is pleased to present its winter 2025 issue of CFLE Network, the newsletter for Certified Family Life Educators. This issue's topic is "Cultivating Cultural Humility in Family Life Education." Read on to learn how you can cultivate cultural humility in your work.
Access to issues of CFLE Network is a benefit of CFLE certification. (Learn how to become certified)
READ WINTER ISSUE |
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CFLE Network: Family Resource Management
LAST CALL: Submit Article by Sat., March 15
The spring 2025 issue of CFLE Network will explore Family Resource Management (FRM), one of the 10 content areas required to become a Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE). FRM is an important, and often stressful, topic for families. Across time, many families navigate scarce resources such as time or money, value or goal conflicts, and difficult decision-making. CFLEs have the knowledge and tools to support families on the journey toward better resource management. Share how you address FRM in your Family Life Education (FLE) work.
The submission deadline is March 15. Please review the author guidelines. Use our CFLE Network Article Submission Form to submit your article. Contact the CFLE Network Editor Beth Magistad, Ph.D., CFLE, with any questions or more information.
SUBMIT TO CFLE NETWORK TODAY |
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NCFR Nexus
We are proud to share that NCFR Nexus is coming soon, this fall. Both of NCFR's quarterly publications, Family Focus (currently part of NCFR Report) and CFLE Network will transition into a new, quarterly, digital-only publication called NCFR Nexus. This publication, designed for NCFR members and Certified Family Life Educators (CFLEs), will serve as a central hub for sharing and gathering information across NCFR’s transdisciplinary community of researchers, educators, practitioners, and policymakers. Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity come fall 2025—become a member and/or become a CFLE today!
LEARN MORE ABOUT NCFR NEXUS |
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CONGRATULATIONS, NCFR MEMBERS |
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NCFR Awards & Recognition
Ruth Hathaway Jewson Award
Congratulations to Weiman Xu, M.A., as the 2024 recipient of the Ruth Hathaway Jewson Award, which funds the best dissertation proposal submitted by a doctoral candidate in Family Science.
Weiman Xu is a third-year doctoral student in the global family health and wellbeing program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, with a minor in quantitative, qualitative, and psychometric methods.
Her research is titled “Intergenerational Family Dynamics among Caregivers and Children’s Social-Emotional Development in China.”
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IN OTHER NEWS |
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Transdisciplinary Science News
Growing Up in a Warming World: How Wildfire Smoke Affects Early Childhood Development
On Jan. 27, the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University released a new brief with the Early Childhood Scientific Council on Equity and the Environment (ECSCEE), which examines how wildfire smoke impacts children’s development and health. This brief provides strategies for policymakers, practitioners, and community leaders for protecting children and caregivers.
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Support access to air filtration systems and masks to ensure children are protected during wildfire events and after, as pollution remains high.
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Activate localized air quality alerts and ensure that pregnant people and caregivers receive them.
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Implement policies for improved forest management to address conditions like higher temperatures and increased droughts caused by climate change.
CHECK OUT THE FULL BRIEF HERE |
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Upcoming Events
Parents Forum
How To Tell Somebody Something They’d Rather Not Hear, March 15
Learn to manage difficult interactions with a loved one, colleague, or stranger. Ideal for a workplace lunch & learn, school PTA/PTO or another community setting.
*Space is limited
UTCFR 2025
Utah Council on Family Relations, 2025 Annual Conference, March 21
Lessons from Attachment Theory: Strategies and Behaviors in Couple Relationships
Cedar City, UT
SECFR 2025
The Southeastern Council on Family Relations, 2025 SECFR Conference, April 10-12
Strengthening Family Ties: Caring for Every Generation
Chattanooga, TN |
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Video of the Week
Remember The Ladies: The Importance of Women's History
Let's recognize & celebrate Women's History Month! In this TEDx Talk, the speaker, Emily Krichbaum, Ph.D., unapologetically declares, "And of course, women made homes, but they also made history." She shares how women are missing from the narratives offered in today's classrooms—"remember the ladies" because "stories matter." Krichbaum's non-profit organization, Remember The Ladies, helps teachers and school districts incorporate more women's history into their classrooms.
WATCH VIDEO
Do you have a video of a local news story from your area, or something notable? Email a link to Kristal Johnson and perhaps we will feature it in Zippy News!
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NCFR JOBS CENTER |
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New Employment Opportunities
Employers: Get your job opening included in Zippy News by posting it in
NCFR's online Jobs Center! Get started here. |
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Core Faculty, Couple & Family Therapy Program (remote)
Antioch University Seattle
Antioch University is seeking applicants for its couple & family therapy master's degree program. The successful applicant will teach graduate courses and supervise students’ clinical training, up to 15 students in the graduate program. The applicant will conduct admission interviews with applicants and make admission recommendations. Responsibilities will also include teaching liaise to various content areas, and active engagement in scholarship, community service, and contributing to the creation and sharing of knowledge in scholarly research and writing, community outreach, and professional development activities.
Location: Seattle, Washington
Required Education: Doctoral degree in marriage and family therapy, or a related field
Application Deadline: April 25, 2025
SEE FULL DETAILS & APPLY |
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Core Faculty, Master's in Couple & Family Therapy with Program Director Appointment (remote)
Antioch University – New England
Antioch University invites applications for a core faculty member and program director for the low-residency MA in Couple & Family Therapy (CFT). The successful candidate will direct the master's program to include teaching graduate courses, supervising students’ clinical training, and coordinating with the certificate programs. Responsibilities include coordinating residencies; advising up to 15 students; managing the admissions process, conducting admissions interviews & making recommendations; curriculum and program development; teaching liaise to various content areas; scholarship; community outreach; professional development activities.
Location: Yellow Springs, Ohio
Required Education: Doctoral degree in marriage and family therapy
Application Deadline: April 25, 2025
SEE FULL DETAILS & APPLY
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Extension District/Area Specialist in Behavioral Health
New Mexico State University
The Department of Extension Family & Consumer Sciences at New Mexico State University announces the opening of an Extension district/area specialist in behavioral health, a 12-month, non-tenure track position, assistant or associate professor rank. The successful candidate will provide subject matter support, leadership and professional development to Extension faculty and staff engaged in community behavioral health programming. The applicant will also provide statewide leadership for the development, implementation, and evaluation of research- or evidence-based community education in the area of behavioral health. This position also has statewide responsibilities.
Location: Las Cruces, New Mexico
Required Education: Master's degree in counseling, social work, family studies, public health, human development, psychology, psychiatry, or a related field of study
Application Deadline: April 24, 2025
SEE FULL DETAILS & APPLY |
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