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NCFR Weekly Zippy News
Thursday, April 17, 2025 |
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• Donate to the Student Access Grant
• Call to Action: Complete the U.S. Federal Impact Survey
• Sign Up to Review TCRM Proposals |
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Support NCFR's Student Access Grant
Your Gift, Their Family Science Future
Over the past five years, 284 students have received the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) Student Access Grant, opening doors to career-changing opportunities at NCFR and beyond. This year, as support for diversity initiatives faces increasing challenges, ensuring that students from historically marginalized racial communities have access to critical professional development spaces is more important than ever.
The goal: Raise $30,000 in April 2025 to support 100 Students of Color in accessing professional development and advancement.
With your help:
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20 students will receive full access to the 2025 NCFR conference, a $500 travel stipend, and a one-year NCFR membership — ensuring access to critical opportunities for academic and professional advancement.
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80 students will receive NCFR Bridge online access to 2025 NCFR conference sessions, connecting them to impactful Family Science knowledge and professional development opportunities.
Please consider making a donation today. Every contribution, big or small, helps us create opportunities that might otherwise be out of reach. Together, we can empower the next generation of diverse Family Scientists. Your support makes all the difference.
DONATE NOW
If you are not able to donate at this time, you can still make a meaningful impact. Joining or renewing your NCFR membership directly supports the student resources and professional development opportunities NCFR provides. Every member strengthens our ability to foster the next generation of Family Science professionals.
>>SEE THE IMPACT OF YOUR SUPPORT<< |
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LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD |
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Call to Action: NCFR Seeks Your Perspective Regarding U.S. Federal Decisions and Actions
Survey will run from April 9-April 29, 11:59 p.m. PT
NCFR is gathering data and impact stories to better understand how recent U.S. federal actions and decisions are impacting our members. Your response will help NCFR understand how recent policy changes are impacting your ability to do research, teach effectively, and/or provide services. Please make sure that your perspective is heard by completing this survey.
Thank you to NCFR’s Inclusion and Diversity Committee (IDC) for their time and insight on this survey. ACCESS THE SURVEY HERE |
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ATTENTION: TCRM PROPOSAL REVIEWERS ARE NEEDED |
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NCFR Member Benefit
Call for TCRM Proposal Reviewers
Sign up TODAY
NCFR members, we still need your help towards the review of TCRM proposals. The TCRM co-chairs would greatly appreciate NCFR members who are able to volunteer their time to this important initiative. TCRM reviewers should be able to provide constructive feedback to the author(s) about their proposed work, to include technical soundness of the work, importance of the topic, rigor of the analysis, and more. Your time and commitment will ensure a highly active and interactive exchange.
>>Sign up for this member-only opportunity TODAY<< (login required)
Not a member? Join or renew your membership and you too can support as a volunteer! |
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CALL FOR ARTICLES |
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Beginning fall 2025, the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) quarterly publications, Family Focus and CFLE Network, will transition to a new, quarterly, digital-only publication called NCFR Nexus. This publication will serve NCFR’s transdisciplinary community of researchers, educators, practitioners, and policymakers. Further, NCFR Nexus will only be accessible to NCFR members and CFLEs, who will receive priority consideration for authorship. |
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NCFR Nexus: Fall 2025 Call for Practice & Teaching Articles
Submission deadline: Aug. 1
The fall 2025 issue of NCFR Nexus will explore the impact of privilege. Family life experiences are influenced by one’s social address, which includes intersectional characteristics of one’s identity (e.g., race, gender, religion, sexuality, class, ability). Social address is associated with social advantages or disadvantages that influence family life experiences leading to many potential questions:
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What are the effects of privilege on the ability to maintain healthy relationships?
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Does recognition of privilege potentially lessen negative impacts?
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Can individual power and privilege be used to advocate for others?
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Can the power of privilege be utilized as a tool to advance social justice?
Research-focused articles on this theme have already been collected. The editor specifically invites authors of teaching and learning-focused articles and practice-focused articles that explore these questions. How do teachers in higher education classrooms explore these topics with their students? How do these topics come up for practitioners working with individuals and families in the field?
Prospective authors should submit their articles through the NCFR Nexus Article Submission Form by Aug. 1, 2025. Before submission, please review the author guidelines. Contact the NCFR Nexus editor, Beth Magistad, Ph.D., CFLE, with questions, ideas, and intentions.
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NCFR Nexus: Winter 2026 Call for Articles
Submission deadline: Nov. 1
The winter 2026 issue of NCFR Nexus will explore later adulthood. According to the 2020 U.S. Census, the median age of the United States population is increasing. Growing numbers of older adults presents both opportunities and challenges. Many older adults live healthy, independent lives while others require significant care, often by unpaid family members.
Examples of potential topics include the following and more:
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What does the research tell us about the well-being of later-life adults?
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How can communities support healthy aging?
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What kind of support do families need when they are caring for elders?
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How are colleges and universities preparing the next generation of family professionals to serve older adults and their families?
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How do Family Life Educators support older adults and multigenerational families in their practices?
NCFR Nexus seeks to bring together the voices of researchers, educators, practitioners, and policymakers, fostering a diverse knowledge exchange. The NCFR Nexus editor invites authors to submit applied research-focused, teaching and learning-focused and practice-focused articles that explore later adulthood.
Prospective authors should submit their articles through the NCFR Nexus Article Submission Form by Nov. 1, 2025. Before submission, please review the author guidelines. Contact the NCFR Nexus editor, Beth Magistad, Ph.D., CFLE, with questions, ideas, and intentions.
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NCFR RESEARCH |
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NCFR Journals
New NCFR Research
Published between April 6—12
Every week, we seek 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).
The early-view articles listed here are relative to parenting and parental relationships.
- The association between essentialist attitudes and parental distress: A mixed-methods study (open access) — NCFR member Casey M. McGregor, Ph.D., Rachel B. Shannon, graduate student, B.A. (FR)
- Mexican-origin mothers' and fathers' workplace ethnic–racial discrimination and youth's educational adjustment — Stefanie Martinez-Fuentes, Ph.D., NCFR Fellow Kimberly A. Updegraff, Ph.D., NCFR Fellow Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor, Ph.D., Katharine H. Zeiders, Ph.D. (JMF)
- The Role of Interparental Conflict in Divergent Perceptions of Parenting (open access) — Carlie J. Sloan, Ph.D., Stephanie T. Lanza, Ph.D., Emily J. Forrester, Ph.D., Mark E. Feinberg, Ph.D., NCFR member Gregory M. Fosco, Ph.D. (JMF)
- Hurt, loss, joy, and forgiveness: Foster care–experienced young adults' relationships with their birth parents (open access) — Sally Holland, Ph.D., Heather Taussig, Ph.D., Judy Havlicek, M.S.W., Ph.D. (FR)
VIEW ALL NEW RESEARCH
NCFR member journal subscribers can access articles by logging into their NCFR account. Get immediate notifications of new articles submitted to NCFR's journals; sign up for email alerts. Check out these tips & strategies towards getting your manuscript published in an NCFR journal!
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Spring 2025
NCFR Report: The New NCFR
Spring is here and the spring 2025 issue of NCFR Report is about renewal and growth, as we present to you "The New NCFR." The world has changed and so has NCFR. Take a second look at how NCFR is reimagining what it means to support families, practitioners, and scholars like you.
READ NCFR REPORT
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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.
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MEMBER OPPORTUNITIES |
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NCFR Focus Groups
Join an NCFR Focus Group – Connect, Collaborate, and Contribute!
Are you looking for a way to engage more deeply with a professional community? NCFR's focus groups offer a free and unique opportunity to connect with individuals who have common interests, to collaborate on projects and ideas, and to contribute to the advancement of family research, education, and practice. With 28 focus groups to choose from, there’s a place for you!
By joining a focus group, you can:
★ Exchange ideas with others who share your interests
★ Stay informed about emerging research and trends
★ Help shape NCFR’s initiatives and resources
★ Expand your network and build valuable relationships
★ Be nominated to/apply for focus group awards
>>Find the focus group that’s right for you and start making meaningful connections today!<<
Focus groups are free for NCFR members to join. To add or remove a focus group from your membership, log in at MY NCFR, click "Join Additional Focus Groups," check or uncheck the boxes for the focus groups you wish to join or leave, then save.
Note: Focus groups are free to join and only available to NCFR members.
Not an NCFR member? JOIN HERE |
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On the Bookshelf
How Qualitative Data Analysis Happens: Moving Beyond "Themes Emerged" Volume 2
NCFR member Áine M Humble, Ph.D., and NCFR Fellow M. Elise Radina, Ph.D., CFLE, published an expanded edition of their Volume 1 (selfsame title) book. The second volume includes a broad range of disciplines that document the stories about how qualitative data analysis occurred. Their book provides an in-depth look as to how qualitative social science researchers, who study a range of human experiences and dynamics, approach their data analyses.
This text is a resource for experienced and novice qualitative researchers throughout the social sciences, to include undergraduate and postgraduate students.
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In Memoriam
Wilfried Dumon
We are saddened to inform the NCFR community that Wilfried Dumon, Ph.D., passed away on Dec. 4, 2024, at the age of 91. He was an NCFR member for 37 years.
Dr. Dumon was a well-known international scholar and was heavily involved with the formulation of the content for the International Year of the Family. Dr. Dumon was considered NCFR's expert for Belgium.
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Submit Your Job Vacancies to NCFR Jobs Center
Announce your organization's jobs with NCFR
Did you know that NCFR is uniquely positioned to connect the best prospective employees in Family Science with your organization or department? Head on over to the NCFR Jobs Center to submit your listing today! By posting to the NCFR Jobs Center, you will reach qualified candidates with the family knowledge and skills you are seeking.
The place to showcase your transdisciplinary job openings that focus on working with families or serving families, and all that your organization has to offer potential employees is the NCFR Jobs Center.
POST A JOB OPENING |
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NCFR Webinar Recordings: Free for Members & CFLEs
This week, we bring you a few videos curated to research methods—to include research methodology and software. These particular webinars are free for CFLEs and members. Become a member / Become a CFLE
EXPLORE NCFR'S WEBINARS
You may also purchase NCFR's recordings (webinars + annual conferences) for use in your classroom and/or boardroom. PURCHASE CLASSROOM LICENSE |
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Video of the Week
It's Not You. Claw Machines Are Rigged.
Ever tried to use a claw machine to win a prize for yourself or someone else? Just can't seem to grasp that stuffed animal or plushie, right (or maybe you did, hmmm)?!? In this video, Vox explores what really happens when you use a claw machine.
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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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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