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NCFR Seeks Executive Director / Family Relations Seeks 3 Fellows / Purchase NCFR 2024 Recordings / Vote in NCFR Elections / NCFR Olson Grant / Family Life Education Month / CFLE Conversations / Congratulations to 2024 NCFR Award Recipients / Call for Articles / In Memoriam |
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NCFR Weekly Zippy News
Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025 |
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• NCFR Advocates for Science, Nonprofits
• Become a Family Relations Fellow
• Search for NCFR's Executive Director
• CFLE Conversations: FREE for CFLEs |
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• NCFR Elections: Cast Your Vote Today
• Family Life Education Month
• NCFR 2024 Award Recipients
• Video of the Week
• PLUS Employment Opportunities |
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NCFR Signs Letters Advocating for Science, Nonprofits
NCFR has signed two letters advocating for nonprofit organizations, and for science and scientific research in the U.S.:
• The National Council of Nonprofits spearheaded an open letter to the U.S. Congress, signed by more than 4,500 charitable organizations. NCFR is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
• The American Psychological Association coordinated a letter to advocate for science and those who further it. The letter will also be published in The Chronicle of Education.
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Learn more about how NCFR advocates the advancement of the social sciences. |
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FAMILY SCIENCE |
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NCFR Journals
Apply for a Family Relations Editorial Fellowship
Apply by March 10
The editorial team of NCFR’s Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Science is seeking three Editorial Fellows, with the objective of increasing participation in the editorial process for early-career professionals and those who have an interest in Family Science. Persons whose voices have historically been underrepresented are encouraged to apply.
Fellows will develop experience with and skills in manuscript review, engage in each stage of the editorial process, evaluate translational implications of research, and become familiar with Family Science research from around the world.
Apply by March 10, 2025. Successful candidates will be notified by late March 2025. Fellowships will run from April 15, 2025, to April 14, 2027.
LEARN MORE & APPLY |
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NCFR RESEARCH |
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NCFR Journals
New NCFR Research
Published between Feb. 16—22
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 articles focused on commentary in different contexts, published in FR and JFTR (respectively):
• A commentary on sexting, sextortion, and generative AI: Risks, deception, and digital vulnerability — Jessica Pater, Ph.D., NCFR member Brandon T. McDaniel, Ph.D. (pictured left), Fayika Farhat Nova, Ph.D., Michelle Drouin, Ph.D., Kimberly O'Connor, J.D., Douglas Zytko, Ph.D.
• Elevating the story of HDFS: A response to the commentaries by Ross, Weiser et al., and Youngblade — NCFR member Kathleen D. Dyer, Ph.D. (pictured right)
The articles listed above focus on commentary in different contexts. Pater et al., features three contributors discussing generative AI's impact on sexting & sextortion. Meanwhile, Dyer responds to three contributions—two of which were written by NCFR members—on the history and future of human development and Family Science.
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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MEMBER OPPORTUNITIES & UPDATES |
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NCFR Member Opportunities
Vote in NCFR's 2025 Elections by Feb. 28
2025 NCFR Elections Due By Feb. 28
All NCFR members are invited to get involved in the leadership of NCFR. Now is your chance to vote in the 2025 election, if you have not done so already. NCFR members should have received a link to this year's 2025 NCFR election ballots in their email on Sat., Feb. 1 (check your junk mail, spam, or clutter folders).
>>The deadline to vote in the 2025 election is Friday, Feb. 28.<<
See the nominees for national offices including the NCFR Board president-elect, board members-at-large, and members of NCFR Board committees. These are the NCFR member candidates who will represent YOU!
All NCFR members are also invited to nominate yourself or colleagues for the 2026 election slate. Submit a nomination for the 2026 election by March 15, 2025.
Explore more about the possibilities for leadership at NCFR — watch our on-demand webinar. Free for members and CFLEs!
LEARN ABOUT NCFR ELECTIONS
If you are an active NCFR member and could not find a ballot in your email, please email Alicia Jaworski. |
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Funding Opportunity for NCFR members
NCFR Olson Grant Application Opens March 3
The NCFR Olson Grant: Bridging Research, Theory, and Practice will begin its fifth year of accepting applications on Monday, March 3. 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.
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>>Application Deadline: April 1, 11:59 p.m. CT<<
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.
Nonmembers may become a member to apply for the grant.
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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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LET'S MEET IN BALTIMORE! |
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Reimagining the 2025 NCFR Annual Conference
Make plans to join us this fall for NCFR 2025! We are reimagining the annual conference—inspired by NCFR's new vision and Guiding Principles.
We invite and welcome you, your colleagues, your students to be a part of NCFR's reimagined conference Nov. 19-22, 2025, in Baltimore, Maryland! Exciting innovations are already in the works, including a timeline shift in the conference proposal submission period, providing you with more time to prepare and submit your proposal to this year's conference.
What's New:
★ New Opening: Submit proposals beginning the first week of March
★ New Deadline: Proposals are now due April 1, 2025
★ A simplified Call for Proposals
★ An intuitive online submission process
READ FULL UPDATE |
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ACCESS TO NCFR 2024 |
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Pictured above: An image from the Friday Plenary Address, Advancing Community Health: Building Bridges of Trust with Tribal Populations, presented by Lancer Stephens, Ph.D. (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 (login required)
**You can also request to use NCFR Annual Conference sessions in your classroom or amongst your colleagues and constituents in your department or organization.
>>START NOW— REQUEST A CLASSROOM LICENSE<< |
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CFLE CONVERSATIONS |
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CFLE Conversations
Death, Dying, and Bereavement in Family Life Education
Wed., March 12 / Noon – 1 p.m. CT
Facilitator: Susan Maxymiv, M.A., CFLE-Retired, CT
FREE for CFLEs / Renew your CFLE credential
Are you a CFLE with experience in death, dying, and bereavement? This networking event welcomes your questions, experiences, resources, challenges, and successes. Connect with professionals who work in similar fields or share your interests!
For more than 30 years, Susan Maxymiv, M.A., CFLE-Retired, CT, has worked passionately in the fields of thanatology (death, dying, and bereavement), gerontology, and Family Life Education. As a practitioner, she has been the director of a community senior center and a funeral home bereavement care program. Ms. Maxymiv has worked with first responders utilizing critical incident stress management/debriefing, and in hospice bereavement care. As an academic, she taught bereavement courses at Kent State University.
Join Ms. Maxymiv and other CFLEs for an insightful discussion on end-of-life work.
RESERVE YOUR SEAT |
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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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CELEBRATE FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION MONTH WITH NCFR! |
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Promote Family Life Education (FLE) With Us!
#FamilyLifeEd
NCFR continues to celebrate Family Life Education (FLE) month, increasing awareness and visibility of Family Life Education. Though the month-long celebration is nearing its end, the opportunity to become a Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE) is still here! The CFLE credential is the nationally recognized standard in Family Life Education. Further, being a CFLE validates one's experience and knowledge as a Family Life Educator and provides access to exclusive NCFR benefits.
Learn more about the CFLE credential
Continue to stay in the know with NCFR's daily news updates and daily posts on NCFR's social media handles as we bring to you highlights from Family Life Educators, their careers, the value of being a CFLE, what FLE means to them, why CFLEs should be involved with NCFR, and more! Share in the excitement—use #FamilyLifeEd on social media to bring visibility and highlight items related to Family Life Education!
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CFLE Network: Family Resource Management
Submit Articles by 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.
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NCFR Publications: Important Update
NCFR Nexus is Coming Fall 2025
The National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) is excited to share an important update about NCFR’s publications. Beginning in fall 2025, 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. You can be an NCFR member or a CFLE to access NCFR Nexus. You do not need to be both. NCFR welcomes Beth Maddock Magistad, Ph.D., CFLE, as the editor of this new publication.
Through diverse authorship and a commitment to research and practice integration, NCFR Nexus will support NCFR’s new mission by:
✔️ Advancing a thriving transdisciplinary field
✔️ Expanding scientific knowledge and application
✔️ Contributing to just societies through informed perspectives
As a member and CFLE benefit, NCFR Nexus will continue to provide exclusive, high-quality content to support professional growth and impact. Stay tuned to NCFR communication channels for more details in the coming months!
To support this transition, the winter 2024, spring 2025, and summer 2025 issues of Family Focus and the winter 2025 and spring 2025 issues of CFLE Network will be digital-only. Additionally, there will not be a summer 2025 issue of CFLE Network as we focus on developing NCFR Nexus. NCFR appreciates your understanding as we work to bring you an enhanced and more impactful publication.
*NCFR Report will continue as its own separate publication for news and member updates.
Thank you for being a part of the NCFR community. If you have any questions, please contact Jessica Oswald. |
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CONGRATULATIONS, NCFR MEMBERS |
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NCFR Awards & Recognition
Reuben Hill Award
Congratulations to Hannah Williamson, Ph.D., (pictured left), and Megan Tess Fischer, M.A., (pictured right), recipients of the Reuben Hill Award, which is presented to the author(s) of an outstanding article or book that combines theory and methodology to analyze and interpret a significant family issue.
Dr. Williamson is an associate professor of human development and Family Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. Megan's research in graduate school focused on the effects of external stressors on relationship satisfaction and stability.
Their research article is titled, "Household Income Differentiates Quantity and Quality of Shared Spousal Time."
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In Memoriam
Helen T.M. Bayer
It is with regret that we inform the NCFR community that Helen T.M. Bayer, Ph.D., passed away on Dec. 8, 2019, at the age of 98. She was a longtime member of NCFR for 70 years.
Dr. Bayer was a member of several organizations, and was elected Fellow of the American Sociological Association. She trailblazed several efforts, to include her tenure as department Extension leader at Cornell University, and as project director of the Office of Head Start regional training office. She was also later elected emeritus at Cornell University. Dr. Bayer made many contributions towards parenting education.
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Video of the Week
One-armed College Basketball Player Makes Women's Division III History
Baileigh Sinaman-Daniel, a 22-year-old guard at Lesley University (Cambridge, Mass.), has become the first NCAA Division III women's basketball player with one arm to score in a collegiate game. She dealt with the disappointment of being cut from the team her senior year in high school, but then thought to herself, "what's stopping me from doing this in college." And since then, she's been on a path to history—making history and baskets!
WATCH VIDEO
Do you have a video of a local news story from your area? Email a link to Kristal Johnson and maybe 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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Assistant Lecturer in Early Childhood, Youth, and Family Studies
Ball State University
The Department of Early Childhood, Youth, and Family Studies (ECYFS) is searching for an innovative and passionate instructor to contribute to a growing, collaborative department. This is a full-time, campus-based, 10-month assistant lecturer position. This is a renewable contract faculty position. The ideal candidate will teach undergraduate courses (four courses in the fall and four courses in the spring, with optional teaching opportunities over the summer); support and mentor students; provide input regarding curriculum for the Family Science concentration including the development of new courses as needed; and actively promote the Family Life Educator and youth worker certifications. The successful candidate will participate in university-wide events such as commencement, as well as general service to the department, college, and university.
This position is scheduled to begin August 2025.
Location: Muncie, Indiana
Required Education: Master's degree in human development and family studies (HDFS), Family Science, or a closely related field.
Application Deadline: To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by March 7, 2025.
SEE FULL DETAILS & APPLY |
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Clinical Assistant Professor in Couple and Family Therapy
University of Georgia
The University of Georgia College of Family and Consumer Sciences is seeking applications for a clinical assistant professor non-tenure track, academic year position with a 90% teaching, 5% research, and 5% service appointment. Applicants to this position will be expected to teach undergraduate and graduate courses (seven courses each academic year); supervise majors–support their professional development in community-based placements; liaise with community-based placements to support/develop practicum sites. The successful candidate will participate in department, college, and university governance, as well as in relevant professional organizations. The successful candidate will contribute to presentations and publications relevant to the practice, and translation of science to practice through relevant grants and contracts.
This position is scheduled to begin August 1, 2025.
Location: Athens, Georgia
Required Education: Doctorate in human development and family studies (HDFS) or a closely related field, earned master’s or doctorate in couple/marriage and family therapy.
Application Deadline: Full consideration will be given to applications received by March 21, 2025. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
SEE FULL DETAILS & APPLY |
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