Zippy News: Velma McBride Murry, Plenary at NCFR 2024!

NCFR 2024 Plenary Presenter
Re-conceptualizing Resilience in African American Families: The Need for Paradigm Shift and New Methodological Approaches
Velma McBride Murry, Ph.D.

NCFR is pleased to present the Thursday plenary speaker, Velma McBride Murry, Ph.D., at this year's annual conference, which will be held in Bellevue, Washington. NCFR looks forward to the contributions that Dr. McBride Murry will make at this year's conference. Her presentation will identify and define various forms of resilience and resistance and their implications for African American families' capacity to navigate oppressive toxic waters emerging from structural racism.

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Resources on Gun Violence and Families

The loss of life from the recent school shootings across the U.S. are senseless tragedies that no one should have to experience. The hearts of the NCFR staff go out to all of those impacted by this violence.

NCFR members and Certified Family Life Educators (CFLEs) have created the following resources in response to prior mass shootings:

Please consider sharing these resources with your networks.

NCFR Strategic Planning

Help Create a Vision for NCFR
Members & CFLEs: Take the Survey Sept. 10-23

The NCFR Board of Directors is excited to hear from NCFR members and Certified Family Life Educators (CFLEs) this fall to inform the organization's strategic planning!

It's been more than 10 years since NCFR last worked on strategic planning, and feedback is needed from members and CFLEs, who have a direct interest in NCFR realizing its full potential.

Our first step: crafting a vision for NCFR. Members and CFLEs are invited to take a brief anonymous survey through Sept. 23 about a potential vision statement.

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2024 NCFR Annual Conference | Nov. 19, full day / Nov. 20, morning only
2024 Theory Construction and Research Methodology (TCRM) Workshop
All Are Invited!

You are invited to the Theory Construction and Research Methodology (TCRM) Workshop at this year's annual conference! TCRM is a longstanding tradition within NCFR. The context for TCRM is collegial and cooperative, providing a space for moving ideas and working papers forward, offering valuable feedback to authors to strengthen their family methods and theories. Don't miss this meaningful experience to engage in active, intellectual exchange with one another!

$60 Professionals | $40 Students

2024 NCFR Annual Conference | Nov. 19, Noon – 6 p.m. PT
Feminist, Fearless, and Fierce Leadership Retreat
All Are Welcome!

You are invited to the Feminist, Fearless, and Fierce Leadership Retreat at this year's annual conference! This preconference session is an opportunity to engage feminist leaders in skill-building and introspection around one's roles and identities as leaders in higher education. You will find that this interactive session offers diverse presentations to encourage you to reflect on your leadership journey as well as provide space for building a community of supportive peer mentors. Don't miss this purposeful time to build your skills and reflect critically on your feminist leadership, no matter where you are on your journey!

$80 Professionals & Students

Make Connections at NCFR 2024: Exhibits & University Receptions
Reservations Due: Sept. 30, 2024

Get maximum exposure for your organization and face time with your target audiences as a 2024 exhibitor or university receptions participant at the NCFR Annual Conference.

Exhibits: Promote your products, programs, and services over three days of exhibit hours to hundreds of researchers, faculty, practitioners, and students who have convened to get new ideas and inspiration for their family-related work. Learn more

University Receptions: Colleges and Degree programs can connect with prospective students and alumni at our annual college fair in Bellevue on Thur., Nov. 21, from 4:45–6:45 p.m. Learn more

2024 NCFR Annual Conference | Nov. 20–23
NCFR Student Members: Apply to be a Student Aide
Attention: Undergraduate and Graduate NCFR Students!

NCFR student members — did you know that once you register to attend the 2024 NCFR Annual Conference, you have the opportunity to be a student aide? This unique service opportunity not only means helping at the conference assisting NCFR staff, but YOU also get the benefit of a rebate to your conference registration! Act fast because time is running out to obtain a student aide slot.

Are you a student but you are not an NCFR member? Join NCFR, register for the conference at the NCFR student-member rate & be eligible for a student aide slot!

NCFR Webinar

Integrating Emotion Coaching into Youth Mentoring Programs
Tuesday, Sept. 24 / 11 a.m. – Noon CT
Presented by: Jen Krafchick, Ph.D., CFLE, and Lindsey Weiler, Ph.D., LMFT

Multiple indicators demonstrate high numbers of youth are struggling emotionally, especially youth with adverse childhood experiences. Youth need support to improve their emotional well-being. Those who work with youth need enhanced skills to offer appropriate support.

Emotion coaching in a mentoring context is a new and innovative approach. Coupled with trauma-informed practices and a diversity, equity, and inclusion framework, emotion coaching provides an effective approach to mentor/protégé interactions. Emotion coaching fosters youth's capacity for emotion regulation (i.e., identifying emotions, modifying or tolerating emotions, practicing regulatory strategies, and evaluating success of those strategies).

In this webinar, Jen Krafchick, Ph.D., CFLE, and Lindsey Weiler, Ph.D., LMFT, will provide the basic concepts of emotion coaching and its benefits.

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Approved for 1 hour of CFLE continuing education

NCFR members receive discounts on webinars / Become a member

Upcoming NCFR Teaching Tuesday

The Need for Cultural Humility in Classrooms
Tuesday, Sept. 17 / Noon – 1 p.m. CT
Free for NCFR members to attend
Presenter: Dee Hill-Zuganelli, Ph.D.

Cultural humility emphasizes an ongoing process of continual learning and critical self-reflection to work effectively with diverse families and communities, and challenge institutions to take accountability for their practices. Students are expected to encounter unfamiliar situations at the start of the cultural humility process and are assumed to handle challenges proactively. Today’s political restriction of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives requires Family Science students to seek additional support to stay motivated for continual learning. During this Teaching Tuesday, Dee Hill-Zuganelli, Ph.D., will share teaching and supportive strategies to address such barriers in building cultural humility.

After a brief presentation, participants will have the opportunity to discuss:

the fit of Family Science courses into the cultural humility framework;
overcoming stumbling blocks encountered in the learning process;
how to stay dedicated and support oneself as anti-DEI initiatives unfold.

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NCFR members can access past recordings of Teaching Tuesdays. If you would like to be a future session facilitator, contact Jessica Oswald.

CFLE Conversations

Addressing Burnout: Personal, Professional, and Societal
Wednesday, Sept. 25 / 2 – 3 p.m. CT
Facilitator: SaraKay Smullens, LCSW, CFLE
Free for CFLEs / Renew your CFLE Credential

Are you a CFLE interested in the topic of burnout? Join SaraKay Smullens, LCSW, CFLE, for the September CFLE Conversation to discuss burnout on a personal, professional, and societal level.

This networking event is free to CFLEs.

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If you are interested in facilitating a future CFLE Conversation, contact Jessica Oswald.

NCFR Teaching Tuesday

Using Reflexive Pedagogy to Enhance Student Learning
Tuesday, Dec. 10 / Noon – 1 p.m. CT
Free for NCFR members to attend
Presenter: Lyndal Khaw, Ph.D.

Reflexive pedagogy is a teaching and learning approach used with the intention of creating more self-awareness, fostering critical thinking, and facilitating meaning-making through lived experiences and shared knowledge. Helping students to think reflexively can be especially beneficial in courses that focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). To teach and learn reflexively goes beyond the occasional reflection paper assignment or two. During this Teaching Tuesday, Lyndal Khaw, Ph.D., will have an open dialogue on how reflexive pedagogy can be incorporated into all aspects of a course, including the language in a syllabus, selection of course materials, discussion touchpoints, and class activities.

After a brief presentation, participants will have the opportunity to discuss:

ideas on how to incorporate reflexive pedagogy into their teaching practices;
opportunities for and challenges of using reflexive pedagogy; and
how reflexive pedagogy can be measured for effectiveness.

REGISTER TO ATTEND

NCFR members can access past recordings of Teaching Tuesdays. If you would like to be a future session facilitator, contact Jessica Oswald.

2024 NCFR Annual Conference
Student Access Grant Now Accepting Applications

Apply Today! Applications due Sept. 15

NCFR has a commitment to addressing systemic racism and opening doors where racial and ethnic barriers exist. To ensure inclusion of Family Science students who are from racial communities that have been historically marginalized, NCFR will continue to support through the NCFR Student Access Grant.

The grant will cover the 2024 NCFR Annual Conference registration fee and will provide a $500 travel stipend. Grantees who are not NCFR members will receive a one-year NCFR membership as well.

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NCFR Awards and Recognition
NCFR Seeks Nominations for 2024 Fellows

Final Call: Nominations due Sept. 15

Fellow status in NCFR is an honor awarded to living members of NCFR on the basis of their outstanding contributions to Family Science. Nominations of all family scholars and professionals who have made contributions to the family field are encouraged.

Among the recognized areas of contributions are scholarship, teaching, outreach, practice, and professional service, including service to NCFR. Nominees must be nominated by another NCFR member.

Please submit your nomination materials by Sept. 15.

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NCFR Awards and Recognition
Czaplewski Fellowship Award

Past presidents of NCFR established this Fellowship in Administration in honor of retired Executive Director, Mary Jo Czaplewski (1984-99).

The purpose of this fellowship is to provide funding to support the efforts of family scholars who want to obtain and make mid-career moves into academic or nonprofit administration.

The fellowship is only awarded when there is a request for support. An award of up to $500 is given biennially to a qualified applicant.

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Call for Articles | CFLE Network

Coaching as Part of Family Life Education
Last Call: Submit Your Proposal by Sept. 15

Parent coaching is a growing part of Family Life Education. NCFR wants to hear from CFLEs who are using coaching in their work with parents and families.

Examples of potential topics include:

The value of coaching as part of FLE work
Your story of how you are coaching parents
The challenges you have addressed as you support families
Tips and/or resources that you have found to help you coach families
How you use data or research to support your work as a coach

Authors are invited to contribute to the fall 2024 issue of CFLE Network on the theme Coaching as Part of Family Life Education.

The submission deadline is Sept. 15. Please review the author guidelines. When you submit your article, use our CFLE Network Article Submission Form.

Contact the CFLE Network Editor Beth Magistad, Ph.D., CFLE, with questions or for more information.

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NCFR Journals
Call for Articles: Journal of Family Theory & Review

The Journal of Family Theory & Review (JFTR) invites submissions for the following special issues and emerging voices.

Emerging Voices
Theorizing and Doing Critical Intersectional Family Science – special issue, submission deadline EXTENDED to Nov. 1, 2024
Critical Masculinities: Theoretical and Methodological Advances on Gender in Families – special issue, submissions due Jan. 15, 2025

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Call for Submissions | Family Focus
The Psychological Impact of Privilege
Proposal Deadline Nov. 20

Family life provides early learning experiences to create and maintain healthy relationships with other people, an important component of health and well-being. Yet family life experiences are influenced by one’s social address, which includes characteristics of one’s identity (e.g., race, religion, sexuality, class). Social address is associated with social advantages, or privileges, that influence family life experiences.

For this issue of Family Focus, the editor invites you to consider the psychological impact of social advantages that promote exclusion, injustice, and isolation. Specifically, in which ways does privilege disrupt the ability of individuals, families, and society to create and maintain healthy relationships?

Prospective authors should submit their proposals by Nov. 20 using the online submission form. All authors will be notified by Dec. 2, and articles are due Jan. 10, 2025. Contact the editor with questions.

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Call for Articles | CFLE Network

Cultivating Cultural Humility in Family Life Education
Submit Your Proposal by Dec. 15

Cultural humility involves self-reflection, an understanding that one’s own culture is not inherently superior, and appreciation of and a willingness to learn from the experiences of people from other backgrounds and cultures with the goal of authentic relationship building. The winter 2025 issue of CFLE Network will explore and expand on cultural humility in the context of Family Life Education (FLE). Articles are sought exploring “why” and “how” Family Life Educators should and can cultivate cultural humility in their work.

Examples of potential topics include:

The value of cultural humility as part of FLE work
Research supporting the importance of cultivating cultural humility in FLE
Your story of how you are cultivating your own cultural humility
The successes and/or challenges you have addressed as you support families on their journey towards cultural humility
Tips and/or resources that you have found to help you in this work
Differing perspectives on this topic (e.g. student/teacher; program leader/program participant)

The submission deadline is Dec. 15. Please review the author guidelines. When you submit your article, use our CFLE Network Article Submission Form.

Contact the CFLE Network Editor Beth Magistad, Ph.D., CFLE, with questions or for more information.

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NCFR Journals
New NCFR Research Plus JFTR New Issue

Keep up with 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).

New early-view articles published between Sept. 1 and Sept. 7 across NCFR's journals can be found on the NCFR website, plus the September issue of Journal of Family Theory & Review was recently published.

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

Explore our tips and strategies ahead of submitting your manuscript for publication in an NCFR journal.

Video of the Week

If You Adults Won't Save the World, We Will

In observance of Hispanic Latinx American Heritage Month, this week's video is a TED talk with climate justice activist, Xiye Bastida, as she reflects on what led her to become a leading voice for global climate activism--she speaks of resolve, and resilience, as well as her profound love of the earth to the values passed down to her. Xiye Bastida is from the Otomi-Toltec Indigenous community in Central Mexico.

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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.

Chair, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
Illinois State University

The College of Applied Science and Technology invites applications for the position of Chair to lead a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs. The Chair is responsible for strategic leadership, fiscal management, curriculum development and review, personnel recruitment, enrollment management, department accreditations, assessment, advancement, and oversight of the teaching and research labs. The Chair will encourage and support high quality research, teaching, and service, and advocate for the resources needed to sustain the Department's mission and vision. The potential start date for this position is July 1, 2025.

Location: Normal, Illinois
Required Education: Doctorate in an area appropriate to the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
Application Deadline: Application review begins Oct. 1, 2024, and will continue until the position is filled.

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Eleanor Berger Blumenthal Child Life Fellowship
University of Missouri

The Department of Human Development and Family Science (HDFS) is pleased to announce the Eleanor Berger Blumenthal Child Life Graduate Fellowship. The successful applicant will instruct the child life practicum seminar, supervise undergraduate student practicum experiences, and may also instruct other HDFS undergraduate courses. Applicants should have a commitment to teaching excellence and exceptional service to students. This position will begin in the fall 2025 semester.

Location: Columbia, Missouri
Required Education: Master's degree in child life, or a closely-related field; intent to pursue a doctoral degree
Application Deadline: Jan. 1, 2025

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Assistant/Associate/Full Professor
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

The Department of Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS) seeks outstanding candidates for a 9-month, full-time, tenure-track faculty position at the assistant, associate, or full professor rank, focused on child/youth development in diverse contexts. Responsibilities include growing a productive and impactful research program with external funding success and effective/supportive mentorship of graduate students, teaching three courses per year, providing service and leadership to the unit and discipline. This position will begin in the fall 2025 semester.

Location: Urbana, Illinois
Required Education: Doctorate in human development and family studies, or a related field
Application Deadline: Oct. 15, 2024

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Academic Professional Track (Non-Tenure): Clinical Assistant Professor
Texas A&M

Texas A&M University invites applications for a clinical assistant professor of human development and Family Sciences (HDFS). This position is a nine-month, full-time, academic professional track appointment. Primary responsibilities include instruction and active engagement of students in the newly established HDFS undergraduate program, design and instruction of a range of undergraduate-level HDFS courses, supervision, and engagement of students in high-impact learning activities and in community practicum, as well as occasional graduate-level instruction. The successful candidate will also develop community partnerships that accentuate curriculum and lead to creation of directed studies, field practicum, or internship. Responsibilities also include to establish an action-oriented research agenda that features Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) efforts and initiatives. This position will begin Aug. 1, 2025.

Location: College Station, Texas
Required Education: Doctorate in educational psychology (EPSY), human development and Family Sciences (HDFS), or a related field
Application Deadline: Application review begins Dec. 2024, and will continue until the position is filled.

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Professor of Population Science and Director, Population Research Center
University of Texas at Austin

The College of Liberal Arts is seeking a distinguished population scientist at the rank of professor/full professor and director of the Population Research Center (PRC), one of the nation's premier NICHD-funded population centers. Applicants should have a record of major contributions to the development of innovative and pathbreaking research that speaks to critical population problems confronting the U.S., and the global community, as well as an excellent track record of extramural grant support (e.g., NIH) for their research. Besides undergraduate and graduate teaching, research, and service, responsibilities as PRC director will include overseeing an outstanding set of core services supporting the development and management of large-scale research.

Location: Austin, Texas
Required Education: Doctorate in a population science discipline
Application Deadline: Application review begins Oct. 1, 2024, and will continue until the position is filled.

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