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NCFR Weekly Zippy News
Friday, Feb. 21, 2025 |
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• NCFR Seeks Executive Director
• Remembering NCFR 2024 & Readying for NCFR 2025
• CFLE Conversations: FREE for CFLEs
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• NCFR 2024 Award Recipient
• Video of the Week
• PLUS Employment Opportunities |
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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 encouraged 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!
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NCFR 2025: SEE YOU THERE! |
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Reimagining the 2025 NCFR Annual Conference
We certainly hope your plans this fall includes NCFR 2025! Inspired by NCFR's new vision and Guiding Principles, we are reimagining the annual conference.
You are invited and welcome to be a part of a reimagined NCFR 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.
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
For those of you that took a few moments to complete our survey and share your ideas towards reimagining conference last week—THANK YOU, your input is invaluable!
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ACCESS TO NCFR 2024 |
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Pictured above: An image from the Closing Plenary Address, Changing the Odds for Individuals, Families, and Communities, presented by Jennifer Hays-Grudo, 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, access to 15 video recordings is 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 registration! ACCESS RECORDINGS (login required)
You can 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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2024 NCFR Annual Conference Photo Album
NCFR's annual conferences provide attendees with meaningful opportunities to engage with one another, celebrate achievements, present one's research and research findings, connect with friends and make new ones, and so much more!
Recapture some of those memories & moments from last year's conference—head on over & explore photos in the 2024 NCFR Annual Conference photo albums! |
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CELEBRATE FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION MONTH |
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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. 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, what FLE means to them, why CFLEs should be involved, and more! Share in the excitement—use the #FamilyLifeEd on social media to bring visibility and highlight items related to Family Life Education!
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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.
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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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CONGRATULATIONS, NCFR MEMBERS |
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NCFR Awards & Recognition
John L. and Harriette P. McAdoo Dissertation Award
Congratulations to Doneila L. McIntosh, M.Div., M.A., LMFT, as the recipient of the John L. and Harriette P. McAdoo Dissertation Award, which provides support for the recipient to complete an approved doctoral dissertation with a focus on issues impacting ethnic minority families, especially our understanding of African Americans' familial experiences. Her paper is titled, "African American Bereavement: How Do Youth and Families Navigate Loss?"
Doneila is a doctoral candidate in family social science with an emphasis in couple and family therapy (CFT) at the University of Minnesota.
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NCFR Journals
New NCFR Research
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).
Check out these open access early-view articles published in JMF and JFTR:
• Parent–teen dyadic experiences of racism: Implications for Black familial racial socialization — Shawn C. T. Jones, Ph.D., NCFR member Shardé McNeil Smith, Ph.D., Naya Sutton, M.S., Lesley Blair Winchester, M.S., Broquelynn Shepard, M.S.
• Considering human development and Family Science from an HBCU faculty perspective: Commentary on Dyer — NCFR member Jennifer J. Ross, Ph.D.
• Theorizing academia: Focus on human development and Family Science — NCFR Fellows: Ramona Faith Oswald, Ph.D., and Anisa M. Zvonkovic, Ph.D.
In this week's open access early-view article in JMF, researchers articulate the importance of considering parent and youth experiences with racism as it pertains to racial socialization as it may be underestimated by focusing on individual experiences and not accounting for the linked lives of Black parents and their adolescents.
Additionally, two of this week's open access early-view articles in JFTR center on Family Science in academia towards the advancement and visibility of Family Science.
View more new early-view articles published between Feb. 9 and Feb. 15 across NCFR's journals.
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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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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MEMBER OPPORTUNITIES |
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NCFR Member Opportunities
Vote in NCFR's 2025 Elections by Feb. 28
Nominations for 2026 Elections also sought
Have you voted in NCFR's Elections yet? Well, now's your chance—cast your vote while there's still time!
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. If you are an active NCFR member and could not find a ballot in your email, please email Alicia Jaworski.
The deadline to vote in the elections is Fri., 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!
NCFR members: nominate yourself or colleagues for the 2026 election slate. Submit a nomination.
Explore more about the possibilities for leadership at NCFR — watch our on-demand webinar. Free for members and CFLEs!
LEARN ABOUT NCFR ELECTIONS
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Funding Opportunity for NCFR members
NCFR Olson Grant
Mark Your Calendars: Application Opens March 3
The NCFR Olson Grant: Bridging Research, Theory, and Practice will begin its fifth year of accepting applications on 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 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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IN OTHER NEWS |
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Groves Conference on Marriage and Family
4th Annual Virtual Groves Book Discussion Group
Groves welcomes all to join in a discussion of the book, No Way But Forward: Life Stories of Three Families in the Gaza Strip by Dr. Brian K. Barber. In these gripping tales of survival, endurance, and hope, Dr. Barber traces how three ordinary young Palestinian men have experienced life in Gaza over the past thirty years. This book discussion, facilitated by Dr. Lisa Godwin, is free for Groves Members, but registration is required. Click here to register for the book group discussion
*Non-members can register for a fee of $25 ($15 for non-member students). |
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In Memoriam
Sylvia T. O'Neill
We regret to inform the NCFR community that Sylvia T. O'Neill, Ph.D., passed away on Oct. 11, 2020, at the age of 91. She was a longtime member of NCFR for more than 70 years.
Her professional tenure included Rutgers University and Trenton State College (now College of New Jersey). Dr. O'Neill was a driving force for the implementation of a women's studies curriculum, served with distinction on the Trenton State faculty senate, chaired the promotions committee, and was instrumental in changing the hiring and promotion policies to include more women and People of Color.
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Video of the Week
Principal Who Took Night Job To Help His Students Gets A Heartwarming Surprise
A high school principal in North Charleston, South Carolina is making a significant difference in the lives of his students and community. This one is a tear-jerker, and in recognition of Black History Month, making history, and history-makers.
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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Clinic Director
Chapman University
Chapman University seeks a clinic director for the Frances Smith Center for Individual and Family Therapy (FSC). The successful candidate will have charge over the management and administration of the Center to include reviewing new client intakes, having oversight of practicum courses and practicum collaboration experiences, and liaising between the Center, the MFT program, other departments in the College, & on-campus university services, as well as liaising between the Center and the community.
Location: Orange, California
Required Education: Master’s degree in marriage & family therapy or related field such as psychology, counseling, or human development
Application Deadline: Open until filled
SEE FULL DETAILS & APPLY |
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