NCFR Virtual Member Meeting

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2024 Virtual NCFR Annual Member Meeting
Weigh In on NCFR's Strategic Planning Work
Friday, Nov. 15, 3–4:30 p.m. CT, via Zoom

All NCFR members are invited to attend the annual member meeting virtually via Zoom the week prior to the NCFR Annual Conference, to hear updates on NCFR’s activities, ask questions, and recognize colleagues' accomplishments.

During the second half of the meeting, all members will be invited to discuss NCFR's ongoing strategic planning work with each other and with the NCFR Board of Directors. This discussion will be an excellent opportunity for members, as the owners of NCFR, to share perspectives to help move the organization forward.

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No signup or NCFR conference registration is needed to attend this free meeting.

NCFR 2024 Presenters
Attention NCFR 2024 Conference Presenters

Presenting at NCFR 2024 in Bellevue, Washington? Please upload your presentation slides to the NCFR website by Nov. 11. This will ease the process so that your presentation slides are ready to go on the laptops from which you will present (posters are not required). Presenters must also register to attend the 2024 NCFR Annual Conference — don't forget to register!

Whova, the NCFR 2024 App, will officially open on Nov. 4.

2024 NCFR Annual Conference

NCFR Sections Provide Networking Opportunities

NCFR Sections offer a great opportunity to network and engage with other conference attendees! Sections are member groups that connect members with similar professional-topic interests, providing a forum to get acquainted and communicate with one another. Further, each section has its online discussion group where you can share resources, pose questions, and more.

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Join an NCFR Section today, ahead of NCFR 2024, and you will have the opportunity to meet other section members while onsite in Bellevue! Further, section membership permits you to attend the Section member meetings and provides access to the section's discussion group.

The time is great to sign up for a section so that you may network and build relationships at the 2024 NCFR Annual Conference with those that share your interests!

Support NCFR Student Access Grant
Make a Donation Today

Thanks to our generous Student Access Grant donors, grants have been awarded since 2020 to provide Students of Color with free conference registration, a travel stipend, and one year of NCFR membership.

This year's goal is to raise $8,000 to support grants to 10 students. Just under a quarter of the goal has been raised so far, so please help to support these students from historically marginalized racial communities.

Your donation supports students like the 2022 recipients pictured above (from left:) Francisca Martinez Jensen, Xueli (Sherry) Qiu, and Evelyn Barrales.

DONATE TO STUDENT ACCESS GRANT

Time to support this important initiative is running out. Please make your donation to the Student Access Grant today!

NCFR 2024 Annual Conference
Register for NCFR 2024

2024 NCFR Annual Conference | Nov. 20-23, 2024 | Bellevue, Washington

Planning to attend the 2024 NCFR Annual Conference in Bellevue, WA? All conference participants and presenters must register in order to attend. Register today!

The Hyatt Regency — our 2024 conference location — has sold out of guest rooms Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday nights, Nov. 20-22. Find alternate hotels within a mile of the Hyatt Regency with comparable pricing.

Register NOW — the 2024 NCFR Annual Conference is less than 3 weeks away!

Not an NCFR member? Save when you register for the conference AND join NCFR at the same time!

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
Sign Up Today | Registration is Limited to 43

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

Next NCFR Webinar

Integrating Acceptance, Belonging, and Community Components into Early Childhood Education
Tuesday, Nov. 12 / 10 – 11 a.m. CT
Presented by: Sandy Lookabaugh, Ph.D., and Lisa Godwin, Ph.D.

Early childhood is the optimal time to introduce and reinforce prosocial attitudes and skills of acceptance, belonging, and community. Educators, at all levels, however, may be hesitant to directly engage in these conversations despite the importance of embedding these concepts within curricula and programing during this optimal time of learning.

As a result of attending the webinar, participants will be able to:

Instill a sense of acceptance, belonging, and community within early childhood learning experiences;
Use classroom materials as mechanisms to introduce conversations related to acceptance, belonging, and community;
Be intentional with their approach to learning experiences and conversations around acceptance, belonging, and community; and
Model appropriate language related to relevance and importance of acceptance, belonging, and community when talking with parents, colleagues, and administrators.

In this webinar, Sandy Lookabaugh, Ph.D., and Lisa Godwin, Ph.D., will offer methods on how to instill a sense of acceptance, belongingness, and community within planned learning experiences and conversations, and more!

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Approved for 1 hour of CFLE continuing education

NCFR members receive discounts on webinars / Become a member

CFLE Conversations

Navigating the Ethics of AI in Family Education
Wednesday, Jan. 15 / 2 – 3 p.m. CT
Free for CFLEs
Presenter: Lisa Krause, M.A., CFLE, CFLC

As artificial intelligence (AI) technology continues to advance, it brings opportunities and challenges to the practice of Family Life Education. Join Ms. Krause and other CFLEs to thoughtfully discuss the ethical implications of incorporating AI into working with families. Feel free to bring your questions and concerns.

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If you are interested in meeting with other CFLEs working in your area, and/or would like to be a session facilitator, contact Jessica Oswald.

NCFR Résumé/CV Review Program

NCFR's Résumé/CV Review Program runs off of volunteer time and dedication! 'Thank you' to the member volunteers, who are contributing their time, diligence, and expertise to this fall's program success:

Jaime Mendoza, PsyD, Farin Bakhtiari, Ph.D., Amy Claridge, Ph.D., Nicole McAninch, Ph.D., CFLE, and Ilya Okhotnikov, Ph.D., DMin, CFLE

Submitters: don't miss out on the winter cycle, opening Jan. 2 — submit your documents for review on this date!

Reviewers: calling seasoned reviewers (who are also NCFR members) to volunteer their time to this unique program.

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NCFR Members & Halloween
And Now Let's Hear from Our Members

Members of NCFR share their strategies and measures in assessing the best cities for Halloween. In the article, by WalletHub, contributors share ways to keep kids safe during trick-or-treating. Recognizing that holiday festivities are often a large expense, they also provide their financial expertise for parents and guardians to keep in mind to avoid overspending and still make memories with their families.

Weighing in are NCFR members, Cassandra D. Chaney, Ph.D., Laura Bloom, Ph.D., CFLE, Erica Jordan, Ph.D., CFLE, Jessica E. Troilo, Ph.D., NCFR Fellow Judith A. Myers-Walls, Ph.D., CFLE, and longtime member, Miriam Mulsow, Ph.D.

Check out what they had to say about the best locations and more!

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In Memoriam
Michele Meyer

Michele Meyer, Ph.D., CFLE, LMFT, LMHC, passed away on Aug. 21, at the age of 75. She was an NCFR member and a Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE) for 36 years.

Dr. Meyer is remembered as an educator, entrepreneur, therapist, loving mother and sister. She was thoroughly involved with the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), to include chair of the ethics committee and executive director. Dr. Meyer had a successful marriage and family therapy practice in New York City and Chappaqua.

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Fathers and Children Together book cover

Fathers and Children Together
Jay Fagan, Ph.D., and Glen F. Palm, Ph.D., CFLE

Covering topics such as opportunities for fathers to connect to their children during each stage of development, occasions for men to grow and develop when they become fathers, advice for healthy and successful coparenting, as well as how to support a positive father-child relationship, this book provides important answers to questions that fathers frequently ask about parenting.

Fathers and Children Together, co-written by NCFR member and CFLE Emeritus, Glen F. Palm, Ph.D., CFLE, is a must read for fathers aspiring to create strong connections to their children, as well as parents, practitioners, and students in disciplines such as psychology, human development and family studies, parent education, and social work.

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Family Communication
Dawn O. Braithwaite, Ph.D., Paul Schrodt, Ph.D., Colleen Warner, Ph.D., and Kathleen M. Galvin, Ph.D.

The eleventh edition represents the plurality of today's families, helping students see themselves and think through how the up-to-date research and theory apply to their lives. It features a more concise narrative with streamlined key concepts more straightforward and engaging for students.

Co-written by NCFR member, Dawn O. Braithwaite, Ph.D., Family Communication is ideal for undergraduate courses in family communication, allied subjects in communication studies, family studies, as well as nursing and social work programs. Free digital materials also accompany the book.

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NCFR Journals
Call for Articles: Journal of Family Theory & Review
Proposal deadline extended to Nov. 1

Authors are invited to contribute to the special issue of Journal of Family Theory & Review (JFTR) on the topic of "Theorizing and Doing Critical Intersectional Family Science." The roots of intersectionality are grounded in conversations, community, theorizing, and activism of Black women who found that the liberation movements of the 1960s and 1970s did not fully address their concerns and needs. In 2014, Black feminist scholar and NCFR Fellow, April L. Few-Demo, Ph.D., wrote a comprehensive review about the utility and necessity of using intersectionality in Family Science in JFTR.

This special issue will take into consideration the ways in which intersectionality has been utilized, how it has evolved, challenges to applying and operationalizing intersectionality, as well as how the next generation of Family Scientists can extend the theory and its practical and methodological applications.

Submit your manuscript today — new deadline of Nov. 1!

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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 Article 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

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 Oct. 20 and Oct. 26 across NCFR's journals can be found on the NCFR website.

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

Stories About Your Favorite Halloween Candy

In the spirit of Halloween, this week's video showcases the top candies of the season. And the Top 10 weren’t surprising, however, the breakdown of the favorites by state offered some interesting results. For example, Ohio’s favorite Halloween candy is Blow Pops and in Montana, it’s Dubble Bubble Gum; Georgia’s fav is Swedish Fish and Lemonheads for Louisiana. In any case, check out the list toppers in order of popularity starting with the least popular, along with with morsels of their sweet—and not-so-sweet —origins mixed in.

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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!

New Employment Opportunities

Employers: Get your job opening included in Zippy News by posting it in
NCFR's online Jobs Center! Get started here.

Professor and Chair, Department of Human Development and Family Studies
Iowa State University

The Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Iowa State University seeks a professor and chair of the department. This position requires a visionary leader with a commitment to excellence and innovation, as well as a demonstrated capacity to lead the department while supporting the College's mission. This mission entails expanding human potential in the education of undergraduate and graduate students, interdisciplinary/ transdisciplinary research, and Extension and Outreach.

Location: Ames, Iowa
Required Education: Doctorate in human development and family studies, or a related discipline
Application Deadline: Dec. 1, 2024

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