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Thursday, February 29, 2024

2024 Call for Proposals: 4 Days Left
Conference Proposal Reviewers — Sign up by March 4
Two Grant Opportunities for Family Research and Practice
Spring Graduates! Apply Now for NCFR Honors
Family Focus Call for Articles
Teaching Tuesday: FLE Methodology, March 5
Network Call for Authors
March 20: Gender Development, Identity, and Expression
NCFR's Early View Articles
Last Few Days of FLE Month
Reminder: Vote in NCFR's Elections
Upcoming Events
Video of the Week: Why not everyone supports Black History Month
Employment Opportunities

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2024 NCFR Annual Conference

Call for Proposals: Submit by March 4
Deadline Is Just 4 Days Away! Don't Miss It!

Conference proposals are still being accepted for NCFR 2024 (Nov. 20-23 in Bellevue, WA), but not for long! The full call for proposals and instructions can be found on our website. Proposals are due March 4 — by 11:59 p.m. PST.

This is your opportunity to share your work that reflects our conference theme, Building Resilience Among Individuals, Families, and Communities.

This is also a great opportunity to encourage colleagues, students, and peers in related disciplines to submit their proposals, or collaborate on proposals. Choose from a variety of 13 individual calls that NCFR offers, including specific family topics, professional development for students, state/regional interests, theory construction, and more!

We have a proposal grading rubric you can use before submitting your proposal.

SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSAL TODAY

NCFR Member Opportunities
Sign Up to Review NCFR Conference Proposals

NCFR seeks volunteers to review conference proposals. Take advantage of a benefit of your membership and sign up to be a reviewer.

Becoming a reviewer is a great opportunity to become involved with NCFR, understand the criteria used to review proposals, and ensure a high-quality conference program! Reviewed before — sign up again!

Faculty, researchers, doctoral students, and new professionals are all welcome to volunteer. All proposals are blind peer-reviewed.

Sign up by March 4 — the same day proposals are due. Thank you for your consideration, and thanks to those who have already signed up!

BECOME A REVIEWER

Proposal reviewers are also sought for the TCRM Workshop. You may select this option when you complete the reviewer sign up form.

Funding Opportunities
Two Grant Opportunities for Family Research and Practice

The NCFR Darling Family Life Education Research Initiative Grant will begin accepting submissions for the first time on March 1. This $5,000 biennial grant — made possible by Carol Darling, Ph.D., CFLE, and NCFR — is available to current NCFR members integrating research into the practice of Family Life Education. FIND OUT MORE

The NCFR Olson Grant: Bridging Research, Theory, and Practice will begin its 4th year of accepting applications on March 1. 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. READ MORE

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.

Applications for both grants are due April 1, 2024, 11:59 p.m. CT.
Nonmembers may become a member to apply for either grant.

Graduating This Spring?
Spring Graduates! Apply Now for NCFR Honors
Apply by March 4

Calling NCFR Student Members: Graduating this spring — apply for NCFR Honors to distinguish yourself as a top candidate as you launch your career in Family Science! This is a great addition to your résumé or CV.

NCFR's Honors Student Recognition Program recognizes the exceptional academic, service, and leadership accomplishments of undergraduate, master's, and doctoral students in the Family Science discipline.

Faculty: please share this opportunity with your students.

STUDENTS: APPLY BY MARCH 4

Call for Articles
Sibling Interactions and Family Dynamics: Family Focus

Submit Your Proposal By March 7

The centrality of siblings as a source of influence and tension in family life is well-established. We know that increases in divorce, remarriage, and stepfamily formation added complexity to sibling interactions. What about the complexity of sibling interactions in the midst of global uncertainty and rapid social change?

Family Scientists are invited to offer insights on sibling interactions and family dynamics during times of social change and growing uncertainty about the future.

Example topics include:

How does caring for aging parents affect sibling relationships?
If and when do siblings share information about unknown siblings?
What role does social media play in sibling connection and interaction?
How do siblings adapt to alienation and exclusion?

Prospective authors should submit their proposals by March 7 using this online submission form. Contact the editor, Joyce Serido, Ph.D., with questions.

Family Focus is a section of NCFR Report member magazine.

READ FULL CALL

NCFR Teaching Tuesday

Teaching Family Life Education Methodology

Tuesday, March 5 / Noon – 1 p.m. CT
Free for NCFR members / Become a member
Presenter: Bridget Walsh, Ph.D., CFLE

Family Life Education (FLE) methodology is a content area that focuses on practice. When teaching FLE methodology, instructors and students have much to attend to regarding program planning and evaluation, but that is only one part of an FLE methodology course and subsumes many other components. For example, sensitivity to others, and creating learning environments that demonstrate sensitivity to diversity are also important in FLE methodology.

Certified Family Life Educators (CFLEs) have additional professional and ethical obligations to reach diverse families and to demonstrate cultural humility in the areas of program goals, program structure, and the nature of education. For those teaching FLE methodology, it is essential to understand how to best prepare future CFLEs.

After a short presentation, the discussion will include:

Resources, strengths, and challenges in teaching FLE methodology
Cultural humility in the classroom

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 at jessicaoswald@ncfr.org.

Call for Authors
Family Life Education and the Court System: CFLE Network

Submit Your Proposal By March 15

CFLE Network seeks articles that highlight how Family Life Educators work with individuals and/or families who are involved with the court system for its spring 2024 issue.

Examples of potential topics include:

Your story of what you do to support families involved with the justice system
The challenges you address as you work with the court system
Resources that you have found to help you as you do this important work
How your organization is making a positive difference for families involved with the justice system
Stories highlighting multiple perspectives on what it is like to be part of the court system
What the research tells us about how FLE can help families find their way out of the system

The submission deadline is March 15. Email Beth Magistad, Ph.D., CFLE, at networkeditor@ncfr.org with questions.

READ FULL CALL

Upcoming Webinar

Gender Development, Identity, and Expression:
A Biopsychosocial Perspective
Wednesday, March 20 / 11 a.m. – Noon CT
Facilitator: Hilary A. Rose, Ph.D., CFLE

Gender development is vastly more complex and complicated than simple dichotomies or traditional binaries. Models have been developed to help understand this multifaceted trait but have yet to fully explain variations with gender over time.

To begin clarifying this intricacy, Hilary Rose, Ph.D., CFLE, will provide evidence surrounding the complexities of gender development, gender identity, and gender expression from a biopsychosocial perspective. This will include information and examples on the uniqueness of each level or stage of gender development.

This webinar will be useful for those wishing to better understand the complexities of gender development and gender diversity to support their own personal and professional relationships.

Approved for 1.0 hour of CFLE continuing education

LEARN MORE & REGISTER

NCFR members receive discounts on webinars | Become a member

NCFR Journals Latest Research

Recent Early-View Articles

Keep up with the latest research from NCFR's scholarly journals — Journal of Marriage and Family (JMF), Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Science (FR), and Journal of Family Theory & Review (JFTR) — all of which publish early-view articles online.

New articles published last week between February 18 and February 24 from Family Relations and the Journal of Family Theory & Review can be found on the NCFR website.

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

Explore tips and strategies to find out how you can submit your manuscript to an NCFR journal.

Take the #FamilyLifeEd Challenge This Month

Celebrate with NCFR!

Family Life Education Month is almost over! Don't miss out on the celebration. This is your way to increase awareness and understanding of Family Life Education as a method to strengthen and support families.

NCFR is celebrating FLE Month in a big way with a social media giveaway contest and the chance to receive a $50 AMEX gift card.

Hopefully you have been staying tuned in to NCFR emails and social media accounts so you can join us in promoting Family Life Education. Let's make the last few days of February a celebration of learning, sharing, and empowering families together!

READ MORE

NCFR Member Opportunities
Reminder: Vote in NCFR's 2024 Elections

Nominations for 2025 Elections also sought.

NCFR members received a link to this year's 2024 NCFR election ballots in their email on Thursday, Feb. 1. Check your junk mail, spam, or clutter folders. The deadline to vote in the elections is Feb. 29, 2024. See the nominees for national offices.

NCFR members are also invited to nominate themselves or their colleagues for positions on the 2025 election slate. Submit a nomination.

Want to explore more about the possibilities for leadership in NCFR? Watch NCFR's 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 Jane Reilly at janereilly@ncfr.org.

Upcoming Events & Webinars

UTCFR Conference 2024
Utah Council on Family Relations, April 5
Provo, UT

ILCFR Conference 2024
Illinois Council on Family Relations, April 5
Dekalb, IL

Webinar: Introduction to Machine Learning
Monday, March 25, Noon – 1:30 p.m. CT
Presented by Wonkyung Jang, Ph.D.
Approved for 1.5 hours of CFLE continuing education

CFLE Conversation: CFLEs Working in Social Work
Wednesday, March 27, 2 – 3 p.m. CT
Facilitated by Totundra Grays, Ph.D., LCSW-S, M.P.A., CFLE
FREE networking session for Certified Family Life Educators (CFLEs)

SEE ALL UPCOMING EVENTS