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NCFR Weekly Zippy News
Thursday, May 1, 2025 |
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• NCFR Signs Public Statement
• Call for TCRM Proposal Reviewers
• NCFR Resources
• Submit your Article to NCFR Nexus |
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NCFR Signs Public Statement Advocating for Higher Education
NCFR has signed a statement, released by the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), alongside numerous college and university presidents and leaders of scholarly societies in response to ongoing actions by the U.S. federal government affecting higher education. The educational and nonprofit leaders were convened by AAC&U and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The statement, titled "A Call for Constructive Engagement," marks the first time current presidents have spoken out collectively in large numbers about these issues.
The statement makes clear what is at stake and calls for "constructive engagement that improves our institutions and serves our republic."
Learn more about how NCFR advocates the advancement of the social sciences. |
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ATTENTION: CALL FOR REVIEWERS |
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NCFR Member Benefit
Call for TCRM Proposal Reviewers
Sign up TODAY
NCFR members, your help is greatly needed towards the review of TCRM proposals. The TCRM co-chairs would appreciate NCFR members who are able to volunteer their time to this important initiative.
TCRM reviewers should be able to provide constructive feedback to the author(s) about their proposed work, to include technical soundness of the work, importance of the topic, rigor of the analysis, and more. Your time and commitment will ensure a highly active and interactive exchange. Learn more about TCRM
>>SIGN UP TO REVIEW TCRM PROPOSALS TODAY<< (login required)
Not a member? Join or renew your membership and you too can support as a volunteer! |
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MEMBER OPPORTUNITIES |
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NCFR Awards and Recognition
NCFR Seeks Nominations for 2025 Fellows
Nominations due Sept. 15
NCFR Fellow status is an honor awarded to living members of NCFR on the basis of their outstanding contributions to Family Science. We encourage nominations of all family scholars and professionals who have made contributions to the family field.
Among the recognized areas of contributions are scholarship, teaching, outreach, practice, and professional service, to include service to NCFR. Nominees must be nominated by another NCFR member.
Please submit your nomination materials by Sept. 15.
LEARN MORE & NOMINATE |
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NCFR RESOURCES |
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NCFR Resources to Help You Prepare for Publication
These resources can certainly come in handy if you are thinking about submitting to an NCFR journal, proposing your topic to NCFR policy briefs, or presenting your article to NCFR Nexus. The resources below are filled with very helpful, insightful information from NCFR members. Depending on where you are in your writing journey, these resources may help you move your project along:
Not a member? Join or renew today! |
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SAVE on NCFR Classroom/Organization Licenses
Are you aware that you can use NCFR's content with your students, colleagues, or constituents? Members, CFLEs, and CFLE-approved programs get an exclusive discount on classroom and departmental licenses for NCFR webinars and NCFR Annual Conference sessions (2023 and 2024, for example).
Webinars and conference recordings can be an excellent educational resource for your clients, co-workers, or students by which you can foster enriched learning experiences.
NCFR's classroom licenses can be purchased for use in individual classes or for entire departments or organizations.
Just 3 steps!—View ALL webinars on our website + use the request form to order your classroom/organization license today + get ready to use NCFR's content!
PURCHASE A WEBINAR FOR CLASSROOM/ORGANIZATIONAL USE |
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CALL FOR ARTICLES |
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Beginning fall 2025, the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) quarterly publications, Family Focus and CFLE Network, will transition to a new, quarterly, digital-only publication called NCFR Nexus. This publication will serve NCFR’s transdisciplinary community of researchers, educators, practitioners, and policymakers. Further, NCFR Nexus will only be accessible to NCFR members and CFLEs, who will receive priority consideration for authorship. |
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NCFR Nexus: Fall 2025 Call for Practice & Teaching Articles
Submission deadline: Aug. 1
The fall 2025 issue of NCFR Nexus will explore the impact of privilege. Family life experiences are influenced by one’s social address, which includes intersectional characteristics of one’s identity (e.g., race, gender, religion, sexuality, class, ability). Social address is associated with social advantages or disadvantages that influence family life experiences leading to many potential questions:
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What are the effects of privilege on the ability to maintain healthy relationships?
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Does recognition of privilege potentially lessen negative impacts?
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Can individual power and privilege be used to advocate for others?
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Can the power of privilege be utilized as a tool to advance social justice?
Research-focused articles on this theme have already been collected. The editor specifically invites authors of teaching and learning-focused articles and practice-focused articles that explore these questions. How do teachers in higher education classrooms explore these topics with their students? How do these topics come up for practitioners working with individuals and families in the field?
Prospective authors should submit their articles through the NCFR Nexus Article Submission Form by Aug. 1, 2025. Before submission, please review the author guidelines. Contact the NCFR Nexus editor, Beth Magistad, Ph.D., CFLE, with questions, ideas, and intentions.
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NCFR Nexus: Winter 2026 Call for Articles
Submission deadline: Nov. 1
The winter 2026 issue of NCFR Nexus will explore later adulthood. According to the 2020 U.S. Census, the median age of the United States population is increasing. Growing numbers of older adults presents both opportunities and challenges. Many older adults live healthy, independent lives while others require significant care, often by unpaid family members.
Examples of potential topics include the following and more:
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What does the research tell us about the well-being of later-life adults?
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How can communities support healthy aging?
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What kind of support do families need when they are caring for elders?
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How are colleges and universities preparing the next generation of family professionals to serve older adults and their families?
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How do Family Life Educators support older adults and multigenerational families in their practices?
NCFR Nexus seeks to bring together the voices of researchers, educators, practitioners, and policymakers, fostering a diverse knowledge exchange. The NCFR Nexus editor invites authors to submit applied research-focused, teaching and learning-focused and practice-focused articles that explore later adulthood.
Prospective authors should submit their articles through the NCFR Nexus Article Submission Form by Nov. 1, 2025. Before submission, please review the author guidelines. Contact the NCFR Nexus editor, Beth Magistad, Ph.D., CFLE, with questions, ideas, and intentions.
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Spring 2025
NCFR Report: Executive Review | Introducing the New NCFR
Written by NCFR Interim Executive Director, Kevin Lynch
In the spring 2025 issue of NCFR Report, NCFR Interim Executive Director Kevin Lynch talks about the why (through NCFR's Vision and Ends) as well as the how (NCFR's Principles of Governance and Management) the work is done towards "The New NCFR."
Kevin also mentions the traction towards revising our methods and processes, rightsizing our deliverables, as well as key priorities on which our work is focused in 2025.
READ MORE
Take a second look at how NCFR is reimagining what it means to support families, practitioners, and scholars like you.
READ NCFR REPORT
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CFLE CONVERSATIONS |
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LAST CALL: CFLE Conversations
Cultural Agility in Family Life Education
Wed., May 7 / Noon – 1 p.m. CT (Sign up today!)
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 TODAY<< |
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CFLE NEWS & UPDATES |
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CFLE Approved Programs
2 Programs Renew CFLE-Approved Status
NCFR extends a congratulations to Southern Utah University and North Dakota State University which have both recently renewed their CFLE-approved status:
We wish to thank these programs for their dedication to Family Life Education! Graduates of these programs can apply for the CFLE credential through the CFLE-approved program process upon completion of the identified CFLE coursework.
You can find a list of CFLE-approved programs in NCFR's Degree Programs Guide.
*Learn how you too can get your degree program approved—see the CFLE Academic Program Approval process.
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On the Bookshelf
Family Interaction, 6th Edition
NCFR member Kari Adamsons, Ph.D., and NCFR Fellow Ronald M. Sabatelli, Ph.D., recently published this text which combines elements from family systems and ecological frameworks to inform a multigenerational, developmental approach to understanding family interactions. Researchers, family theorists, and practitioners contributed to the insight that this text provides.
This book also received the 2025 McGuffey Longevity Award from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association (TAA), which recognizes textbooks and learning materials whose excellence has been demonstrated over time.
SEE FULL INFO |
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Webinar Hosted by Relationship Toolshop, a CFLE-owned business
To Adopt or Not to Adopt? Practical Strategies for Supporting Prospective Adoptive Parents as they Make the Decision
Mon., May 5 / 10 – 11 a.m. ET
Presenters: Katie M. Hrapczynski, Ph.D., LCMFT; Bethany Willis, Ph.D., CFLE; Cheryl Fortner, Ph.D.
40 FREE tickets* | see details below
Adopting a child is a complex decision. This one-hour webinar offers research-based strategies to support pre-adoptive and adoptive families, grounded in the presenter's theoretical framework and a study of 35 prospective adoptive parents, which was funded by the NCFR Olson Grant. Learn how to tailor interventions, foster communication, and apply practical insights to guide families through their adoption journey.
Attendees will learn a framework for tailoring support, tools to promote family cohesion & flexibility, and real stories from 35 prospective adoptive parents.
Cost: $60. *There are 40 free tickets available on a first-come, first-serve basis. See course registration page for the coupon code.
Approved for 1 hour of CFLE continuing education credit.
LEARN MORE & REGISTER
Thank you to Jody Johnston Pawel, LSW, CFLE, CTSS, CWCSC, CFLC-E, for hosting this webinar! |
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Video of the Week
A Little Recess Therapy!
Let's join some of the Sesame Street gang in a little recess therapy. The little monsters' friend Julian interviews a few kids talking friendship, magic, and even cookies. So, take a little recess and enjoy!
WATCH VIDEO
Do you have a video of a local news story from your area, or something notable? Email a link to Kristal Johnson and perhaps we will feature it in Zippy News!
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NCFR JOBS CENTER |
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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 Professor of Practice, Counseling, and Addiction Recovery Sciences
Texas Tech University
The Department of Community, Family, and Addiction Sciences in the College of Health and Human Sciences (CHHS) at Texas Tech University invites applications for a full-time, 9-month, assistant professor of practice position in the Counseling and Addiction Recovery Sciences (CARS) undergraduate program. Ideal candidates will demonstrate strong records of teaching in counseling, addiction, recovery sciences, or other related mental health fields, as well as have experience with teaching online courses. Applicants should also be able to demonstrate effectiveness as teachers, possess clinical or teaching experience in mental health or addiction recovery counseling, and have a record of professional service.
This position has a potential start date of Sept. 1, 2025.
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Required Education: Doctorate in a field related to mental health counseling (e.g., couple and family therapy, addictive disorders and recovery studies, psychology, counseling), or a closely related mental health profession at time of appointment
Application Deadline: May 31, 2025
SEE FULL DETAILS & APPLY |
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