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NCFR Weekly Zippy News
Thursday, September 25, 2025
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• Reservations Due: Sponsors & Exhibits
• Reserve a University Receptions Table
• Call for Papers: Theorizing Families and the State
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2025 NCFR Annual Conference
Showcase Your Degree Programs
Reserve a University Table, Exhibit Booth, or Sponsorship by Sept. 30
Show off your school pride, spotlight your degree programs, and meet prospective students at the annual college fair at the NCFR Annual Conference — The University Receptions!
Reserve your table today for this high-energy event with food, fun, and prizes at NCFR 2025 in Baltimore on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, from 6–8 p.m. ET.
The deadline for reservations is Sept. 30, 2025.
See the full details and sign up here
Thank you to the following programs who have already signed up!
- Auburn University - Human Development and Family Science
- Brigham Young University - School of Family Life
- California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University
- East Carolina University - Human Development and Family Science
- Kansas State University - Human Development and Family Science
- Purdue University - Department of Human Development & Family Science
- Texas Tech University - Human Development and Family Sciences
- University of Delaware - Human Development and Family Sciences
- University of Maryland College Park, Department of Family Science, School of Public Health
- University of Minnesota - Department of Family Social Science
- University of Missouri - Human Development and Family Science
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville - Counseling, Human Development, and Family Science
- Virginia Tech - Human Development and Family Science
RESERVE YOUR TABLE
NCFR Conference Exhibit Booths and Sponsorships are also still available!
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ARE YOU READY FOR NCFR 2025? |
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2025 NCFR Annual Conference
This Year's NCFR Featured Presenters
You won't want to miss our exciting presenter lineup this year!
MEET OUR PRESENTERS
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2025 NCFR Annual Conference
Discover Our Re-Imagined Conference Schedule
Nov. 19-22, 2025 | Baltimore, Maryland
Join us in November and learn how Family Scientists, Family Life Educators, practitioners, policymakers, students, and researchers deepen their understanding and effectiveness in fostering meaningful change within their communities.
This year's schedule has been maximized to allow for more time to learn, network, and connect:
★ New Section & Focus Group Meetings streamlined schedule
★ Thursday Morning "Affinity Fair" with continental breakfast
★ Collab Corner to recharge and meet with colleagues
★ Four Poster Sessions
★ Friday Night Party — sponsored by the Department of Family Science at the University of Maryland School of Public Health
★ More academic sessions added
★ More space between sessions to eat, network, make connections
View Schedule at a Glance
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After you register for the 2025 NCFR Annual Conference, reserve your room at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront. Look for the blue "Book Hotel" button on your conference registration confirmation page. BOOK YOUR ROOM
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REGISTER FOR TCRM WORKSHOP |
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2025 NCFR Annual Conference
Add the TCRM Workshop to Your Registration
Full day Nov. 18 | AM only Nov. 19
$40 for students | $60 for professionals
The Theory Construction and Research Methodology (TCRM) Workshop will be onsite at the 2025 NCFR Annual Conference. The TCRM Workshop is a longstanding tradition within NCFR and a great entry point if you are building an understanding in or have interest in theory and/or methodology, and advancing the study of families.
Working papers on family theory and research methodology are reviewed, discussed, and strengthened. TCRM presents an atmosphere of collaboration, invites engaged discussion between authors, discussants, and the audience alike. This year will feature a new format: question posters! The full schedule is now available online
Register for TCRM when you register for the conference — or add it to your registration anytime later.
REGISTER FOR TCRM
TCRM is made possible with the support of NCFR's Journal of Family Theory & Review.
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CALLS FOR ACTION |
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Request for Public Comment Submit Comments to FTC about Gender-Affirming Care
Action Item
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has launched a public inquiry to better understand how consumers may have been exposed to false or unsupported claims about “gender-affirming care,” especially as it relates to minors, and to gauge the harms consumers may be experiencing.
Gender-affirming care for minors is supported by major medical organizations such as the American Medical Association and is provided by trained clinicians following evidence-based guidelines that prioritize open communication and informed consent.
The public is being urged to submit comments to the FTC by Sept. 26, 11:59 p.m. EDT.
READ MORE & COMMENT |
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NCFR Journals
JFTR Invites Papers for Special Issue
Theme: Theorizing Families and the State
Submission Deadline: Jan. 15, 2026
NCFR's Journal of Family Theory & Review (JFTR) has released a call for papers for a special issue with the theme "Theorizing Families and the State." Special issue editors are Bethany Letiecq, Ph.D., Deadric Williams, Ph.D., and Caroline Sanner, Ph.D.
Building on the existing work of critical family scholars, the special issue editors seek manuscripts that further delineate the ways in which family privilege and oppression are socially structured and reproduced by the state via laws, policies, rules, and regulations in the modern era and how marriage fundamentalism, in particular, operates alongside structural racism, nationalism, sexism, and heterosexism as an axis of power and control.
More detail, including key questions guiding the special issue, are available in the full call for papers.
Manuscripts are due by Jan. 15, 2026.
SEE CALL FOR PAPERS
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NCFR RESEARCH |
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NCFR Journals
Read New Research From NCFR's Journals
Published Sept. 14–20, 2025
Every week, we seek to bring you a glimpse of the latest research from 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 research includes the following articles; names in bold are NCFR members:
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Low-income cross-national couples' coping with economic hardship in Singapore (FR; open access) — Hyekyung Choo, Yu Wei Neo, Imelda Diamse Lee
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Evaluation of the online TOGETHER relationship and financial education program for couples (FR) — Zeinab Azizi, Mariana K. Falconier, Mark J. Lachowicz
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The role of family complexity in mental and physical health in mid-adulthood (JMF; open access) — Philipp Dierker, Mine Kühn, Zachary Van Winkle
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Division of labor over the life course: structural or symbolic pressures? (JMF; open access) — Jaclyn A. Tabor, Cassie Mead, Jamie Oslawski-Lopez, Rebecca K. Grady
Plus, don't miss the September issue of JFTR, available now!
SEE ALL NEW NCFR RESEARCH
If you are an NCFR member subscribed to one of our journals, you can access articles by logging into your NCFR account. You can also sign up for email alerts. |
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NCFR RESOURCES |
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NEW 2ND EDITION
Wisdom for Parents. Key Ideas from Parent Educators
Edited by Elizabeth A. Ramsey, Ph.D., CFLE
Wisdom for Parents is a compilation of articles, stories, reflections, and poems from Family Science professionals including parent educators and Certified Family Life Educators (CFLEs), college professors, counselors, social workers, clergy, and more. The collected professional knowledge is woven together to address a variety of relevant topics on the joys and challenges of parenting.
This book is for everyone: professionals, students, and parents can all benefit from this book. It is a valuable resource both in and out of the classroom setting.
This second edition includes updated entries from many of the original authors as well as new contributions. Many of the articles contain discussion questions for group settings or independent thought.
This book is now available for purchase and CFLEs receive a discounted price. Proceeds from its sale support the CFLE Scholarship.
LEARN MORE & PURCHASE
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NCFR Policy Brief
Promoting Positive Coparenting:
Toward Comprehensive and Inclusive Family Policies
Written by Nicolas Favez, Ph.D., and Mark E. Feinberg, Ph.D.
Coparenting is the way parents and parent figures work together—through cooperation, coordination, and managing conflict—to raise children.
Research shows that the quality of this relationship strongly affects both parents’ well-being and children’s development, regardless of family structure.
Yet, many social, economic, and family policies worldwide overlook coparenting. This gap misses opportunities to strengthen families and perpetuates gender inequalities and caregiver exclusion in work and services.
This policy brief takes an international view, offering evidence-based recommendations for policies that recognize and support coparenting. These recommendations balance broad applicability with clear guidance for researchers and policymakers.
READ FULL BRIEF |
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NCFR Nexus
Call for Articles: Later Adulthood
Submission deadline: Nov. 1
The winter 2026 issue of NCFR Nexus will focus on later adulthood. With the U.S. population growing older, families and communities face new opportunities and challenges. Many adults thrive in independence, while others need significant support—often from unpaid family caregivers.
Potential topics include:
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Research on later-life well-being
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Community supports for healthy aging
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Family needs in elder caregiving
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Preparing professionals to serve older adults
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Family Life Education in multigenerational contexts
NCFR Nexus invites articles from researchers, educators, practitioners, and policymakers. Submissions are due Nov. 1, 2025, via the NCFR Nexus Article Submission Form.
READ MORE
Questions or ideas? Contact editor Beth Magistad, Ph.D., CFLE, at nexuseditor@ncfr.org. |
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NCFR 2025 Promotional Flyer
Spread the word about the 2025 NCFR Annual Conference in your college, organization, and networks.
Download Department Flyer (PDF)
Download Plenary Presenters Flyer (PDF) |
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Video of the Week
Chronically Online: The Epidemic of The Century
Who can resist the simple pleasure of seeing how far or how high a bouncy ball will go once you let it go? How about 250,000 bouncy balls, set loose down the famous hills of San Francisco?
In 2005, a team of adventurous filmmakers did just that to create a British commercial for Sony Bravia TV sets. Everything was shot live with nothing generated by computers. Even a frog that jumps through the frame was real.
WATCH VIDEO
Do you have a video of a local news story from your area, or something notable? Email a link to tripsullivan@ncfr.org and perhaps we will feature it in Zippy News!
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University of Kentucky, Department of Family Sciences
The Department of Family Sciences at the University of Kentucky is a student-centered department with eight faculty members, approximately 100 undergraduate students in our two majors, Human Development and Family Science (HDFS) and Family Financial Counseling (FFC). The department seeks a 12-month lecturer to teach seven courses per year, support instructional needs of undergraduate majors, serve as the director of graduate studies, among other duties. Renewal is contingent upon performance and accomplishments. The successful candidate will have academic training in Family Science, with expertise that intersects with one or more of the Department’s programmatic areas of emphasis: human development and/or family and relationship processes, and/or consumer economics.
Location: Lexington, Kentucky
Required Education: Doctorate
Application Deadline: Application review begins Oct. 9, 2025
SEE FULL DETAILS
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