The National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) has conferred its organization’s prestigious Fellow status to Thomas Holman, Ph.D., Professor in the School of Family Life at Brigham Young University, where he has served on the faculty since 1992.

Dr. Holman is among the most outstanding researchers in the field of family studies.  Awarding of Fellow status recognizes Dr. Holman for his sustained and groundbreaking research on how characteristics of relationships before marriage predict the subsequent success of marital relationships. He is well known as a co-developer with colleagues of RELATE and READY, diagnostic programs designed for laypersons that provide feedback pertaining to the likely success of their relationship, and relationship domains to consider when evaluating the health of relationships. In addition to numerous research articles and several books in 2001, he published a highly acclaimed scholarly book, Premarital Prediction of Marital Quality and Stability, in which he summarizes key findings from his research and others.

In addition to his published scholarship, Dr. Holman has served as a consultant to the federal government on funding for research grants and to the Heritage Foundation.  He has actively contributed to the activities of the National Council on Family Relations, where he is currently Chair of the Research and Theory Section and a member of the editorial board of Journal of Family Theory and Review, and a past member of the editorial board of the journal Family Relations. One individual who nominated Dr. Holman for this recognition wrote, “For more than three decades he has made outstanding and enduring contributions to the field of the family in scholarship and professional service, as well as teaching and mentoring thousands of students.”

The National Council on Family Relations is the nation’s premier professional association for the multidisciplinary understanding of families. NCFR has a membership of more than 3600 family researchers, practitioners and educators.  For more information on the National Council on Family Relations or its scholarly publications, contact NCFR at 1-888-781-9331 or visit its website at www.ncfr.org.