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Strong Families Around the World. Strengths-Based Research and Perspectives

The strengths of families from culture to culture, when compared to each other, are remarkably similar and give us common ground around the world upon which to unite and develop mutual understanding. Strengths-Based Research and Perspectives: Strong Families Around the World, provides a conceptual framework for global family strengths, discussing the diverse strengths and challenges that families face regardless of location.

Nicholas Wolfinger

Associate Professor, University of Utah

Ph.D., University of California–Los Angeles, 1998

Specialty Areas:

Divorce
Marriage
Parenting
Single motherhood
Gender equity in higher education
religion and families

I am a family sociologist teaching in the Department of Family and Consumer Studies at the University of Utah. My research has explored marriage and divorce, the changing economics of single motherhood, work-family issues among higher education faculty, and how religion affects marriage and other intimate relationships.

I am the author of Understanding the Divorce Cycle: The Children of Divorce in Their Own Marriages (Cambridge University Press, 2005) and the editor, with Lori Kowaleski-Jones, of Fragile Families and the Marriage Agenda (Springer, 2005). Two additional books are under contract: Soulmates: Religion and Relationships among African-Americans and Latinos (Oxford University Press), with W. Bradford Wilcox, and Do Babies Matter? Gender and Family in the Ivory Tower (Rutgers University Press), with Mary Ann Mason and Marc Goulden.

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What Works for Diverse Families?- Audio Recording

Stepfamily Education for Latino Couples and Families: Implications for Practice, Linda Skogrand, Abril Barrios-Bell, Brian Higginbotham

Differences in Relational Outcomes for Marriage Education by Gender and Ethnicity, Angela Bradford, Francesca Adler- Baeder, Cassandra Kirkland, Mallory Erickson, Bailey Lathem, Cassidy Stover, Katherine Efstration, Jonathan Decker, Alexandra Calligas, Thomas Smith, Scott Ketring Brian Higginbotham

Establishing Family Foundations Through Community-based Prevention, Mark Feinberg

Evaluating Prevention Programs: Methods, Results, and Lessons Learned, Melody M. Griffin, Jennifer Kerpelman, Francesca Adler-Baeder, David Schramm

Discussant: Charlotte Shoup Olsen

Presider: Shelba Branscum

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Same-sex Marriage- Audio Recording

Same-Sex Marriage in Canada: A Triumph of Human Rights?

Hilary A. Rose, Ph.D. Marie-France Bureau, Ph.D. will give a presentation on the past (i.e., legal history), the present (i.e., current statistics), and the future (i.e., unresolved issues) with respect to samesex marriage in the Canadian context. Hilary Rose is Associate Professor, Applied Human Sciences, Concordia University, Montreal.

Marie-France Bureau is assistant professor, Faculty of Law, University of Sherbrooke, family and persons law, focusing particularly on LGBT issues.

Same-Sex Marriage in the U.S.: A Triumph of Human Rights?

Gary J. Gates, Ph.D. will discuss the legal history of marriage and relationship rights in the U.S., talk about demographics of same-sex marriage (how many, broad demographic characteristics), and where he sees the marriage equality movement heading (including how current demographic characteristics of same-sex couples might be affecting that movement).

Dr. Gary J. Gates is the Williams Distinguished Scholar, Charles R. Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy Research Center, UCLA School of Law dedicated to the field of sexual orientation law and public policy.

Facilitator: Ramona Faith Oswald

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Whanau and Family in Aotearoa New Zealand: Bicultural Approaches to Family Research, Policy and Practice - Audio Recording

Like many indigenous peoples, the Maori of New Zealand are a tribal people, and at the heart of tribal life is the whanau, the extended family. Dr. Jan Pryor, Chief Families Commissioner of the New Zealand Families Commission, and Mr. Kim Workman (Ngati Kahungunu), a member of the Commission and retired government official, will discuss specific areas of policy and research and illustrate how cultural worldview determines the way in which research or policy development is undertaken and the cultural values that influence responses.

Facilitator/Presider: Paul R. Amato

from Upcoming Affiliate Conferences and Events

Utah Council on Family Relations Annual Conference

"Meeting the Family Life Education Needs of Diverse Populations: The Role of Research and Evaluation in Determining Best Practices"

April 01, 2011

Weber State University, Ogden

Proposals deadline: March 7, 2011

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February is Black History month - U.S. Census releases demographic data on African Americans

February 02, 2011

To commemorate and celebrate the contributions to our nation made by people of African descent, American historian Carter G. Woodson established Black History Week. The first celebration occurred on Feb. 12, 1926.

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2009 NCFR Annual Conference

Families in a Multicultural World

November 11, 2009 - November 14, 2009

Burlingame, California

The international character of San Francisco, the site for the 2009 NCFR Conference, will afford an exciting context for examining how diversity issues affect family scholarship, practice, policy, and education and how each of us might contribute to better understanding of the heterogeneity, as well as the commonalities of diverse families, not only in the United States, but also around the globe. [See page for links to the conference program booklet; audio/video order form; program schedule; and presentation downloads/handouts]

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Do Children Need Both a Mother and a Father? - Video Recording

Timothy Biblarz, Ph.D., University of Southern California, and Judith Stacey, Ph.D., New York University, lead this signature plenary session. In their JMF article in February, Timothy Biblarz and Judith Stacey challenged the idea that “fatherless” children are necessarily at a disadvantage or that men provide a different, indispensable set of parenting skills than women. The article is based on their analysis of relevant studies about parenting, including available research on single-mother and single-father households, gay male parents and lesbian parents.

Discussant: Joseph Pleck, Ph.D., University of Illinois

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