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Mathematica call for studies on home visiting programs

March 01, 2011

Mathematica Policy Research seeks studies for a comprehensive review of the evidence base for home visiting program models.

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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Valuing Children: Rethinking the Economics of the Family - Video Recording

Nancy Folbre, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

How can we measure and value the time and money that parents devote to children? Why is public support for childrearing so limited and uneven? Answers to these questions can inform the development of a progressive, pro-family agenda that extends beyond early childhood education and paid family leave to consider overall patterns of government spending and tax reform.

Introduction of Speaker: Maureen Perry-Jenkins

Session Presider: Anisa Zvonkovic

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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

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The Center on Infant Mental Health and Development

February 08, 2011

Promotes interdisciplinary research, education and practice and advances policy related to the social and emotional development of all children during the first five years.

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Zero to Three

February 08, 2011

The Zero to Three is a national, nonprofit organization that informs, trains, and supports professionals, policymakers, and parents in their efforts to improve the lives of infants and toddlers.

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Oklahoma Council on Family Relations Annual Conference

"The Modern Family: Risk & Resilience"
March 25, 2011
North Hall Conference Center, Oklahoma State University-Tulsa
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Bridgewater State announces 4th National Research Conference on Child and Family Programs and Policy

March 09, 2011

Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, will be holding a conference on July 19-21, 2011.

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Major policy development in HUD regarding living arrangements for those with disabilities

January 12, 2011

U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today a joint partnership between the two agencies to help nearly 1,000 non-elderly Americans with disabilities leave nursing homes or other healthcare facilities to live independently.