Overall Wellbeing of Grandparents Rearing Grandchildren in Southwest Virginia

Dr. Tammy Henderson, Associate Professor, CFLE, Oklahoma State University

Dr. Eboni Baugh, Assistant Professor, CFLE, University of Florida

The presenters will cover details of their study Overall Wellbeing of Grandparents Rearing Grandchildren in Southwest Virginia, with attention given to factors such as personal health, diet, and health care and related public policy issues.

Kinship Relations in Cross-Cultural Comparison

Dr. Bernard Nauck, Dean of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany

Dr. Nauck will speak on Kinship Relations in Cross-Cultural Comparison and how the institutional structure of family and kinship systems have a stronger effect on kinship relationships than socio-structural factors or individual family-related attitudes.

Facilitator/Presider: Christine Price