SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA — The National Council on Family Relations’ (NCFR) membership has elected Christi R. McGeorge, Ph.D., as a member-at-large of the NCFR Board of Directors.

Dr. McGeorge is a professor of human development and Family Science (HDFS) at North Dakota State University. Her research interests include the influence of heterosexism, cissexism, and sexual and gender minority prejudice on clinical practice and training, gender equity in therapy, promoting LGBTQ ally behavior in collegiate athletics, gender equity in higher education, and societal perceptions of single parents.

She earned her doctorate in family social science at the University of Minnesota, her master’s in HDFS at Colorado State University, and her bachelor’s in family studies from the University of Arizona.

At NCFR, Dr. McGeorge has served as the chair of the Family Therapy Section, and a member of the Inclusion and Diversity Committee. She is an active member of the GLBTSA Focus Group as well as the Feminism and Family Science Section.

In her candidate statement, Dr. McGeorge wrote that “for NCFR to be relevant today, and to future generations of scholars, we must continue to question and challenge societal power structures (e.g., heterosexism, cissexism, racism, sexism, and ableism) that limit our ability to celebrate all families.” Dr. McGeorge plans to work to continue to expand our organizational understanding and inclusion of scholarship that supports marginalized families while seeking to promote equity within NCFR.

The National Council on Family Relations is the premier professional association for the multidisciplinary understanding of families. NCFR has a membership of nearly 3,000 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.