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6 win NCFR's prestigious Fellow status

January 17, 2013

Fellow status is awarded to relatively few living members of NCFR who have made outstanding and enduring contributions to the field of the family.

NEWS TIP: NCFR family research conference

Phoenix, Arizona; Oct 31-Nov 3, 2012
October 30, 2012

Issues, innovation, ideas...the NCFR Annual Conference is underway this week

Christiana Awosan

Christiana Awosan receives prestigious McAdoo Award

Awosan is a marriage and family therapist and a doctoral candidate in couple and family therapy
October 26, 2012

The purpose of this award is to provide support for the completion of an approved doctoral dissertation with a focus on issues impacting ethnic minority families.

Rand Conger

Rand Conger wins prestigious Ernest Burgess Award

Dr. Conger is a prolific scholar best known for his work on the effects of economic hardship on parenting, family processes, and child and adolescent development
October 26, 2012

The purpose of the Burgess Award is to recognize a distinguished career in the field of family research and scholarship.

Katie Lowe

Katie Lowe receives prestigious Ruth Hathaway Jewson Award

The award recognizes the outstanding Family Studies dissertation proposal submitted by a doctoral candidate
October 26, 2012

Lowe's dissertation is titled Parental Involvement during the College Transition:Trajectories and Associations with Academic Success, Well-being, and Individuation.

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Jennifer Davis, David B. Ward, Cheryl Storm receive prestigious research award

The three received the Anselm Strauss Award from NCFR
October 25, 2012

The Anselm Strauss Award recognizes significant work in the area of family theory, methods and/or research that comes from a qualitative tradition.

Reuben Hill research award winners

6 win prestigious Reuben Hill research award

This NCFR award recognizes an outstanding article that combines research and theory methodology
October 25, 2012

The Reuben Hill Award is given annually in recognition of an outstanding article that combines theory and research methodology in the analysis and interpretation of a significant family issue.

Lori Kinkler, Hyun-Kyung You

Lori Kinkler, Hyun-Kyung You receive feminist research awards

The two received Jessie Bernard awards from NCFR
October 25, 2012

The awards are presented in memory of Jessie Bernard, former NCFR President and pioneer in the field of Feminist Family Studies.

Mallory Lucier-Greer, Amanda Williams

Mallory Lucier-Greer, Amanda Williams awarded NCFR Student Award

The two graduate students are co-recipients of the award
October 25, 2012

This award is given to NCFR graduate student members who have demonstrated excellence as a student with high potential for contribution to the discipline of family studies.

Alexis Walker

Alexis Walker wins prestigious Felix Berardo Award for mentoring

June 27, 2012

The National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) has conferred its organization’s prestigious Felix Berardo Scholarship Award for Mentoring to Alexis Walker, Ph.D., Co-director for the School of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences and the Jo Anne L. Petersen Chair in Gerontology and Family Studies.

NCFR Fellows Named for 2011

January 18, 2012

Fellow status is an honor awarded to members of NCFR who have made outstanding and enduring contributions to family science in the areas of scholarship, teaching, outreach, and professional service, including service to NCFR.

Children with Gay and Lesbian Parents

January 18, 2012

Research published in the February 2012 issue of The Journal of Marriage and Family finds that most adolescent and young adults raised by gay or lesbian parents support equal rights for their families.

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William D. Allen wins NCFR's prestigious Marie Peters Award

2011 Marie E. Peters Award
November 08, 2011

This award, presented by NCFR's Ethnic Minorities Section, was established for the purpose of recognizing distinguished scholars, researchers and practitioners who have made significant contributions to the areas of ethnic minorities families. The award is presented in memory of Marie E. Peters who was a distinguished scholar, researcher, practitioner, and mentor, as well as an illustrious member of NCFR, a Board Member, and the Ethnic Minorities Section leader.

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Barbara Gurr receives feminist research award

2011 Jessie Bernard Outstanding Research Proposal from a Feminist Perspective Award
November 08, 2011

The National Council on Family Relations' (NCFR) Feminism and Family Studies Section has conferred its organization's prestigious Jessie Bernard award in feminist research to Barbara Gurr.

Cassandra Kirkland

Cassandra Kirkland awarded NCFR Student Award

2011 NCFR Student Award
November 08, 2011

The National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) has conferred its organization's prestigious Student Award to Cassandra Kirkland, a doctoral candidate in Human Development and Family Studies at Auburn University, whose concentration is fatherhood in the African American community.

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First Kathleen Briggs Mentoring Award conferred on Karen and Richard Wampler

2011 Kathleen Briggs Outstanding Mentor Award
November 08, 2011

The Family Therapy Section of National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) has conferred the Section’s Kathleen Briggs Mentoring Award jointly to Drs. Karen and Richard Wampler of Michigan State University. This first Briggs Award recognizes the Wamplers’ years of service to the fields of couple and family therapy and family studies.

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Carla Pfeffer receives feminist research award

2011 Jessie Bernard Contribution to Feminist Scholarship Paper Award
November 08, 2011

The National Council on Family Relations' (NCFR) Feminism and Family Studies Section has conferred its organization's prestigious Jessie Bernard award in feminist research to Carla Pfeffer.

Megan

Megan Haselschwerdt wins NCFR Student Award

2011 NCFR Student Award
November 08, 2011

The National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) has conferred its organization's prestigious Student Award to Megan Haselschwerdt. Ms. Haselschwerdt is a doctoral student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Campaign.

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NCFR announces Osborne Award winner, Terrance Olson

2011 Ernest G. Osborne Award
November 08, 2011

The National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) has conferred its organization's prestigious Ernest Osborne Award to long-time NCFR member, Terrance Olson, Ph.D., Professor in the School of Family Life at Brigham Young University (BYU). He has served as the Chair of his department, as an Associate Dean of the College of Family, Home and Social Sciences, as Associate Director of the World Family Policy Center, and as Associate Director of The Faculty Center, all at BYU.