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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.