The Department of Psychology at Murdoch University, Australia seeks to recruit a post-doctoral research fellow for a three-year appointment beginning on or after June 2013.
Mathematica Policy Research is offering a summer fellowship program to promote careers in social policy research, particularly for scholars who might otherwise be drawn to government or academe.
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.
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 Conference on Researching Families and Relationships: Innovations in Methods, Theory and Policy Relevance will explore ways in which research on and with children, families and relationships has developed.
This two-day interdisciplinary forum will stimulate discussion and understanding of the latest research, effective mental health interventions and dissemination strategies specific to the needs of National Guard and Reserve families.
Family Process is a peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary, international journal that publishes research, training and theoretical contributions in the broad areas of families, family therapy, systems theory and practice.
by Megan Haselschwerdt, M.S., doctoral candidate in Human Development and Family Studies
If we don’t study parent-child relationships in affluent communities, we ignore unhealthy patterns that may set these youth up for failure. If we as a society continue pointing out potentially problematic parent-child interactions in low-income communities without acknowledging that these same patterns appear similar in affluent communities, we aren’t doing anyone any service.
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.
Not only will NCFR in Phoenix this year provide opportunities for great Mexican and Southwest dining, but also an opportunity to learn, connect, and network. And for those of us from northern climes, the warm desert sun will also be much appreciated!
Greetings from the Research and Theory Section! I hope you all had a very stimulating time at the 2011 NCFR Annual Conference in Orlando. Thanks to the efforts of the NCFR staff as well as all of the conference presenters and supporters, I think the conference was a great success. In this article, I describe several efforts that are underway for 2012.
by Gary Gates, Williams Distinguished Scholar, Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law
U.S. Census Bureau data suggests that the demographic characteristics of same-sex couples raising children are substantially more diverse than the predominant subjects of scholarly research and media images of lesbian and gay parenting.
The National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) has conferred its organization's prestigious Reuben Hill Award to Michelle J. Budig and Melissa J. Hodges, both of the Sociology Department at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Their article, "Differences in disadvantage: Variation in the motherhood penalty across white women's earnings distribution," was published in the October 2010 issue of American Sociological Review.
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