2019 NCFR-Sponsored and NCFR Section-Sponsored Awards

Felix Berardo Scholarship Award for Mentoring
Joseph G. Grzywacz, Ph.D., Florida State University
Anne B. Edwards, Ph.D., CFLE, Purdue University Northwest

Jessie Bernard Outstanding Research Proposal from a Feminist Perspective
Feminism and Family Studies Section
Samuel H. Allen, M.S., LMFT, University of Maryland
“Redoing Gender, Redoing Family: A Qualitative Examination of Parents Negotiating Their Child’s Nonbinary Gender Identity”

Jessie Bernard Outstanding Contribution to Feminist Scholarship Paper
Feminism and Family Studies Section
Autumn Bermea, Ph.D., Ohio State University
“Developing Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice in Service Provision for Queer Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence”

NCFR Student Award
Autumn Bermea, Ph.D., Ohio State University

Cindy Winter Scholarship
Jessica N. Fish, Ph.D., University of Maryland

Feldman Outstanding Research Proposal for Research in Family Policy
Melissa Rector LaGraff, M.S., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
"Workplace Flexibility, Work-Family Guilt, and Parenting Behavior of Parents of Young Children"

Kathleen Briggs Outstanding Mentor Award
Richard B. Miller, Ph.D., Brigham Young University

Ernest G. Osborne Award
Victor W. Harris, Ph.D., CFLE, University of Florida

Marie F. Peters Award
Farrell J. Webb, Ph.D., California State University, Northridge

Reuben Hill Award
Research and Theory Section
Jack S. Peltz, Ph.D.
Ronald D. Rogge, Ph.D.
Melissa L. Sturge-Apple, Ph.D.
“Transactions within the family: Coparenting mediates associations between parents’ relationship satisfaction and the parent–child relationship.”

Cognella Innovation in Teaching Family Science Award
First place:
Rosemary W. Eustace, Ph.D., RN, CFLE, Wright State University
Second place (tie):
Brian G. Ogolsky, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jacquelyn D. Wiersma-Mosley, Ph.D., University of Arkansas-Fayetteville

 

2019 NCFR Committee-Sponsored Awards

Social Justice Award for Contributions to Family Science
Inclusion and Diversity Committee
Stephen T. Russell, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin

CFLE Special Recognition Award
Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE) Advisory Board
Richard S. Glotzer, Ph.D., CFLE, University of Akron

 

2019 Affiliate Councils Awards

• Affiliate Grant Award
  University of Nebraska at Kearney

• Affiliate Councils Students and New Professionals President-for-a-Day Award
  TeKisha Rice, M.S., CFLE

 

2019 Section Awards

Advancing Family Science Section

• Advancing Family Science Legacy Award
  Deborah Gentry, Ed.D., CFLE

• Outstanding Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Paper Award
  Trent W. Maurer, Ph.D., Georgia Southern University

• Wesley Burr Graduate Student Scholarship Award

  Victoria R. Anders, B.A., Messiah College
  “Concept Maps in the Family Science Classroom”

  Kristin Matera, J.D., Montclair State University
  “Implementing a Flipped Classroom Approach in an Introductory Family Science Course”

Education & Enrichment Section

• Student Proposal Award
  Erin M. Cooper, Auburn University
  “ACEs, mindfulness, and romantic self-efficacy’s influence on relationship functioning: A risk and resilience approach”

Ethnic Minorities Section

• New Professional Best Paper Award
  Sarai Coba-Rodriguez, Ph.D., CFLE, University of Illinois at Chicago
  “The Unseen Strengths of African-American Mothers: Understanding Kindergarten Transition Practices Using Photo Elicitation”

• Student Best Paper Award
  Fatimah Turner, M.S.W., M.Ed., LSW, Montclair State University
  “The Influence of Family Networks on the Success of Black, Female, First Generation College Students”

Families and Health Section

• Outstanding Professional Paper/Publications Award
  Brian G. Ogolsky, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  “As the States Turned: Implications of the Changing Legal Context of Same-Sex Marriage on Well-Being”

• Outstanding Student and New Professional Paper Award
  Elizabeth C. Coppola, Purdue University
  “Military Couples’ Depression Symptom Trajectories”

• Outstanding Ph.D./NP Poster Award
  Jacquelyn K. Mallette, Ph.D., CFLE, East Carolina University

• Outstanding Undergrad/Masters Student Poster Award
  Michelle Lynn Appelt, Pennsylvania State University

Family Policy Section

• Feldman Internship Award
  Brittany P. Mihalec-Adkins, M.S.Ed., Purdue University

• Feldman Best Conference Proposal Award
  Jordan A. Arellanes, M.A., Iowa State University
  “Positive Latino Father Relationships Decrease Youths’ Drug and Alcohol Use into Emerging Adulthood”

Family Therapy Section

• Best Research Paper Award – Student
  Katelyn Coburn, Kansas State University
  “Christian Religious Leaders’ Perspectives and Insights on the Practice of Family Therapists Refusing to Work with LGB Clients”

• Best Poster Award – Student
  Debra Lynn Miller, Michigan State University   
  “Developing and Pilot Testing an Online Parenting Program: Expanding the Reach of Evidence-Based Parenting Interventions”

• Best Poster Award – New Professional
  Paul A. Johns, Ph.D., LMFT, CFLE, Messiah College
  “How Husbands Experience the Trust of Their Wives: A Qualitative Study“

Feminism and Family Studies Section

• Alexis J. Walker Award for Mid-career Achievement in Feminist Family Studies
  Jennifer L. Hardesty, Ph.D., CFLE, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

International Section

• Jan Trost Award
  Bahira Sherif Trask, Ph.D., University of Delaware

• Annual Conference Travel Scholarship
  Joan Kabaria Muriithi, Kenyatta University
  Lucy Kathuri-Ogola, Kenyatta University

• Student and New Professional Travel Scholarship
  Rebecca Oldroyd, Queen Mary University of London
  Jeenkyoung Lee, Seoul National University

Religion, Spirituality, and Family Section

• Student and New Professional Outstanding Paper Award

  Barrett W. Scroggs, Ph.D., Penn State Mont Alto
  “Assessing the Mediating Role of Homophobia in Understanding the Protective Nature of Faith Communities in LGBTQ Individuals”

  James G. Bridges, M.S., LMFT, Kansas State University
  “Sexual Satisfaction and Mental Health in Mixed-Orientation Couples: A Mormon Sample of Sexual Minority Partners”        

  Kay Burningham, University of Minnesota
  “The Religious Moral Objection of Transgender Youth in Families”

  Sloan Okrey Anderson, University of Minnesota
  “Spiritual Ambiguous Loss and Resilience Among Transgender Youth”

  Katie M. Barrow, Ph.D., CFLE, Louisiana Tech University
  “Moderator and Chair - It's Complicated: The Lived Experiences of LGBTQ Individuals From Religious Families and Communities”     

Research & Theory Section

• Best Abstract by a Student and New Professional Award
  Todd M. Jensen, Ph.D., M.S.W., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

 

2019 Focus Group Awards

• Family Economics Focus Group – Best Family Economics Paper of the Year
  Allen W. Barton, Ph.D., University of Illinois
  “Stress Spillover, African Americans’ Couple and Health Outcomes, and the Stress-Buffering Effect of Family-Centered Prevention”

• Family Economics Focus Group – Best Family Economics Student Researcher
  Ashley B. LeBaron, M.S., University of Arizona

• Issues in Aging Focus Group Award – Students and New Professionals
  Jocelyn S. Wikle, Ph.D., Brigham Young University
  “Couples' Midlife Employment Predicting Later Life Division of Household Labor and Well-Being”

• Issues in Aging Focus Group Award – Professional
  Ryo Hirayama, Ph.D., Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology
  “‘What Counts Is Not My Own But Siblings’ Circumstances’: Adult Children’s Perceived Responsibility for Parental Care in Japan”

• Latino(a) Research Focus Group – Best Student Paper Award
  Samantha K. Jones, M.A., University of Missouri
  “Stress and U.S. Latino/a College Students’ Aspirations and Adjustment: The Protective Role of Family Relationships”

• Latino(a) Research Focus Group – Best Student Poster Award
  Griselda Martinez, M.A., Pennsylvania State University
  “Adolescent Stress and Anxiety: Examining the Role of Support Among Mexican-Origin Females”

• Military Families and Children Focus Group – Outstanding SNP Proposal Award
  Todd M. Jensen, Ph.D., M.S.W., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  “Correlates of Help-Seeking Intentions Among Active-Duty Air Force Members in the Context of Family Maltreatment Perpetration”

• Military Families and Children Focus Group – Outstanding Professional Proposal Award
  Hisako Sonethavilay and Jessica Strong
  “Sustaining in Perpetual Change: Bringing Research to Policy For Military-Connected Families”

• Men in Families Focus Group – Best Research Article Award
  Danielle J. DelPriore, Ph.D., Penn State Altoona
  “The effects of paternal disengagement on women’s perceptions of male mating intent”

• Men in Families Focus Group – Best New Professional Research Article Award
  Brandon T. McDaniel, Ph.D., Parkview Research Center
  “‘Technoference’ and implications for mothers' and fathers' couple and coparenting relationship quality.”

• Men in Families Focus Group – Diversity and Inclusion Research Article Award
  Megan Carroll, Ph.D., California State University, San Bernardino
  “Gay Fathers on the Margins: Race, Class, Marital Status, and Pathway to Parenthood”

• Qualitative Family Research Network Focus Group – Anselm Strauss Award for Qualitative Family Research
  Michelle O’Reilly, University of Leicester
  Nikki Kiyimba, University of Chester
  Jessica N. Lester, Indiana University
  “Discursive Psychology as a Method of Analysis for the Study of Couple and Family Therapy”