2017 Full Conference Schedule (PDF)
Below, find details about each session planned for the 2017 NCFR Annual Conference, Nov. 15-18 in Orlando, Florida. We have also created a series of sessions sorted by NCFR sections and interest areas.
Session pages will include presentation slides or handouts if the presenter(s) chose to make them available.
Cristiana Mercadante Esper Berthoud, Luana Maria Monteiro Campos, Tumaki Arunda Da Silva Cassiano, Fernanda Ferreira De Morais Zanitti, Rochelle Dalla, Sarah Erwin, Hyanghee Lee, Ronald Sabatelli; Facilitator: Yan Xia
This session will focus on four topics: transforming a Brazilian city into a “Learning Community”; services for children born into Mumbai's brothels; Brazilian cultural adaptation process; and marital comparison for Koreans and Americans
Nadia Semenova Moratto Vásquez, Adriana Patricia Arcila Rojas, Cecilia Cardona Velez, Kiyoung Kwon, Kyungsun Yang, Grace H. Chung, Djidjoho C. Akloubou Gnonhossou, Segbegnon M. Gnonhossou, Chanran Seo, Hyo-Youn Shin, Ebony C. Iheanacho-Dike, Antoinette M. London-Johnson, Jasmine Ferrill, Sapna Srivastava, Joseph G. Grzywacz, Jialing Wang, Sarah Taylor, Yan Xia; Facilitator: Sylvia Asay
Lightning papers organized by the International Section. Topics include Colombian Forced Displaced Families; Academic Achievement among Adolescents in Korea; Family Mediation with African Couples; and more.
Paulina Velez-Gomez, Nadia Moratto-Vasquez, Sara Dodd, Lynda Ashbourne, Mohammed Baobaid, Abdallah Badahdah, Abir Al Jamal, Dora Tam, enise Lewis, Desiree Seponski, Savannah Young, Jenny Glozman, Susan Chuang; Facilitator: Catherine Solheim
This session will include three papers that cover topics related to international migration including pre-conflict definitions vs. post-conflict reality, effects on family relationships, southeast Asian refugees’ narratives, and acculturation of Russian-speaking youth in Canada.
88 total posters in this session. Topics include Identity and Cultural Awareness; Well-Being and Discrimination; Family Policies; Poverty, Homelessness, and Human Rights; plus seven more.
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