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.
Focus groups have discussions on specific interests. They are open to all members.
Focus groups have discussions on specific interests. They are open to all members.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS SESSION WAS MOVED FROM SESSION 247 ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, 6:00 PM.
Private meeting of the Groves Conference Board only.
Facilitator: Heather Hessel. All belief systems welcome, religious and secular.
Meditation time will take place from 7:10-7:40 a.m. Facilitator: Heather Hessel. All belief systems welcome, religious and secular.
Noel Card
Facilitator: TeKisha Rice
In this session, Noel Card, Ph.D. introduces attendees to the process of meta-analysis and other systematic review techniques. This session will be live streamed.
This is a meeting of Inclusion and Diversity Committee members only.
Karen Bogenschneider, Elizabeth Day, Emily Parrott; Chair: Karen Bogenschneider
This symposium will focus on a study of research utilization by legislators in two states—one of the most politically polarized and one of the least politically polarized states in the nation.
Celeste Hill, Kristie Chandler, Jonathan Davis, Clara Gerhardt, Robin Yaure, Elise Murowchick, Jacqueline Schwab, Erica Jordan, Meghan Dove, Nikki DiGregorio, Katy Gregg; Facilitator: Veronica Kelly
This session will include four papers that cover topics related to student professional identity including conferences, internships, student exam performance, research & workforce skills, and more.
Mellissa Gordon, Raymond Petren, Chelsea Garneau-Rosner, Jaimee Hartenstein, Mindy Markham, Kali Summers, Anthony Ferraro, Karen Oehme, Mallory Lucier-Greer; Facilitator: Emily Gaillard
This session will include four papers that cover topics related to parent absence and blended families including parental incarceration, relationship stability of young mothers and new partners, custody arrangements, and co-parenting after divorce.
Adam Galovan, David Schramm, Alan Hawkins; Discussant: Frank Fincham; Co-chairs: David Schramm and Adam Galovan
Recent research in relationship and marriage education (RME) indicates that traditional formats, content and methods of providing programming may not be as effective as previously believed.
Rebecca J. Goodman, Diana R. Samek, Sylia Wilson, Matt McGue, William Iacono, Antoinette M. Landor, Jonathon J. Beckmeyera, Tyler B. Jamison, J. Benjamin Hinnanta, Brian M. Hicks, William Iacono; Discussant: Amy Rauer; Co-chairs: Diana R. Samek, Jonathon J. Beckmeyer
This symposium covers four papers on the topic of romantic relationships and health. Together, we investigate how individual differences and romantic relationship contexts predict various health outcomes, including major depression, risky sexual behavior, and alcohol use disorder.
Jared Kellerman, Christi McGeorge, Thomas Stone Carlson, Sudha Sankar, Heather McCauley, Jody Russon, Guy Diamond, Hoa Nguyen, Erika Grafsky
This session will include four papers that cover topics related to sexual orientation and gender identity including indicators of LGB affirmative training, sexual minority women’s experiences, qualitative findings from therapists, and narratives of LGBQ international students.
Woosang Hwang, Ayse Cakirsoy-Aslan, Merril Silverstein, Maria Brown, Seonghee Hong, Eugene Hall, Tasha Bell, Sarah Burcher, Steven Harris, Joe D. Wilmoth, Kenna Spiller, Leslie A. Anderson, Chalandra Bryant, Charity Somo; Facilitator: Joanne Roberts
This session will include four papers that cover topics including Husband-Wife Religious Discordance; How parental sacrifice and religiosity influence couple bonding; Christian Media Consumption and Marital Quality; and Spirituality and African American Couples in Therapy.
Presenters: Michael L. López and Michelle Blocklin
The National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families is pleased to host a free mentoring/networking breakfast during NCFR 2017.
Sponsored by Family Science and Human Development at Montclair State University, and NCFR's Ethnic Minorities Section.
Exhibits offer an array of new materials and services to enhance your work, career, and professional development. Register for prizes!
M. V. Lee Badgett, Ph.D.
Presider: Maureen Perry-Jenkins, Ph.D., 2017 NCFR Program Chair
M.V. Lee Badgett presents the Thursday plenary session at NCFR 2017, sponsored by the University of Maryland. This session will be live streamed.
Sponsored by the University of Maryland
Kandauda (K.A.S.) Wickrama, Seonhwa Lee, Catherine Walker O'Neal, Ph.D., University of Georgia, Tricia Neppl, Olivia Diggs, Rand D. Conger, Catherine Walker O'Neal; Discussant: Rand Conger; Organizer: Kandauda (K.A.S.) Wickrama; Chair: Frederick O. Lorenz
Special invited symposium on family policy and aging, organized by Families and Health and Family Policy Sections. This session will be live streamed.
Facilitators: Jessica Fish, Katie Barrow, and Kimberly Crossman
Please come and share your ideas on how to promote mentorship at NCFR. We are seeking input from practitioners, CFLEs, faculty and students at all levels about how to create a formal and sustainable mentoring program for NCFR.
86 total posters in this session. Topics include Military Families; Sexuality; Stress; Relationship Dissolution; Stepfamilies; Couples and Relationships; Parenting/Coparenting; Emerging and Young Adulthood; Neighborhoods and Neurons; and Substance Abuse.
Michael Wells, Malin Bergström, Elise Radina, Mary Martin, Lindsay Clark, Lauren Ramsey, Alyssa Oddo, Meghan Day, Danielle Jones, Kristie Cordeiro, Veronica Kuhn, Briana Anderson, Amber Seidel, Chelom Leavitt, Kami Dvorakova, Sukhdeep Gill, Bryan Cafferky, Annie Johansson, Seonhwa Lee, Kandauda (KAS) Wickrama; Facilitator: Amber Seidel
Lightning papers organized by the Families and Health Section on aging. Topics include Hostile Marital Interactions and Physical Health; Comparing Swedish child health nurses’ attitudes and support to parents; Health and Physical Disability Risk Markers for Elder Maltreatment; and more.
Presider: Roudi Nazarinia Roy, Section Chair
All attendees are welcome to attend the member meetings of NCFR Sections.
Presider: Tom Stone Carlson, Section Chair
All attendees are welcome to attend the member meetings of NCFR Sections.
(Made possible with the support of the Family Therapy Section.)
Presiders: Rachel Farr, Cheryl Fortner-Wood, Focus Group Co-chairs
Focus groups have discussions on specific interests. They are open to all members.
Presiders: Bridget Walsh, Jennifer Mortensen, and Carla Peterson, Focus Group Co-chairs
Focus groups have discussions on specific interests. They are open to all members.
Presiders: Bridget Walsh, Jennifer Mortensen, Focus Group Co-chairs, Presiders: Kevin Roy, Samuel H. Allen
Focus groups have discussions on specific interests. They are open to all members.
Presiders: David H. Demo, B. Jan McCulloch, Committee Co-chairs
This is a meeting of the NCFR Fellows Committee members only.
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