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.
Bahira S. Trask, Mark Hutter, Barbara Settles, Raeann R. Hamon and Amanda G. Strong, Jennifer Greiving, Ruben P. Viramontez Anguiano; Discussant: Yan Xia; Chair: Bahira S. Trask
Presenters will draw attention to successful pedagogical strategies and examples of applied projects that provide students with real world experiences in their local and global communities. This session will be live streamed.
José-Michael González, Samantha K. Jones, Sarah Killoren, Gabrielle Kline, Edna C. Alfaro, Laura Mauldin, Mamta Saxena, Jenny Padilla, Xioran Sun, Michael E. Woolley; Discussant: Susan Marie McHale; Chair: José-Michael González
This symposium extends emerging research on sibling relationships drawing from cross-disciplinary collaboration and the strengths-based approach to advance past scholarship that once pathologized and marginalized families of non-nuclear, nontraditional family configurations.
Jaclyn A. Saltzman, Kelly K. Bost, Barbara H. Fiese, Angela Wiley, and the STRONG Kids Team , Megan H. Pesch, Alison L. Miller, Niko Kaciroti, Katherine Rosenblum, Julie C. Lumeng, Sheryl O. Hughes, Thomas G. Power, Susan L. Johnson, Louise Parker, Jane Lanigan, Ashley Beck, Drew Betz, AnaMaria Martinez; Discussant: Barbara Fiese; Chair: Kelly K. Bost
This symposium aims to highlight mechanisms by which families influence children's weight and eating behaviors, and to examine whether prevention programs targeting modifiable, family-based risk factors can improve health outcomes, particularly for vulnerable children.
Erin Hiley Sharp, Lori-Ann Palen, J. Douglas Coatsworth, Marshall Grimm, Travis Dorsch, Aryn M. Dotterer, Anthony James, Jr., Elizabeth Day; Discussant: Kimberly A. Updegraff; Chair: Aryn M. Dotterer
This symposium includes an investigation of how parents socialize their children’s identity development and sport participation as well as their use of race socialization, and academic socialization.
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