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.
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.
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.
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.
Deirdre A. Quinn, C. Andrew Conway, Samuel H. Allen; Chair: Elaine Anderson
This symposium organized by the Family Policy section explores the demographics of the transgender population, a review of emerging transgender policy initiatives, and a discussion of these policies.
Presiders: Roudi Roy, Ethnic Minorities Section Chair; Jerica Berge, Families and Health Section Chair; and Brenda Lohman, Family Policy Section Chair
After 60 minutes of individual member meetings, all members of these three NCFR Sections will have a joint session featuring multiple cross-section roundtables.
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