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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Shera Jackson, Janis Henderson, Helyne Frederick, Michael McColley, Jared Brooks, Grace Bingham, Amber Johnson, Yolanda Frederickson, Haley Ballou, Pamela Payne, Bethany Willis-Hepp, Raeann Hamon, Debra Berke, Susan Piland, Jana Meinhold, Sarah Feeney, Doris Cancel-Tirado, Patrice Powers-Barker, Katie LaPlant, Carmen Irving, Rachel Arocho, Amy Kelley, Erica Jordan, Jennifer Newquist, Joanne Roberts
Presider: Rebecca Ward
This workshop for members of NCFR affiliates (local chapters) will highlight how affiliates add value of the Family Science major/profession/field.
Catherine O'Neal, Jay Mancini, Jessie Rudi, Dave DeGarmo, Kate Gliske, Abi Gewirtz, Kayla Reed, Mallory Lucier-Greer, J. Kale Monk, Lauren Ruhlmann, Briana Nelson Goff, Brian Ogolsky; Facilitator: Kaylee R. Seddio
This session will include four papers that cover topics related to military families including adolescents’ well-being, parental social support, mental health and unit cohesion, and systemic relationship programs for military couples.
Spencer Olmstead, Jerika Norona, Kristin Anders, Sherria Taylor, De-Ann Lott, Jamal Cooks, Rayshawn Wright, Joseph Ventimiglia, Lucy Mbirianjau; Facilitator: Julie Leventhal
This session's four papers address topics related to family stories including emerging adults' hookup scripts, black female adolescent athletes, sex stereotypes on female students’ in STEM in Kenyan Universities, and more.
Annie Johansson, Bryan Cafferky, Maria Monserud, Gregory Smith, Frank Infurna, Eva Zautra, Carol Musil, Megan Dolbin MacNab, Max Crowley, Amy Hosier, Erin Yelland, Allison Goderwis, Aaren Sunderman, Kaylee Seyferth, Lawrence Ganong, Luke T. Russell, Kwangman Ko, Ashton Chapman, Caroline Sanner, Marilyn Coleman, Matthew Hunter Stanfield; Facilitator: Jennifer Doty
Lightning papers organized by the Families and Health Section on aging. Topics include elder maltreatment; depressive symptoms among Mexican Americans; "Sex, Dementia, and Long-Term Care"; and more.
Ashley Walsdorf, Leslie Anderson, Charity Somo, Desiree Seponski, Maria Bermudez, Stephanie Armes, Lorien Jordan, Desiree Seponksi, Amanda Christine Peclat-Begin, Monysakada Phal, Megan Theisen, Christi McGeorge, Fatemeh Nikparvar, Karen Myers-Bowman, Sandra Stith; Facilitator: Erika Grafsky
This session's four papers cover social justice topics including Culturally Responsive MFT through Cultural Brokering, therapy practice in Cambodia, Graduate Student Parents, and Leaving Violent Marriage: Case Study of an Iranian Woman.
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