2017 NCFR Annual Conference Session Listing

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. 

Showing 1 - 4 of 4 Session(s)
Conference Session
Paper Session
Concurrent Sessions 1

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

8:30 AM
9:45 AM
Session #
112
Location
Salon 15

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

Conference Session
Paper Session
Concurrent Sessions 4

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

5:00 PM
6:15 PM
Session #
156
Location
Salon 13

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.

Conference Session
Paper Session
Concurrent Sessions 6

Yuen Mi Cheon, Grace Chung, Cagla Giray, Gail M. Ferguson, Chang Su-Russell, Wonkyung Jang, Hey Jung Jun; Facilitator: Debra Berke

1:45 PM
3:00 PM
Session #
235
Location
Salon 2

This session's four papers cover international research topics including fathers’ daily emotional support and adolescents’ self-evaluation in Korea, family mealtimes in Jamaica, Chinese scholars’ acculturation to the U.S., and father involvement in Norway and South Korea.

Conference Session
Paper Session
Concurrent Sessions 7

Jaerim Lee, Saeeun Choi, Younshil Choi Choi, Miai Sung, Mitsuyo Izumi, Angel Gullon-Rivera, Karen Kramer, Ilana Akresh, Adam Williams; Facilitator: Judith Myers-Walls

3:15 PM
4:30 PM
Session #
243
Location
Salon 16

This session's four papers cover these topics: Unmarried Middle-Aged Koreans Living with their Parents in Seoul; Sojourning Japanese Mothers and Children; Parental Involvement of Immigrants to the U.S.; and Contemporary Educational Practices in Colombia.