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 - 26 of 38 Session(s)
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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

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Concurrent Sessions 1

Christina Rodriguez, Paul Silvia, Tatiana Melendez-Rhodes, Iva Kosutic, Kathleen Hlavaty, Megan Haselschwerdt, Janel M. Leone, Dayna M. Maniccia; Facilitator: Andrea Roach

8:30 AM
9:45 AM
Session #
114
Location
Salon 10

This session will focus on four topics: Predicting Maternal/Paternal Abuse Risk; Measuring Resistance to Violence in Intimate Partner Relationships; Modifying the PMWI for Examining Exposure to Domestic Violence; and the NCFR Innovation Grant Winner: Evaluation of Strong Through Every Mile (STEM)

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Concurrent Sessions 2

Colleen Murray, Jeffrey Crapo, Tyson Barrett, Kay Bradford, Brian Higginbotham, Rebecca Hubbard, Carolyn Henry, Sandra Bornemann, Áine Humble; Facilitator: Wendy Middlemiss

10:00 AM
11:15 AM
Session #
122
Location
Salon 13

Papers on Hierarchies of Loss; Family Life Stage and Relationship Education Efficacy; Family Resilience and Dementia; and Family Resilience and Dementia

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Paper Session
Concurrent Sessions 2

Laura Evans, Norman Epstein, Dennis Kivlighan, Jill Trumbell, Leah Hibel, Evelyn Mercado, German Posada, Scott May, Preston Morgan, Heather Love, Jared Durtschi, Suzanne Bartle-Haring, Megan Ferriby; Facilitator: Rachel Tambling

10:00 AM
11:15 AM
Session #
124
Location
Salon 10

This session will include four papers that cover topics related to couple relationships including the influence of therapists, depression, and sexual satisfaction.

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Andrew Rose, Rick Miller, Jennifer Rose, Mark Ogletree, Courtney Kinneard, Sialao Mobley, W. Justin Dyer, Cassidy Ogletree, Sharlene Nauta, Michael Goodman, Justin Dyer, Erin Hemmelgarn, Heather Baker; Facilitator: Anthony Walker

10:00 AM
11:15 AM
Session #
126
Location
Salon 12

This session will include four papers that cover topics related to religion including depression, parenting styles, and suicide.

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Xiaoran Sun, Susan McHale, Kimberly Updegraff, Allen Barton, Gene Brody, Steven M. Kogan, Mary Elizabeth Curtner-Smith, Blake Berryhill, Emily Bruchas Cornman, Ming Cui, Catherine Coccia, Carol A. Darling, Mallory Lucier-Greer; Facilitator: Mallory Lucier-Greer

10:00 AM
11:15 AM
Session #
128
Location
Salon 3

This session will include four papers that cover topics related to young adult wellbeing including early parental resources, family routines, helicopter parenting, and more. 

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Concurrent Sessions 3

Diamond Bravo, Award Recipient, Shanting Chen, Su Yeong Kim, Yang Hou, Andrew Behnke, Aysha Bodenhamer, J. Claire Cook, Denise Bates, Laura Clark, Ida Fadzillah, James Chaney; Facilitator: Farrell Webb

3:30 PM
4:45 PM
Session #
143
Location
Salon 2

This session will include four papers that cover topics related to achievement of ethnic minorities including the role parental influence; motivation among Mexican-origin adolescent mothers; discrimination, language brokering efficacy, and academic competence.

Conference Session
Paper Session
Concurrent Sessions 3

Kendall Coffman, Jason Hans, Kimberly Crossman, Angela Whittaker, Jennifer Hardesty, Jaclyn Theisen, Sarah Taylor, Andrea Roach, Ashley Ermer, Marilyn Coleman, Lawrence Ganong, Heather Ryan, Eric Goodcase, Chelsea Spencer, Michelle Toews; Facilitator: Kathleen Hlavaty

3:30 PM
4:45 PM
Session #
146
Location
Salon 15

This session will include four papers that cover topics related to intimate partner violence including pornography, alcohol consumption, campus culture and bystander behavior, and more.

Conference Session
Paper Session
Concurrent Sessions 4

Scott Ketring, Tom Smith, Brandon Burr, Daniel Hubler, Marielle Jackson, Addison Elledge, Matthew Lefthand, David Schramm, Adam Galovan, Francesca Adler-Baeder; Facilitator: Adam M. Galovan

5:00 PM
6:15 PM
Session #
152
Location
Salon 11

This session will include four papers that cover topics related to relationship education including results from an RCT study of couples education programs, clarifying the difference between relationship education and couples therapy, character strengths, and more.

Conference Session
Paper Session
Concurrent Sessions 4

Jeff Crane, Douglas Smith, Spencer Bradshaw, Jason Whiting, Rachel Dansby, Jaclyn Cravens Pickens, Alyssa Banford, Emel Genc, Yile Su, Jared Durtschi, Lauren Ruhlmann, Austin Beck, Natira Staats, Briana Nelson Goff; Facilitator: Tom Stone Carlson

5:00 PM
6:15 PM
Session #
155
Location
Salon 10

This session will include four papers that cover topics related to intimate partner violence including the neurological impact, blaming of victims, the effects of psychological well-being and behavioral health, and more.

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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.

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Paper Session
Concurrent Sessions 5

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

8:30 AM
9:45 AM
Session #
208
Location
Salon 12

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.

Conference Session
Paper Session
Concurrent Sessions 5

Mellissa Gordon, Raymond Petren, Chelsea Garneau-Rosner, Jaimee Hartenstein, Mindy Markham, Kali Summers, Anthony Ferraro, Karen Oehme, Mallory Lucier-Greer; Facilitator: Emily Gaillard

8:30 AM
9:45 AM
Session #
209
Location
Salon 13

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.

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Paper Session
Concurrent Sessions 5

Jared Kellerman, Christi McGeorge, Thomas Stone Carlson, Sudha Sankar, Heather McCauley, Jody Russon, Guy Diamond, Hoa Nguyen, Erika Grafsky

8:30 AM
9:45 AM
Session #
212
Location
Salon 2

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.

Conference Session
Paper Session
Concurrent Sessions 5

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

8:30 AM
9:45 AM
Session #
213
Location
Salon 15

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.

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Paper Session
Concurrent Sessions 6

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

1:45 PM
3:00 PM
Session #
228
Location
Salon 11

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.

Conference Session
Paper Session
Concurrent Sessions 6

Laura Nathans, Sukhdeep Gill, Amber Seidel, Bridget A. Walsh, Rose Steffen, Joy Heafner, Afsha Lakdawala; Facilitator: Dana Booker

1:45 PM
3:00 PM
Session #
229
Location
Salon 1

This session's four papers cover topics related to Home Visiting including predictors of burnout, the Family Life Education approach, engaging families, improving early school attendance, and more.

Conference Session
Paper Session
Concurrent Sessions 6

Spencer Olmstead, Jerika Norona, Kristin Anders, Sherria Taylor, De-Ann Lott, Jamal Cooks, Rayshawn Wright, Joseph Ventimiglia, Lucy Mbirianjau; Facilitator: Julie Leventhal

1:45 PM
3:00 PM
Session #
230
Location
Salon 14

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.

Conference Session
Paper Session
Concurrent Sessions 6

Henry Gonzalez, Dawn Witherspoon, Saskia Boggs, Ashley McDonald, Sakshi Bhargava, Mayra Bamaca, Marinda Harrell-Levy, Rodney Harrell, Tiffany L. Brown, David T. Lardier, Jr., Autumn M. Bermea, Pauline Garcia-Reid, Robert J. Reid; Facilitator: Debra Berke

1:45 PM
3:00 PM
Session #
231
Location
Salon 15

This session's four papers cover topics related to neighborhoods including black and Latino families, trauma, segregation, and child behavioral adjustment.

Conference Session
Paper Session
Concurrent Sessions 6

Denise Lewis, Danielle Augustine, Savannah Young, Kristy Shih, Nancy Lo, Pooja Brar, Jacqueline Braughton, Catherine Solheim, Susan Chuang, Robert Moreno, April Few-Demo; Facilitator: Chun Creaser

1:45 PM
3:00 PM
Session #
232
Location
Salon 12

This session's four papers cover topics related to ethnic identity including Southeast Asian Families in the United States, “parachute kids”, Hmong College Students, and The Trump Effect on Racial Socialization & Ethnic Identity.

Conference Session
Paper Session
Concurrent Sessions 6

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

1:45 PM
3:00 PM
Session #
234
Location
Salon 3

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.

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

Bora Jin, Jody Russon, Guy Diamond, Emily Jordan, Elizabeth Wieling, Tai Mendenhall, Nathan Taylor, Paul Springer, Richard Bischoff, Kara Cruickshank, Cameron Brown, Jared Durtschi, Jeremy Yorgason

3:15 PM
4:30 PM
Session #
242
Location
Salon 15

This session's four papers cover these family therapy topics: Effectiveness of ABFT for Reducing Family Dysfunction among Suicidal Youth; Barriers to Rural Mental Health Care: Clinicians’ Perspectives; Applying Telemental Health Interventions; and Chronic Disease and Attachment: Predicting Trajectories of Physical Health.

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.

Conference Session
Paper Session
Concurrent Sessions 8

Dorothy Berglund, Alisha Hardman, Greg Brooks, Laynie Haley, Jessica Cless, Briana Nelson Goff, Daniel Puhlman, Riah Hoffman, Shannon Dusack, Johanna Boothby, Lauren Succheralli; Facilitator: Josiah Harmes

8:30 AM
9:45 AM
Session #
312
Location
Salon 13

This session's five papers cover topics related to Advancing Family Science including child maltreatment; family illness, death, and bereavement; trauma-informed pedagogy; family crisis management; and applying observational methods to attachment theory.

Conference Session
Paper Session
Concurrent Sessions 8

Felicia Murray, Shann Hwa Hwang, Hrund Þ. Ingudóttir, Sigrún Aðalbjarnardóttir, Elif Dede Yildirim, Nate Stoddard, Chelsea Garneau-Rosner, Melissa Herzog, James Duncan, Mallory Lucier-Greer;Facilitator: Alexander E. Chan

8:30 AM
9:45 AM
Session #
313
Location
Salon 2

This session's four papers cover fatherhood topics including the public child welfare system, couple relationship education, and how leisure influences U.S. Army personnel.