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.
Claire A. Wood, Heather M. Helms, W. Roger Mills-Koonce, Scott Hall, Kwang-Ho Lee, Ilya A. Okhotnikov, Nathan D. Wood, Adam Farero, Adrian Blow, Ryan Bowles; Facilitator: Jeremy Kanter
This session's four papers cover topics including the study of same-sex couples, marriage, Russian couples satisfaction index, and Rasch modeling.
Katie Barrow, Megan Kuykendoll, Erin Lavender-Stott, Richelle Frabotta, Sarah Kuborn, Melinda Markham, Michelle Murray, Mary Nedela, Sarah Steelman, Kristin Anders, Spencer Olmstead; Facilitator: Karen Myers-Bowman
This session's four papers cover the topics: sexuality education with young children; parents talking to their kids about sexuality; developmental influences on emerging adults’ sexual identities; and using self-disclosure in a human sexuality classroom.
Lucia Miranda, Patricia Roberson, Katie Lenger, Amy Rauer, Kristina Coop Gordon, Thomas White, Stephen Duncan, Jeremy Yorgason, Scott Ketring, Julianne McGill, Francesca Adler-Baeder, Thomas Smith, Evin Richardson, Ted Futris, Jacquelyn Mallette; Facilitator: Luke T. Russell
This session's four papers cover family well-being topics including Consensus and Relationship Satisfaction, Marital Interventions Couple Relationship Education, Foster Caregivers, and Coparenting.
Amber Seidel, Karl Majeske, Courtney Polenick, Kira Birditt, Karen Fingerman, Erin Yelland, Jacquelyn Benson, James Bates, Kristin Litzelman, M. Hunter Stanfield, Jennifer Pearce-Morris, Loriena Yancura, Christine Fruhauf, Nathaniel Riggs, Nancy Mendoza, Heather Greenwood; Facilitator: Brianna Routh
Aging topics covered by these four papers include: support exchanges between middle-aged children and aging parents; hearing impairment, and the role of partner support; and a curriculum for children in grandparent-headed families.
Kari Morgan, Madisen Reeves, Michael Langlais, Sylvia Asay, Mitch Vaterlaus, Anthony Walker, Erica Jordan, Eric Middleton, Jennifer Reinke, Michael Walcheski; Facilitator: Annie Insley
This session's four papers cover topics including How HDFS Students Choose a Major; Male Enrollment in Family Science Courses; Determining Job Prospects for Family Science Degree Earners; and more.
Samantha LeBouef, Jodi Dworkin, J. Mitchell Vaterlaus, Sarah Tulane, Brandon Porter, Niyantri Ravindran, Tessa Hamilton, Laurie Kramer, Angela Holth; Facilitator: Robert Hughes
This session's four papers on families and social media cover topics including siblings, adolescent romantic relationships, online risk behavior, and more.
Karina Shreffler, Stacy Tiemeyer, Ronald Cox, Jeremiah Grissett, Heather Love, Chelsey Torgerson, Antionette McFarlane, Elif Dede Yildirim, Jaipaul Roopnarine; Facilitator: Karina Shreffler
This session's four papers on trauma cover topics including having a baby in adolescence, PTSD clusters, substance abuse, domestic violence, economic hardship, depression, and more.
Patricia Galvez, Marcela Vizcarra, Andiara Schwingel, Keeley Pratt, Megan Ferriby, Chinagorom Duru, Sybil Hart, Shera Jackson, Mallory Boylan, Zhen Cong, Melissa Piepkorn, Katharine Didericksen, Jerica Berge, Peter Hannan, Steven Harris, Richard MacLehose, Dianne Neumark-Sztainer; Facilitator: Jerica M. Berge
This session's four papers cover weight-related topics including family influences in Chilean women’s food, support among bariatric patients, effects of exposure to donated and non-donated breast milk, disordered eating, and more.
Lekie Dwanyen, Elizabeth Wieling, Elsa Kraus, Daniel Cooper, Bethany Letiecq, Colleen Vesely, Leanna Moron, Rachael Goodman, Marlene Marquez, Payal Shah, Megan Gilligan, Marissa Holst, Brianna Routh, Maria Alcivar-Zuniga, Kimberly Greder, M. Angela Nievar, Andrea Romero, Molly Tucker, Matthew Rodriguez, Jennifer Camacho, J. Roberto Reyes; Facilitator: Chang Su-Russell
This session's four papers cover immigration topics including Liberian refugee families; overcrowded housing; Latina mothers in the rural midwest; and more.
Zoe Taylor, Blake Jones, Nayantara Nair, Evich Carly, Sharde' McNeil Smith, Diamond Y. Bravo, Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor, Kimberly A. Updegraff, Laudan B. Jahromi, Chelsea L. Derlan, Ciara Collins, Beth Russell; Facilitator: Jordan Arellanes
This session's four papers cover topics including the effects of Cortisol Awakening Response on Latino youth; racial discrimination among black parent-adolescent dyads; conflicts for children of teen mothers; and engaging high-risk adolescent fathers.
Sarah Wolford, Kendal Holtrop, Gilbert Parra, Alex Zurek, Jessica Lanctot, MaLeaha Semerad, Hannah Doucette, Jeffrey Jackson, Li Ping Su, Richard Miller, Youngjin Kang, Lawrence Ganong; Facilitator: Amber Vennum
This session's four papers cover topics including the Emotional Process of Mothers in PMTO; Parent Behaviors that Children Find Hurtful; Family Therapy for Child-related Problems; Divorced Fathers’ Perceptions of Parental Disclosures; and more.
Sarah A. Burcher, Kadie Ausherbauer, Iman Dadras, Manijeh Daneshpour, Sharon Danes, Catherine Solhiem, Sandra Espinoza, Brenda Seery, Ashley B. LeBaron, Erin K. Holmes, E. Jeffrey Hill, Roy A. Bean; Facilitator: Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox
This session's four papers cover the topic of work and family from the perspectives of low-income and rural women, Iranian working mothers, and feminism and financial processes within marriage.
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