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.
It's our own college fair! All conference attendees are invited to learn about academic programs and meet faculty and students. Greet your fellow alumni. Food and prizes available!
Focus groups have discussions on specific interests. They are open to all members.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS SESSION WAS MOVED FROM SESSION 202 ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, 7:00AM.
Presiders: Clinton G. Gudmunson, Xiaohui "Sophie" Li, Focus Group Co-chairs
Focus groups have discussions on specific interests. They are open to all members.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS SESSION WAS MOVED FROM SESSION 135 ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, 11:30AM.
Mona N. Shah, Derrick Stephens, Britney Gonzalez; Facilitator: Jessica Fish; Facilitator: Jessica Fish
In this session, participants will learn how investigators work with philanthropy, and about new and creative approaches to solving health and health care problems
Presider: Roudi Nazarinia Roy, Section Chair
All attendees are welcome to attend the member meetings of NCFR Sections.
Presider: Jerica Berge, Section Chair
All attendees are welcome to attend the member meetings of NCFR Sections.
Presider: Brenda Lohman, Section Chair
All attendees are welcome to attend the member meetings of NCFR Sections. These are opportunities for you to become more involved with NCFR and the Sections that match your areas of interest.
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.
Presiders: Kristy Y. Shi, Hyun-Kyung You, Hyeyoung Kang, Focus Group Co-chairs
Focus groups have discussions on specific interests. They are open to all members.
Presider: Susan Walker, Focus Group Chair
Focus groups have discussions on specific interests. They are open to all members.
Presider: Colleen Murray, Focus Group Chair
Focus groups have discussions on specific interests. They are open to all members.
This reception is by invitation for those who have been NCFR members 25 years or more.
Presiders: Yolanda Fredrickson, Madyson Main, Focus Group Co-chairs
Focus groups have discussions on specific interests. They are open to all members.
Presider: Kamala Ramadoss, Focus Group Chair
Focus groups have discussions on specific interests. They are open to all members.
This is a meeting only for the committee members.
This is a meeting for members of the Family Science Association.
Presider: Bahira S. Trask, 2018 Program Committee Chair
This is a meeting of the 2018 NCFR Conference Program Committee only.
Facilitator: Heather Hessel. All belief systems welcome, religious and secular.
Meditation time will take place from 7:10-7:40 a.m. Facilitator: Heather Hessel. All belief systems welcome, religious and secular.
The purpose of the Inclusion and Diversity Committee (IDC) meeting is to provide an opportunity to engage in an open, respectful, and and productive conversation about various inclusion and diversity topics at NCFR. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Exhibits offer an array of new materials and services to enhance your work, career, and professional development. Register for prizes! Today is the last day to register. You need not be present when prizes are drawn at noon, but you must pick up your prizes by 1:00 pm.
Presider: Libby Balter Blume, Journal of Family Theory & Review Editor
This is a private meeting of this editorial board.
Annette Mahoney; Facilitator: Michael Goodman
This presentation will highlight research on spiritual behaviors and beliefs about family life that can function as resources and risk factors across diverse families and religious communities. This session will be live streamed.
Made possible with the support of the Religion, Spirituality, and Family, Feminism and Family Studies, and Ethnic Minorities Sections.
Sarah Mitchell, Antoinette M. Landor, Alaysia Brown, Steven Berkley, M.A., Ph.D., Antoinette M. Landor; Discussants: Tera Hurt Jordan and Antoinette M. Landor; Organizer/Facilitator: Antoinette M. Landor
This symposium investigates these issues in hopes of reframing the narrative in research on people of color to focus on the critical influence of skin tone on romantic relationships and family dynamics.
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
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.
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
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.
Addie Wyman Battalen, Ashley Landers, Jennifer Bellamy, Sharon Danes, Noah Gagner, Sandy White Hawk, Kelly Roberts, Waymon Hinson, Paul Emrich, Barbara Underwood, Jennifer Young, Laura Golojuch, HaeDong Kim, Norman Epstein, Youn Mi Lee; Facilitator: Lorey Wheeler
Lightning papers organized by the Ethnic Minorities Section. Topics include Parents’ Racial Socialization in Lesbian, Gay, and Heterosexual Adoptive Families; Placement Instability of American Indian Children in Long-Term Foster Care; Asian American Family Teachings on Race; and more.
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