2018 NCFR Annual Conference Schedule

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Thank you to our 2018 Conference Host — the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies — for its generous support of the conference.


Browse the conference schedule below and discover all the great sessions planned for the 2018 NCFR Annual Conference, Nov. 7–10 in San Diego!

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Conference Session
Special Session
Special Session

David Dollahite, Ph.D., and Loren Marks, Ph.D., Brigham Young University

Facilitator: Michael Goodman, Ph.D., Brigham Young University

3:15 PM
4:30 PM
Session #
133
Location
Golden Pacific Ballroom

This session will be live streamed.

Organized by Religion, Spirituality and Family and Ethnic Minorities Sections; made possible with the support of the Religion, Spirituality, and Family Section.

Conference Session
Symposium
Concurrent Sessions 3 (Invited Presenter Symposium)

Daphne Hernandez, Ph.D., University of Houston, Briana Routh, Ph.D., Montana State University, Kimberly Greder, Ph.D., CFLE, CFCS, Iowa State University, Brenda J. Lohman, Ph.D., MS, Iowa State University, Jerica Berge, Ph.D., MPH, LMFT, CFLE, University of Minnesota Medical School

Discussant/Chair: Jerica Berge, Ph.D., MPH, LMFT, CFLE, University of Minnesota Medical School

3:15 PM
4:30 PM
Session #
134
Location
Pacific Salon 1

Experts in the field of Families and Health will present on how they are utilizing biological measures and innovative technologies in their families and health studies.

Organized by the Families and Health Section.

Conference Session
Workshop
Concurrent Sessions 3 (Invited Presenter Workshop)

Abbie Goldberg, Ph.D., Clark University; Anisa Zvonkovic, Ph.D., East Carolina University; Elaine Anderson, Ph.D., University of Maryland; Stephen Russell, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin; Ethel Jones, Ph.D., Louisiana Tech University

Moderator: Abbie Goldberg, Ph.D., Clark University

Facilitators: Jessica Fish, Ph.D., University of Maryland; Katie Barrow, Ph.D., Louisiana Tech University

3:15 PM
4:30 PM
Session #
135
Location
Pacific Salon 3

Organized by the Students and New Professionals.

Conference Session
Paper Session
Concurrent Sessions 3

Darren Garcia, Lucia Miranda, Estafania Miranda, Kristina Gordon, Xun Liu, Naomi Wheeler, Michael Broda, Andrew Daire, Vanessa O’Hare, & Sandy-Ann Griffith, Jenene Case Pease, Laura McKee, Catherine O'Neal, Jena Michel, Dena Henry, Jennifer Doty, Iris Borowsky, Javiera Monardez, Elizabeth Valdes, Laura Rietveld, Michele Allen

Facilitator: Mark A. Lopez

3:15 PM
4:30 PM
Session #
136
Location
Royal Palm 1
Conference Session
Lightning Paper Session
Concurrent Sessions 3

Chao Liu, Clint Broadbent, Ronald Cox, Isaac Washburn, Julie Croff, Jordan Arellanes, Kimberly Greder, Michelle Toews, Kristin Anders, Norma Perez-Brena, Silvia Mayen, Diana Cedeño, Autumn Bermea, Bradley Eeden-Moorefield, Michelle Towes, Rachael Doubledee, Zachary Giano, Michael Merten, Miu Yee Mimi Ho, Andrea Roach

Facilitator: Katie Zeiders

3:15 PM
4:30 PM
Session #
137
Location
Royal Palm 2

Lightning papers organized by the Ethnic Minorities Section. 

Conference Session
Symposium
Concurrent Sessions 3

Alex VanBergen, Suzanne Bartle-Haring, Codina Kawar, Patrick Bortz , Sarah Worch, Suzanne Bartle-Haring, Suzanne Bartle-Haring, Alex VanBergen, Patrick Bortz, Codina Kawar, Jared A. Durtschi, Preston Morgan, Heather Love, Austin Beck, Jared A. Durtschi, Heather Love, Austin Beck, Preston Morgan

Discussant: Debra Kashy; Organizers: Suzanne Bartle Haring, Jared Durtschi; Chair: Suzanne Bartle-Haring

3:15 PM
4:30 PM
Session #
138
Location
Royal Palm 4

This symposium will present several papers that use dyadic data analysis techniques on topics relevant to couple and family therapy researchers.

Conference Session
Paper Session
Concurrent Sessions 3

Quinlyn Morrow, Jenifer McGuire, Katherine Kuvalanka, William Newsome, Bethany Willis, Julia Snodgrass, Lauren Smithee, Erika Grafsky, Jenifer McGuire, Kaitlin Black, Muzi Chen, Jenifer McGuire, Ivan Krasovec

Facilitator: Brad van Eeden-Moorefield

3:15 PM
4:30 PM
Session #
139
Location
Royal Palm 5 and 6
Conference Session
Symposium
Concurrent Sessions 3

Sarah Almalki, Lawrence Ganong, Gladys Asiedu, Jaerim Lee, Seohee Son, Alan Taylor, Mihaela Robila, Susan Chuang, David Green, Jenny Glozman

Cochairs: Alan Taylor, Mihaela Robila

3:15 PM
4:30 PM
Session #
140
Location
Royal Palm 3

This symposium will provide perspectives on Family Life Education programs and activities from Saudi Arabia, Ghana, Australia and South Korea.

Conference Session
Symposium
Concurrent Sessions 3

Anna Olsavsky, Miranda Berrigan, Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan, Claire M. Kamp Dush, Miranda Berrigan, Claire M. Kamp Dush, Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan , Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan, Anna L. Olsavsky, Miranda N. Berrigan, Geoffrey L. Brown, Claire M. Kamp Dush, Susan Johnson, Claire M. Kamp Dush, Jill Yavorsky, Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan, Miranda N. Berrigan

 

3:15 PM
4:30 PM
Session #
141
Location
Pacific Salon 2

This symposium reviews the contributions of the New Parents Project, a multimethod, longitudinal study of family and child development, at its tenth anniversary, including four new projects.

Conference Session
Board/Committee

Presiders: Curtis A. Fox, Ramona Faith Oswald, Elections Council Cochairs

3:15 PM
4:30 PM
Session #
142
Location
Sunset

This is a meeting of NCFR's Elections Council only.

Conference Session
Special Session
Special Session

Veronica Barrios, Ph.D., Miami University; Greg Brooks, Ph.D., LMFT, Abilene Christian University; Manijeh Daneshpour, Ph.D., LMFT, Alliant International University; Adrienne M. Duke, Ph.D., Auburn University; Vanja Lazarevic, Ph.D., San Diego State University; Chang Su-Russell, Ph.D., Illinois State University

Co-moderators: Anthony James, Ph.D., CFLE, Miami University-Ohio; and Tyler Jamison, Ph.D., University of New Hampshire

4:45 PM
6:00 PM
Session #
143
Location
Pacific Salon 1

Organized by the NCFR Inclusion and Diversity Committee.

Conference Session
Symposium
Concurrent Sessions 4 (Invited Presenter Symposium)

Karen J. Ripoll-Núñez, Ph.D.; and Ana L. Jaramillo-Sierra, Ph.D., LMFT, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia; Fatemeh Nikparvar, M.S., Kansas State University; Tatiana Glebova, Ph.D., LMFT, Alliant International University; Jingshuai Du, MSW; Yanqun Peng, LMFT, Kansas State University; Mona Mittal, Ph.D., LMFT, University of Maryland; Manjushree Palit, Ph.D., Jindal Institute of Behavioral Sciences, OP Jindal Global University, India; Chelsea Spencer, LMFT, and Sandra M. Stith, Ph.D., LCMFT, Kansas State University

Codiscussants and Cochairs: Sandra M. Stith, Ph.D., LCMFT, and Chelsea Spencer, M.S., LMFT, Kansas State University

4:45 PM
6:00 PM
Session #
144
Location
Golden Pacific Ballroom

In this symposium, we invite international family scholars and therapists to speak about intimate partner violence (IPV) in a global context. This session will be live streamed.

Organized by the Family Therapy Section.

Conference Session
Symposium
Concurrent Sessions 4

Kelly D. Chandler, Brenda Barrett-Rivera, Loriena A. Yancura , Brianna Routh, Brittney D. Oliver, Yoshie Sano, Loriena A. Yancura, Lenna Ontai, Melissa Barnett, Kelly D. Chandler, Brenda Barrett-Rivera; Chair: Kelly D. Chandler

 

4:45 PM
6:00 PM
Session #
145
Location
Royal Palm 1

This symposium showcases an innovative teaching approach to bring family experiences to life in the classroom via animated vignettes.

Conference Session
Lightning Paper Session
Concurrent Sessions 4

Kevin Smith, Kate Cobb, Kayla Reed-Fitzke, Anthony Ferraro, James Duncan, Mallory Lucier-Greer, Erinn Duprey, Sihong Liu, Jessica Thompson, Assaf Oshri, J. Kale Monk, Jeremy Kanter, Luke T. Russell, Jonathon J. Beckmeyer, Tyler B. Jamison, Kayley Davis, Spencer Olmstead, Heather Hessel, Jodi Dworkin

Facilitator: Robin G. Yaure

4:45 PM
6:00 PM
Session #
146
Location
Royal Palm 2

Lightning papers organized by the Education & Enrichment Section. 

Conference Session
Symposium
Concurrent Sessions 4

M. Angela Nievar, Susie Ramisetty-Mikler, Matthew Rodriguez, Erica E. Coates, Andrew Conway, Kevin Roy, Ghaffar Ali Hurtado, Silvia Alvarez de Davila, Youjie Zhang, Alejandro Peralta, Amy Lewin, Stephanie J. Mitchell, Kevin Roy

Chair: Amy Lewin

4:45 PM
6:00 PM
Session #
147
Location
Royal Palm 3

This symposium draws on research conducted, using a range of methods, from local community-based programs that serve fathers of color in four communities across the country.

Conference Session
Workshop
Concurrent Sessions 4

Corey Huck, Sterlng Wall, Cuiting Li, Nikki Euhardy, Kristie Rauter-Egge, Dallas Stelter, Taylor Christiansen, Brianne Parlier, Kylie Kirkeeng, Mallory Price, Darby Schmidt, Lucas Vincent

 

4:45 PM
6:00 PM
Session #
148
Location
Royal Palm 5 and 6
Conference Session
Symposium
Concurrent Sessions 4

Catherine Solheim, Maria de Guzman, Barbara H. Settles, Kieu Anh Do, Yan Xia

Discussant: Yan Xia; Chair: Mark Hutter

4:45 PM
6:00 PM
Session #
149
Location
Pacific Salon 2

The symposium focuses on issues that researchers confront in investigating the processes of migration, relocation, and resettlement, and their impact on migrating families in host countries and in countries of origin.

Conference Session
Paper Session
Concurrent Sessions 4

Daisy Camacho-Thompson, Nancy Gonzales, Jenn-Yun Tein, Tia Claybrook, Samantha Howard, Ming Cui, Carol Darling, Hayley Love, Sarah Wolford, Fiorella Carlos Chavez, Jonathan Kimmes, Ross May, Frank Fincham

Facilitator: Kari Adamsons

 

4:45 PM
6:00 PM
Session #
150
Location
Royal Palm 4
Conference Session
Lightning Paper Session
Concurrent Sessions 4

Lawrence Ganong, Nate Stoddard, Caroline Sanner, Luke Russell, Ashton Chapman, Kwangman Ko, Marilyn Coleman, Todd Jensen, Lawrence Ganong, Caroline Sanner, Ashton Chapman, Marilyn Coleman, Todd Jensen, Caroline Sanner, Marilyn Coleman, Lawrence Ganong, Samantha Jones, Sonia Giron, Sarah Killoren, Nicole Campione-Barr, Erin Kramer Holmes, Braquel Egginton, Spencer James, Kevin Shafer, Olivia Landon, Caroline Sanner, Luke Russell, Lawrence Ganong, Marilyn Coleman

New Facilitator: Erin Kramer Holmes (Brian Higginbotham had a medical emergency and is unable to participate.)

4:45 PM
6:00 PM
Session #
151
Location
Pacific Salon 3

Lightning papers organized by the Research & Theory Section. 

Conference Session
Board/Committee

Presider: Kristi Williams, Journal Editor

4:45 PM
6:15 PM
Session #
152
Location
Sunrise

This is a meeting for the Journal of Marriage and Family Editorial Board only.

Conference Session
6:00 PM
8:30 PM
Session #
153
Location
Atlas Ballroom Foyer

Exhibitors offer an array of new materials and services to enhance your work, career, and professional development.

Conference Session
Poster Session
Poster Symposia: Families and Finance; Relational Aggression and IPV
6:00 PM
7:15 PM
Session #
154
Location
Town and Country

90 total posters in this session. Topics include adoption and foster care; biracial families, racial socialization; adolescence and Hispanic/Latino youth; work-family issues; and more.

Conference Session
Reception

Host/Presider: Anisa M. Zvonkovic, 2017-2019 NCFR Board President.

6:15 PM
7:15 PM
Session #
155
Location
San Diego

All conference attendees are welcome to attend for refreshments and socializing. Hosted by NCFR Board President, Anisa M. Zvonkovic. 

Sponsored by Wiley, the publisher of NCFR's scholarly journals

Conference Session
Workshop
Students and New Professionals Workshop

Jasmine Routon

 

7:15 PM
8:00 PM
Session #
156
Location
Royal Palm 5 and 6
Conference Session
Section Meeting

Presider: Raeann Hamon, Section Chair

7:15 PM
8:00 PM
Session #
157
Location
Pacific Salon 1

All attendees are welcome to attend the member meetings of NCFR Sections.

Conference Session
Section Meeting

Presider: Karen Myers-Bowman, Section Chair

7:15 PM
8:00 PM
Session #
158
Location
Pacific Salon 2

All attendees are welcome to attend the member meetings of NCFR Sections.

Conference Session
Resource Exchange

Cindy Aamlid, Yanqun Peng, Maxi-Ann Campbell, Tammy Harpel, Alisha Hardman, Dorothy Berglund, Lori Elmore-Staton, Catherine Breneman, Jennifer Doty, Carol Buess, Melissa Fenton, Mollie Buelow, Amy Kelly, Scott Tobias, Jana Meinhold, Sarah Feeney, Doris Cancel-Tirado, Lisa Moyer, Kaye Sears, Brandon Burr, Glee Bertram, Andreae McGinnis, Veronica Barrios, Katia Paz Goldfarb, Jessica Cless, Megan Taylor Kuykendoll, Patrick Cheek, Jennifer Reinke, Julie DellaMattera, Judith Myers-Walls, Joellen Lewsader, Kailyn Wales, Savanna Jellison, Sean Brotherson, Gail Bentley, Shera Thomas-Jackson, Briana Nelson Goff, Nicole Springer, Brooke Hanson, Meagan Scott, Sean Brotherson, Geoffrey Zehnacker, Tonya Ricklefs, Jessica Cless, Carolyn Henry, Todd Spencer, Chao Liu, Scott Plunkett, Dave Smallen, Geoffrey Zehnacker, Sean Brotherson, Brooke Hanson, Bridget Walsh, Rose Steffen, Sara Schmitt, Irem Korucu, Lindsey Bryant, David Purpura, Stephanie Krauthamer Ewing, Annika Karlsen

 

8:15 PM
9:30 PM
Session #
159
Location
Pacific Salon 3
Conference Session
Focus Group Meeting

Presiders: Mame Kani Diop, Pearl Stewart, Focus Group Cochairs

7:30 PM
8:45 PM
Session #
160
Location
Royal Palm 1

Focus groups have discussions on specific interests. They are open to all members.

Conference Session
Focus Group Meeting

Presider: Sylvia Asay, Focus Group Chair, Presider: Colleen I. Murray, Focus Group Chair

7:30 PM
8:45 PM
Session #
161
Location
Royal Palm 2

Focus groups have discussions on specific interests. They are open to all members.

Conference Session
Focus Group Meeting

Presider: Colleen I. Murray, Focus Group Chair

7:30 PM
8:45 PM
Session #
161A
Location
Royal Palm 3
Conference Session

Facilitator: Claire Kamp Dush, Ph.D.

7:30 PM
8:45 PM
Session #
161B
Location
Royal Palm 4

All are invited to this presentation by Claire Kamp Dush, Ph.D., Ohio State University, to give input on a new population-representative study of families in the U.S. before the survey goes into the field.

Conference Session
Workshop
Students and New Professionals Workshop

Anthony Ferraro, James Duncan, Hilary Dalton, Shelby Boso

 

8:15 PM
9:00 PM
Session #
162
Location
Royal Palm 5 and 6
Conference Session
Focus Group Meeting

Presider: I. Joyce Chang, Focus Group Chair

7:00 AM
8:15 AM
Session #
201
Location
Royal Palm 1

Focus groups have discussions on specific interests. They are open to all members.

Conference Session
Focus Group Meeting

Presiders: Rachel Farr, Cheryl Fortner-Wood, Focus Group Cochairs

7:00 AM
8:15 AM
Session #
202
Location
Royal Palm 2

Focus groups have discussions on specific interests. They are open to all members.

Conference Session
Board/Committee
7:00 AM
8:15 AM
Session #
203
Location
Royal Palm 3

This is a meeting for chairs of Family Science departments only.

Conference Session
Board/Committee
7:00 AM
9:00 AM
Session #
204
Location
Dover

Private meeting of the Groves Conference Board only.

Conference Session
Organized by Religion, Spirituality, and Family Section

Facilitator: Heather Hessel

Session #
205
Location
Stratford
Conference Session
Board/Committee

Presider: Diane Cushman, NCFR Executive Director

7:15 AM
8:45 AM
Session #
206
Location
Sunset

This is a meeting of NCFR publisher representatives, editors, editorial assistants, and staff only.

Conference Session
Special Session
Workshop

Julie Tilsen, Ph.D., Youth Studies Program of the University of Minnesota, Director of Ethics and Practice at the International Center for Clinical Excellence

 

7:30 AM
9:45 AM
Session #
207
Location
Pacific Salon 3

Organized and Made Possible With the Support of Feminism and Family Studies and Family Therapy Sections.

Conference Session
Board/Committee

Presider: Thomas W. Blume, Chair

7:45 AM
9:45 AM
Session #
208
Location
Esquire

This is a meeting of Inclusion and Diversity Committee members only.

Conference Session
Symposium
Concurrent Sessions 5 (Invited Presenter Symposium)

M. Lelinneth (Len) B. Novilla, MD, MPH, Brigham Young University; Mary Elizabeth Hughes, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University; Nomi Weiss-Laxer, PhD, MPH, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health; Anne W. Riley, B.S.N., M.S., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University; Jerica M. Berge, Ph.D., MPH, LMFT, CFLE, University of Minnesota Medical School

Discussant/Chair: AliceAnn Crandall, Ph.D., Brigham Young University

8:30 AM
9:45 AM
Session #
209
Location
Golden Pacific Ballroom

Experts in the field of Families and Health will address how the family has largely been ignored in public health, and how the family can be integrated into public health teaching, practice, and research.This session will be live streamed.

Organized by the Families and Health Section.

Conference Session
Symposium
Concurrent Sessions 5

Raeann R. Hamon, Rachel R. Jones, Debra L. Berke, Sarah A. Kuborn, Julie Leventhal, Bahira S. Trask

Discussant/Chair: Pamela B. Payne

8:30 AM
9:45 AM
Session #
210
Location
Pacific Salon 1

The following symposium provides a variety of diverse experiences within classrooms for how to engage students in these applied experiences that will allow them to utilize the knowledge that they have gained.

Conference Session
Paper Session
Concurrent Sessions 5

Nathan Stoddard, Chelsea Garneau-Rosner, Melissa Herzog, Stephen Duncan, Chongming Yang, Ian Marsee, Daye Son, Bryan Spuhler, Kay Bradford, Joshua Novak, Brian Higginbotham, Julianne McGill, Leah Burke, Francesca Adler-Baeder

Facilitator: Karen Myers-Bowman

8:30 AM
9:45 AM
Session #
211
Location
Pacific Salon 2
Conference Session
Paper Session
Concurrent Sessions 5

Tamekia Wilkins, Christy Lleras, Sarai Coba-Rodriguez, Sarai Coba-Rodriguez, Robin Jarrett, Melinda Gonzales-Backen

Discussant/Facilitator: Daisy Camacho Thompson

8:30 AM
9:45 AM
Session #
212
Location
Royal Palm 1
Conference Session
Lightning Paper Session
Concurrent Sessions 5

Sarah Curtiss, Aaron Ebata, Layton Reesor, Jerika Ruiz, Daphne Hernandez, Josh Novak, Julie Gast, Travis Dorsch, Dina Izenstark, Aaron Ebata, Amber Hammons, Elizabeth Villegas, Margarita Teran-Garcia, Barbara Fiese, Jeffrey Cookston, Gretchen George, Alyssa Parsons, Kelly Bost, Brent McBride, Barbara Fiese

Facilitator: Daphne Hernandez

8:30 AM
9:45 AM
Session #
213
Location
Royal Palm 2

Lightning papers organized by the Families & Health Section. 

Conference Session
Paper Session
Concurrent Sessions 5

Bernice Dodor, Natalia Sira, Diane Foster, Eunicia Jones, Kate Harcourt, Jenna Cassinat, Adam Galovan, David Schramm, David Weisenhorn, Jason Hans, Radion Svynarenko, Byran Korth

Facilitator: Kevin Randall

8:30 AM
9:45 AM
Session #
214
Location
Royal Palm 3
Conference Session
Symposium
Concurrent Sessions 5

Jill Naar, Ashley Ermer, Kristin Matera, Amy Rauer, Christine M. Proulx, Leah Burke, Jakob F. Jensen, Brenda L. Volling, Amanda E. Barnett, Ingrid Arnet Connidis

Discussant: Christine Proulx; Chair: Amanda Barnett

8:30 AM
9:45 AM
Session #
215
Location
Royal Palm 4

The goal of this symposium is to highlight a range of conceptual and methodological challenges that impact the study of family relationships across the life course, particularly in mid and late adulthood.

Conference Session
Paper Session
Concurrent Sessions 5

Heather Love, Chelsea Spencer, Scott May, Sandra Stith, Hans Saint-Eloi Cadely, Sylvie Mrug, Michael Windle, Julia Hammett, David Kennedy, Benjamin Karney, Thomas Bradbury, Olena Kopystynska, Melissa Barnett, Connie Beck, Melissa Curran

Facilitator: Megan Haselschwerdt

8:30 AM
9:45 AM
Session #
216
Location
Royal Palm 5 and 6
Conference Session
Plenary
Plenary Session

This session will be live streamed

Dominic Richardson, Ph.D., Senior Education Specialist, UNICEF, Office of Research-Innocenti

Facilitator: Bahira Sherif Trask, 2018 NCFR Program Chair

Register for live stream

10:00 AM
11:45 AM
Session #
217
Location
Golden Pacific Ballroom

Dominic Richardson, Ph.D., Senior Education Specialist, UNICEF, Office of Research-Innocenti presents the Thursday plenary session. This session will be live streamed.

Sponsored by the University of Georgia Human Development and Family Science

Conference Session
Special Session

Francesca Adler-Baeder, Ph.D., CFLE, Auburn University; and Ted Futris, Ph.D., CFLE, University of Georgia, 2018 Margaret Arcus Award Winners

Presider: Karen Myers-Bowman, Ph.D., Education and Enrichment Section Chair

12:00 PM
1:15 PM
Session #
218
Location
Pacific Salon 2

The 2018 winners of the Margaret Arcus Award, Francesca Adler-Baeder, Ph.D., CFLE, Auburn University; and Ted Futris, Ph.D., CFLE, University of Georgia present their work.

Organized by the Education and Enrichment Section.