SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA — NCFR has appointed Antoinette M. Landor, Ph.D., and Shardé McNeil Smith, Ph.D., to be program co-chairs for the 2027 NCFR Annual Conference, which will be in Sacramento, California. Their primary duties include selecting the theme, identifying the plenary speakers, and preparing the call for abstracts for a particular year's conference.

Dr. Landor is associate professor in the Department of Human Development & Family Science at the University of Missouri. She is also co-founder and associate director of the Center for Body Image Research & Policy (CBIRP) in the Missouri Prevention Science Institute. 

Dr. McNeil Smith is associate professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is faculty affiliate with the Center for Social and Behavioral Science (CSBS).

As co-chairs, Dr. McNeil Smith and Dr. Landor have proposed the 2027 conference theme: The Rich Tapestry of Families: Theoretical Insights and Practical Solutions in a Diverse and Intersectional Society.

The National Council on Family Relations is the premier professional association for the multidisciplinary understanding of families. NCFR has a membership of nearly 3,000 family researchers, practitioners, and educators. For more information on the National Council on Family Relations or its scholarly publications, visit the NCFR website at ncfr.org.