In the latest NCFR member news...

April L. Few-Demo, Ph.D., has been named head of the Department of Human Development and Family Science at the University of Georgia (UGA) in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences. She will serve with NCFR Past President Anisa M. Zvonkovic, Ph.D., who will become dean of the college beginning July 1, 2022. Dr. Zvonkovic was thrilled by the announcement, calling it the assembling of a "Dream Team" at UGA.

Dr. Few-Demo is currently professor and head of the Department of Human Development and Family Science at Virginia Tech, where she has taught since 2000. Her areas of research focus include feminism and family studies, intimate violence, and racial/ethnic identity. At NCFR, she served two terms on the Board of Directors, and has been a member of the Elections Council and Inclusion and Diversity Committee. Read more about Dr. Few-Demo's new role.

Deadric T. Williams, Ph.D., has been named a William T. Grant Scholar, one of five in its newest class of scholars. The program supports the professional development of promising researchers in the social, behavioral, and health sciences who have received their terminal degrees within the past seven years. Scholars receive $350,000 to execute rigorous five-year research plans that stretch their skills and knowledge into new disciplines, content areas, or methods. Williams is a family sociologist with expertise in family theory and analyses of stress and health among couples. Dr. Williams is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Dr. Williams was recently elected to serve on NCFR's Inclusion and Diversity Committee. NCFR is excited to have Dr. Williams as a plenary presenter for the 2022 NCFR Annual Conference in Minneapolis. Read more about Dr. Williams.

Jerica M. Berge, Ph.D., M.P.H., LMFT, CFLE, received two National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants, totaling more than $6.5 million, to research cardiovascular health among a diverse population of children at the University of Minnesota (UMN). The grants will fund an interdisciplinary study between several UMN schools and the Minnesota Population Center. Dr. Berge is a professor and vice chair for research in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the UMN Medical School. Dr. Berge’s NIH research agenda focuses on weight and weight-related health behaviors across the lifespan, families and health, women’s health, and integrated care. She conducts both childhood obesity prevention and treatment studies within primary care settings with the ultimate goal of decreasing childhood obesity disparities in low-income and minority households. Dr. Berge is a longtime NCFR member and Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE), and has served as chair of the Families and Health Section and as a member at large on the CFLE Advisory Board. She is a recipient of the CFLE Special Recognition Award. Read more about the NIH grant awards.

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