NCFR members Melissa Landers-Potts, Ph.D., Bill Anderson, Ph.D., CFLE, and Raeann R. Hamon, Ph.D., CFLE, were each presented with Cognella Innovation in Teaching Awards for Family Science at the 2018 NCFR Annual Conference on Nov. 7.

This year, NCFR celebrates the 10th anniversary of its Journal of Family Theory & Review (JFTR). JFTR publishes original contributions in all areas of family theory, including advancing theories through critical and metatheoretical projects, and comprehensive reviews of literature and media.

NCFR member George Kurian, Ph.D., died on June 27, 2018, at age 89. Dr. Kurian was the founder of the Journal of Comparative Family Studies, and 2010 recipient of Jan Trost Award.

This popular NCFR publication is useful for teaching about professional ethics in the classroom and as a resource for practicing family professionals.

CFLE Network, a quarterly newsletter published for Certified Family Life Educators, is a resource filled with information about Family Life Education. For the winter 2018 issue, the editors seek authors who can share information, stories, research, and resources relevant to home visiting.

This special issue of the Journal of Family Theory & Review will highlight theories commonly applied by Family Scientists to interpret how family structures and processes are influential for areas of adolescent development.

New early-view articles are available for subscribers of the Journal of Marriage and Family.

NCFR awarded honors to 20 university students who completed their academic programs in fall 2018. Thank you to our members who reviewed applications! 

This week, we acknowledge accomplishments of NCFR members Amy Laura Arnold, Ph.D., CFLE, Mallory J. Lucier-Greer, Ph.D., CFLE, LMFT, and Jay A. Mancini, Ph.D.

It has been a remarkable year for Bahira Sherif Trask. In addition to coordinating a conference focused on families and cultural intersections in a global context, she was a keynote speaker at several United Nations events.

The annual publication, Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research (CFPR), seeks manuscripts on the theme of “Transitions into Parenthood: Childbearing, Childrearing, and the Changing Nature of Parenting” for its 2019 volume. Submissions are welcome from across various methodologies.

The U.S. Census Bureau is soliciting feedback from the public on how information is collected through the American Community Survey (ACS). 

This week, we acknowledge accomplishments by these NCFR members: Ani Yazedjian, Ph.D., Claire Kamp Dush, Ph.D., Joyce Serido, Ph.D., and Brent McBride, Ph.D.

The Elections Council encourages all members to nominate yourself or others for the February 2020 slate of election candidates. Here are the eligibility criteria to help you decide whether you would be willing to be nominated and/or to identify potential candidates for the upcoming election.

We don't want to give too much away of this Christmas advertisement for U.K. department store chain John Lewis. Let's just say it involves a little girl, her dog Buster, and a gift that gets an unexpected response. Happy holidays to you and your family from NCFR. 

A 2-minute preview of the 2018 closing plenary with Andrew J. Cherlin, Ph.D., where he looks back on his his deinstitutionalization of marriage thesis to see what has (and has not) stood the test of time. 

Recently published Early-View Articles available to subscribers cover a range of topics including mothers' perceptions on neighborhood quality and child well-being; coping strategies for persons with bipolar disorder and their partners; military couples lersure experiences; and relationship education for low-income couples.

The applied family studies graduate degree at Wilmington University is the newest program to be approved by NCFR as meeting the criteria for the Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE) credential. Additionally, seven programs were renewed as a CFLE-approved program for the next five years:

The Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning seeks manuscripts for a special issue devoted to "Technology and Consumer Finance." Manuscripts may be submitted online from July 31 to Dec. 1, 2018.

The Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) is now accepting applications for the 2018 Victoria S. Levin Award for Early Career Success in Young Children’s Mental Health Research. The purpose of this award is to help junior investigators achieve federal funding for their developmental science research in this area. 

According to a report from the United States Census Bureau, the percentage of married-couple households that are interracial or interethnic in the U.S. grew from 7.4% in 2000 to 10.2% during the span of 2012-2016. This growth varied by state and for specific interracial/interethnic combination types—seven of which were identified in the data.

Several new early-view articles were published over the past week in Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Science (FR) and the Journal of Marriage and Family (JMF). Subscribers can visit the respective journal's access webpage to read the full text of these articles on the website of our journal publisher, Wiley Blackwell. 

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released three guidance documents related to provisions that institutions can implement before the newly revised policy that regulates research using human subjects (known as the Common Rule) goes into effect on January 21, 2019.

National population surveys are used by researchers, policymakers, and program developers to investigate patterns and inform decisions. The new resources below from the National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families assess the United State's data infrastructure in terms of measuring the diversity of Hispanic family and household composition.