Research from the Journal of Marriage and Family (JMF), published by NCFR, was recently featured in media news stories.

Zippy's Videos of the Week have made you laugh, made you cry, and made you think. But this week, in the middle of the summer, we just want to relax by the pool and watch a little Welsh Corgi swim.

NCFR awarded honors to five college and university students who completed their academic programs in summer 2018. Thank you to our members who reviewed applications! 

This week, we acknowledge the accomplishments and work of Shirley May Harmon Hanson.

NCFR's latest policy brief, “Parent Education and Family Life Education: A Critical Link in Early Childhood Education Policy” by Glen Palm, Ph.D., CFLE, and Betty Cooke, Ph.D., CFLE, is now available.

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

The February 2019 issue and new early-view articles are available for subscribers of the Journal of Marriage and Family.

This week, we acknowledge accomplishments of NCFR members Joyce Serido, Ph.D., M.B.A., and Brandon T. McDaniel, Ph.D.

Pablo Picasso's painting Guernica, which depicts the bombing of a Spanish town by Nazi German and Italian warplanes, is widely regarded by art critics and historians as an important masterpiece and anti-war symbol. But what does it mean to the everyday American? Art critic Jerry Saltz decided to ask the opinions of New Yorkers on the subway.

NCFR member F. Scott Christopher, Ph.D., died on Feb. 7, 2018, at age 65.

The editorial team of the Journal of Family Theory & Review (JFTR) is currently seeking members for its Digital Scholarship Board (DSB) to advance the future of digital scholarship at the journal.

Newly published Early-View Articles from Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Science (FR) are available for subscribers. The most recent issue was published in December 2018.

The National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) has awarded the organization’s prestigious Fellow status to two members for 2018.

They join the elite ranks of NCFR members who have made outstanding and enduring contributions to Family Science in scholarship, teaching, outreach, or professional service, including service to NCFR.

The National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) has conferred its prestigious Fellow status on Jennifer L. Hardesty, Ph.D., CFLE, professor of human development and family studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.

The National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) has conferred its prestigious Fellow status on Katia Paz Goldfarb, Ph.D., professor of Family Science and human development and assistant vice president for Hispanic Serving Initiatives at Montclair State University.

H.R. 4174, now signed into law, introduces measures related to how the government collects, publishes, and uses public data with the end goal of making evidence-based data more available for use in policymaking.

In this extraordinary TED Talk, Liv Gjestvang shares her experiences of being a surrogate mother of a baby for two men, and the complex grieving process in letting go of her baby. While pursuing shared-custody arrangements between herself and the two fathers-to-be, she discovered that such an agreement is not typically what family law does.

This week, we acknowledge the accomplishments of Cynthia B. Wilson, Ph.D., CFLE.

Early-View articles are available for an upcoming issue of the Journal of Family Theory & Review (JFTR) on family policy.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), and most of the Department of Health and Human Services remain operational, accepting proposals, and awarding grants. 

The family life graduate program at Concordia University–Wisconsin is the newest program to meet the criteria for the Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE) credential.

Gizem Erdem, Ph.D., LMFT, and her colleagues have recently completed a two-year, nationwide risk assessment system development and implementation project aiming to prevent recidivism among juvenile probationers in Turkey.

Gun violence has been a topic of recent considerable attention, and in response, NCFR called upon family scholars and practitioners to create original articles to aid in the understanding and prevention of gun violence from a family perspective.

The Elections Council encourages all members to vote in February 2019. We have submitted a nomination slate (ballots will be emailed to members in February 2019) for terms that will be filled at the end of the NCFR Annual Conference in Fort Worth, Texas, in November 2019.