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2008 NCFR FELLOWS SOUGHT!
Greetings NCFR Members!   The Fellows Committee is seeking nominations for the 2008 Fellows Awards.  Would you please help us by nominating members who have made significant contributions to the organization and the field.  A description of Fellow Status in NCFR, the Fellows Award criteria for selection to Fellow Status, and the procedure for submitting nominations follow.  The Fellows Committee would greatly appreciate your assistance.

What Is Fellow Status in NCFR?
Fellow status in NCFR is an honor awarded to relatively few members of NCFR who have made outstanding and enduring contributions to the field of the family in the areas of scholarship, teaching, outreach or professional service, including service to NCFR.  By definition, outstanding contributions are those that have had a broad impact on the field and are enduring over time.  These contributions occur infrequently.  No more than 1% of the number of members in NCFR will be awarded fellow status in any one year.

What Are the Criteria For Fellow Status?
Examples of outstanding contributions having an enduring impact on the field include, but are not limited to:

1. Published scholarship that has reshaped or shaped the field of family relations.
2. A history of innovation or influential workshop presentation in an area of the family beyond the local level.
3. The development and implementation of innovative, novel or significant interventions or programs designed to promote healthy family relations.
4. The development and implementation of innovative curricula for training professionals in the area of family science.
5. The development of innovative social policy relevant to families.
6. A consistent record of superior contributions to NCFR over time.

What is the Procedure for Nominations?

1. Must be nominated by another NCFR member.
2. Must have at least 10 years of professional experience after the receipt of the appropriate graduate or professional degree.
3. Must have been a member of NCFR for at least 5 continuous years at the time of nomination.
4. Must have the endorsement of three individuals (including the nominator), at least two of whom are NCFR members, who describe the outstanding nature of the nominees contributions.

Please send your nominations to NCFR at jeannestrand@ncfr.org.  NCFR will reply with further instructions on getting started and the information regarding membership status.  Deadline for nominations is June 30th.  We are trying to build this special recognition to further the legacy of outstanding members of NCFR.  Let us hear from you and thank you very much for your consideration.

Judith Myers-Walls, CFLE, Chair
NCFR Fellows Committee
jmyerswa@purdue.edu  

NCFR Fellows Nomination Form
NCFR Fellows Policies and Procedures
List of Current NCFR Fellows


NCFR Award Winners
These are distinguished colleagues who have unselfishly dedicated themselves to working in the family field, and have given outstanding service. NCFR provides a vehicle for honoring these people through its Awards program. NCFR Award Winner Complete History

Margaret E. Arcus Outstanding Family Life Educator Award - 2006 - Joan Comeau, CFLE, Family Information Services, Minneapolis, MN
Distinguished Service to Families Award - 2005 - Arthur Rolnick, Vice President, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank, Minneapolis, MN
Ernest W. Burgess Award - 2006 - Ted L. Houston, University of Texas - Austin
Ernest Osborne Award - 2007 - Alan C. Acock, Oregon State University
John L. McAdoo Dissertation Award - 2004 - Monica Mouton Sanders, Michigan State University
Marie F. Peters Award - 2007 - Velma McBride Murry, University of Georgia
Jan Trost Award - 2005 - Barbara H. Settles, University of Delaware
Jessie Bernard Award - Outstanding Research Proposal from a Female Perspective - 2007 - Lyndal Bee Lian Khaw, University of Illinois
Jessie Bernard Award - Outstanding Contribution to Feminist Scholarship Paper - 2007 - Abbie E. Goldberg, Clark University
Ruth Hathaway Jewson Award - 2006 - Marta McClintock Comeaux, University of Maryland
Reuben Hill Award - 2007 - Melissa T. Sturge-Apple and Patrick T. Davies, University of Rochester, NY and E. Mark Cummings, University of Notre Dame; Article "Hostility and Withdrawal in Marital Conflict: Effects on Parental Emotional Unavailability and Inconsistent Discipline" Journal of Family Psychology, 2006.20(2):227-238.
NCFR Student Award - 2007 - Markie C. Blumer, Iowa State University
Mary Jo Czaplewski Fellowship - 2007 - Rose Suggett, University of Nebraska-Kearney
Anselm Strauss Award for Qualitative Family Research - 2007 - Dana Shawn Matta and Carmen Knudson-Martin, "Father Reponsivity: Couple Processes and the Construction of Fatherhood, Family Processes, 2006. 45(1):19-37
Cindy Winter Scholarship Award - 2007 - Stephanie K. Grutzmacher, University of Maryland