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NCFR Sections

The purpose of Sections is to promote NCFR’s mission and the common interests of NCFR members in specified areas of concern of families.  Both the growth of membership in NCFR and the proliferation of special interests have brought about a need for Sections.  They are a means of increasing communication and interaction among NCFR members of similar interests within the framework of the larger organization.

NCFR maintains an e-mail listserv for each Section, providing an avenue for Section members to communicate. All Section members are automatically subscribed to the Section listserv.

EDUCATION and ENRICHMENT shares information on effective family life education, teaching materials and methods, and marriage enrichment interests. Focus Groups include Marriage and Family Enrichment, Certified Family Life Educators, Sexuality, Parent Education, Families and Grief, and Peace.

Beth Van Horn, CFLE (2010) - Chair
beth1@psu.edu
Education and Enrichment Website
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ETHNIC MINORITIES unites members concerned with issues pertaining to ethnic minority families. This Section also sponsors the Marie Peters Award for outstanding research work in relation to ethnic minority families.

Curtis A. Fox, CFLE (2010) - Chair
cafox936@aol.com
Ethnic Minorities Website
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FAMILY and HEALTH are interested in addressing family health issues. Health is viewed holistically. It is more than physiological diseases and/or stress. Health also encompasses various wellness states and is inclusive of health promotion and prevention activities at the individual, family and systemic level. Examples of individual factors that influence family health might include genetic, biochemical/physical, and psychological/developmental predispositions/alternations and behaviors. Systemic factors might include unhealthy environments (pollution, violence/crime, historically being a part of a disenfranchised group, media); institutions (educational system, criminal justice system); economics; and/or governmental policies. Importantly, to prudently address the health of families, our section is also interested in outcomes based research and evidences based practice. Focus Groups: Chronic Illness & Disability and Issues in Aging.

Deborah P. Coehlo (2010) - Chair
debbie.coehlo@osucascades.edu
Family and Health Website
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FAMILY POLICY Section devotes itself to promoting effective social action for individuals and families by monitoring pressing policy issues, evaluating the potential impacts of new policies, working for effective change, and creating strategies to educate and raise awareness resulting in improved quality of life for individuals, families and society.

William Michael Fleming, CFLE (2011) - Chair
michael.fleming@uni.edu
Family Policy Website
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FAMILY SCIENCE expands, strengthens, and enhances family science as a scholarship discipline.

Tammy S. Harpel (2010) - Chair
harpelt@latech.edu
Family Science Website
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FAMILY THERAPY unites members concerned with family therapy. Information is shared on family therapy theories, training, research and practice, and promoting the effective, efficient, and ethical practice of family therapy.

Jeffry H. Larson, CFLE (2010) - Chair
jeffry_larson@byu.edu
Family Therapy Website
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FEMINISM and FAMILY STUDIES members work to integrate feminist scholarship and perspectives into theory, research, and applied work with families. Two awards in honor of Jessie Bernard are presented annually to students and new professional NCFR members.

Lisa M. Taylor (2011)- Chair
lmtaylor@eiu.edu
Feminism and Family Studies Website
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INTERNATIONAL SECTION members generate better understanding of unique variations of family process throughout the world by promoting cross-national family research, facilitating communication among international family scholars, sharing information on current and proposed research projects, and sponsoring educational cross-national family programs, presentations, and seminars.

Paul Schvaneveldt, CFLE (2011) - Chair
pschvaneveldt@weber.edu
International Website
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RELIGION and FAMILY LIFE furthers the cause and study of religion and its relationship to the family. The study and examination of the impact of religion on family life is examined as well as the relationship of religion to other family-related disciplines and NCFR Sections. Focus Group: Marriage Preparation.

Joe D. Wilmoth (2011) - Chair
jwilmoth@humansci.msstate.edu
Religion and Family Life Website
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RESEARCH and THEORY facilitates research and theory activities in all content areas related to marriage and the family. Two awards are sponsored: Ernest Burgess Award recognizing a distinguished career in family research and theory, and the Reuben Hill Award for the outstanding research article in a family journal. Focus Groups: Men in Families, Families & Technology, and Qualitative Family Research Network.

Shelley M. MacDermid, CFLE (2011)- Chair
shelley@purdue.edu
Research and Theory Website
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