Archive for the ‘Annual Conference’ Category
2002 Conference: Families Over the Life Course: Bridging Research and Practice
The 64th Annual Conference was held in Houston, TX, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, November 19–24. The theme chosen by Alan Booth, conference program chair, was “Families Over the Life Course: Bridging Research and Practice.” Maxine Hammonds-Smith was local arrangements chair, and the Texas Council on Family Relations hosted the special Western Rodeo and Zydeco Dance on Saturday evening at the Brown Convention Center. Booth chose to use thematic panel discussions instead of single-speaker plenaries. The session titles asked questions: “Is Strengthening Marriage to Reduce the Divorce Rate a Workable Strategy for Policy and Intervention?” Panelists were Bill Doherty, Arlene Skolnick, Laura Sanchez, […]
2001 Conference: Families, Stress, and Coping: Bridging Theory and Practice
The theme of the 2001 Annual Conference was “Families, Stress, and Coping: Bridging Theory and Practice.” Program chair was Gay Kitson, and the conference took place at the Hyatt Regency in Rochester, NY, November 8–11. The local arrangements liaison was Lyman Wynne. Pre-conference workshops included the 2001 Work–Life Summit; a Red Cross disaster mental health course led by Jack Herrmann from the University of Rochester Medical Center; the Theory Construction and Research Methodology Workshop; and “How to be a Successful Family Life Educator: Marketing Yourself and Your Programs.” Read the 2001 Work–Life Summit Program Plenary speakers included Charles F. Figley, who […]
2000 Conference: Vision for Families: Continuity and Change Across Cohorts and Generations
The 62nd Annual Conference took place November 10–13 in Minneapolis, MN, at the Hilton Hotel. The theme chosen by Program Chair Elaine Anderson was “Vision for Families: Continuity and Change Across Cohorts and Generations.” Fees ranged from $75 for students to full registration at $160. Local arrangements co-chairs were Marcie Brooks and Mary Jo Czaplewski. Gov. Ventura of MN declared the entire month of November “Minnesota Month of the Family.” The President’s welcoming reception took place at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul, which highlighted a special “Families” exhibit that had run for 5 years and was conceived with consultation with Family […]
1999 Conference: Borders, Boundaries, and Beacons: Diverse Families in Dynamic Societies
NCFR’s 61st Annual Conference was held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Irvine, CA, November 10–15. The theme was “Borders, Boundaries, and Beacons: Diverse Families in Dynamic Societies.” Katherine Allen was Program Vice President. Denise Berg, a family therapist from Irvine, CA, served as the local arrangements chair. Plenary speakers included Mary Catherine Bateson (daughter of Margaret Mead, a charter member of NCFR), who spoke on intergenerational family legacies across time and space; Lou Bellamy, who spoke on the experiences of African Americans during the rural to urban migration of the early 20th century; and Marta Sotomayer, who spoke on contemporary immigration issues affecting Hispanic families, particularly in […]
1998 Conference: Families in a Global Context: Media, Environment, and Peace
The theme chosen by Judith Myers Walls for the 1998 Annual Conference was “Families in a Global Context: Media, Environment, and Peace.” It was held November 14-17 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Milwaukee, WI. Jacqueline Haessly of Peacemaking Associates was the local arrangements chair. Attendance was approximately 1,100. Plenary speakers included Charlotte Cole and Anna Guenina of the Children’s TV Workshop, New York, and Moscow, Russia, who spoke on “A World of Sesame Street Families”; Barbara Adams, UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service, New York, who discussed “Sustainable Development: A Peace Plan for the21st Century”; Atie Dyregrov, Center for Crisis Psychology, Bergen, Norway, who spoke on “The […]
1997 Conference: Fatherhood and Motherhood in a Diverse and Changing World
The 1997 Annual Conference was held at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City Hotel in Arlington, VA, November 5–10. The theme was “Fatherhood and Motherhood in a Diverse and Changing World.”
1996 Conference: Families in Political Context
The 1996 Annual Conference was chaired by Program Vice President Shirley Zimmerman. It was held November 7–10 at the Kansas City Hyatt-Regency Crown Center. The theme was “Families in Political Context.” Keynote speakers included Naomi Tutu (daughter of the Rev. Desmond Tutu), Theda Skocpol, and Seymour Martin Lipset. Attendance was 1,250—a great showing. In addition to the International Family Policy Forum, the Hyatt-Regency coordinated a Habitat for Humanity project in which NCFR members participated in building a home in Kansas City. A follow-up to the International Year of the Family was a new organization, based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, which comprised […]
1995 Conference: Families: Honoring Our Past, Creating Our Future
The 1995 Annual Conference was held November 14–19 at the Portland (OR) Hilton Hotel. The theme was “Families: Honoring Our Past, Creating Our Future.” Program Vice President was Kay Pasley. Constance Ahrons was a keynote speaker, discussing, “Family Diversity in the 21st Century.” The number of attendees was 1,239—up by 100 from the previous year. Martha Calderwood, who had been managing the video exhibit for years, announced her retirement. The Presidential Address given by Alexis Walker—“Couples Watching Television: Gender, Power, and the Remote Control”—was so popular that it was printed in the Journal of Marriage and the Family and covered by many national news networks. It was well […]
1994 Conference: Families and Justice: From Neighborhoods to Nations
In honor of the UN International Year of the Family, the theme of NCFR’s Annual Conference was “Families and Justice: From Neighborhoods to Nations” (building the smallest democracy at the heart of society). It took place at the Minneapolis Hilton Towers Hotel November 10–13, 1994. Greer Litton Fox was Program Vice President. Pre-conference workshops were held on November 8 and 9. Local arrangement co-chairs were Marilyn Rossman, Ron Pitzer, David Bredehoft, and Mary Ann Smith. Keynote speakers included Jacqueline Jones, who spoke on “Historical Perspectives on Families and Justice in Distressed Communities” and Carol Rogerson, who addressed “Justice Between Spouses Upon Divorce.” A […]
1993 Conference: Moral Discourse on Families
The 1993 Annual Conference took place at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Baltimore, MD, November 10–15.The theme was: “Moral Discourse on Families.” The focus was to discuss the ethical and values assumptions upon which professionals base their study of families and their work for families. William Doherty was Program Vice President. Andrew Billingsley presented the opening plenary session, which was co-sponsored by the Religion and Family Life and Ethnic Minorities Sections. His topic was “Family Values Reconsidered.” The Presider was William Doherty. Other keynote speakers were Jean Bethke Elshtain and Susan Moller Okin. A new conference category, Research Updates for Practitioners, was initiated for the purpose […]
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June 7, 2016 at 3:19 pm
Sure, no problem
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June 7, 2016 at 2:45 pm
I wondered if I could use this for a project in my Chicano Studies class at ASU. The project will be put up in an exhibit display and possibly travel around to schools. Please let me know.
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November 12, 2013 at 10:20 am
Also worth a mention: John Gottman gave a Research Update for Practitioners on his marital research, which was well attended.
By the way, the name is “Celine Le Bourdais.”
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August 21, 2013 at 11:47 am
Dennis,
Enjoyed the story. And, what a lucky break for me that you did make this decision. Hope all is well.
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August 15, 2013 at 9:19 am
The 1980 Portland Conference was 12 days after Mt. St. Helen had erupted. There was lots of ash around all over, and I still have a bottle of that ash. That was the year we had an afternoon trip to near Mt. St. Helen’s planned, and still took the trip. On the way up the bus stopped at Crown Point which was typically one of the windiest spots around. The wind was so strong that it blew the name badges out of the plastic holders. It also blew Ruth Jewson, Helen Hartness, and me on top of each other (which was scary for us with Ruth, but she wasn’t hurt). The bus also stopped at Multnomah Falls which was stunning. That evening I played for Bert Adams to sing songs from some musicals. He did a magnificent job.
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August 13, 2013 at 1:24 pm
One of my first NCFR conferences was in Portland and I was still a doctoral student then, and a member of the Executive Committee of NCFR as the student rep. It was at that meeting that I was really thinking about my career and where I should go with it. I was a student in family sociology and my chair was Lee Axelson, then the President of NCFR. He wanted me to take a sociology position. But others suggested that my interests would be better served in Child and Family Development (then in Home Ec) where relationship issues would be easier to study. I did not know which way to go.
At that meeting we took a bus trip to the coast of Oregon for a “salmon bake” on the beach. I sat on the bus between Eleanor Luckey and Ruth Jewson. All the way over and back we talked about career directions and those two people who I respected so much listened to me, and gave me their counsel, experience, and wisdom. Eleanor noted that she had been trained in psychology but chose to go into child and family development since there were more peers there who could help her frame her ideas and help them mature. Ruth saw the emerging scholarship in CFD and the quality of research coming out. The result of that was my turning down sociology jobs and taking the CFD position at UNC-Greensboro, where John Scanzoni and others later joined me a a great department. And my first students there were Jay Mancini and Gary Bowen, who have become successful scholars in their own right.
So the memories of that NCFR in Portland so many years ago remind me of how important it is to continue to foster opportunities for young student scholars to meet with senior people who can give them other ideas, and perhaps bring perspectives that their own programs may not be able to offer. Keep mixing us all up, and recognize the key role you play in the stirring of the creative pots in this vital area of family research and practice.
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July 12, 2013 at 3:49 pm
These changes have been incorporated. Thanks for your feedback.
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July 11, 2013 at 8:52 am
Edits–
1. Please add that he was a professor for nearly 30 years
2. Also change “:marriage and family therapist” to “marriage and family researcher and therapist”
3. Prepare and Enrich should be all CAPS—PREPARE ENRICH
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July 8, 2013 at 4:16 pm
That terminology has been corrected. Thanks Marilyn.
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July 8, 2013 at 4:13 pm
In 1988-89, I was Association of Councils president-elect. In 1989-90, I was president. There was no vice president. Other officers were program chair, secretary/treasurer, and past president. Both the president elect and the president served on the NCFR Board.
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