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GOOD NEWS
Friday, 11/13/2009

Every week we share with you all of the good things that are happening to HDFS faculty members, students, alumni, and friends.  Please send us your GOOD NEWS:

For only the second time ever, the Good News is late.  As was true before, the reason was conference travel – not fear of Friday the 13th and not the absence of Good News!  In fact, there is plenty of good news in HDFS this week.  I will share only some of the NCFR conference news today, with more this Friday.

Faculty and Student Publications

Professors Larry Ganong and Marilyn Coleman, along with doctoral candidate Mindy Markham and alumnus Dr. Tonja Rothrauff, now at the University of Georgia, had a paper accepted for publication this week.   Congratulations, Mindy and Drs. Ganong, Coleman, and Rothrauff!

Ganong,  L., Coleman, M., Markham, M., & Rothrauff, T. (in press).  Predicting Post-divorce Coparental Communication. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage.

Faculty and Student Presentations at NCFR:
Could They Have the Conference without Us?

The National Council on Family Relations annual conference was held last week in San Francisco.  As usual, many HDFS faculty, students, and alumni participated in the program.  I may have missed some, but I count 31 presentations by 8 graduate students, 7 faculty members (including Extension faculty and staff), and 9 alumni.  Students, please note these citations are not in APA format J:

Graduate Student Posters and Presentations:

The Construction of Sexual Identities in an Online GLB Bulletin Board System, Tamara Coon

The Influence of Secrecy on the Sibling Relationship, Nick Frye, Tamara Coon

The influence of the mother-child relationship on children’s later attributions about peers, Jonathon Beckmeyer, Claire Cook

The State of Feminism in Family Studies Graduate Programs: Students' Perspectives, Marilyn Preston, Erika Brooks, Graham McCaulley

The Incredible Years: Promoting Family Resilience through Parent Education, Lindsay Crow, Tia Schultz

Graduate Students and Faculty Co-Presenting:

 Focus on Kids: Evaluation of a Research-based Divorce Education Program, David Schramm, Shaun Calix

Lessons learned from a divorce education program given online and in-person, Graham McCaulley, David Schramm

Fibromyalgia, Chronic Pain, and Marriage: A Daily Diary Pilot Study, Christine Proulx, Nick Frye

Divorced Parents’ Perceptions of Coparenting and Child Behavior Outcomes, Marilyn Coleman, Graham McCaulley, Jonathon Beckmeyer

 Stepchildren's affinity-building and affinity-building motivations, behaviors, and outcomes, Lawrence Ganong, Marilyn Coleman, Tyler Jamison

The Utility of The Family Check-Up for Promoting Family-School Collaboration, Dana Darney, Tia Schultz, Nidhi Goel, Wendy Reinke

Supporting Parents of Children with Autism: A Pilot Parent Education Program, Tia Schultz, Melissa Herzog, Janine Stichter

Faculty:

Connecting for Families: A Relationship Program for Low-Resource Families, Kim Allen, Kelly Warzinik, David Schramm

 Developing and Maintaining Post-divorce Family Relationships, Marilyn Coleman and Lawrence H. Ganong

Doing Feminist Research on Gay Men in Cyberspace, Brad van Eeden-Moorefield, Christine M. Proulx

Stepchildren’s Views of Stepchild-Stepparent Relationship Development, Lawrence Ganong

HDFS Alumni:

Next Generation of Qualitative Scholars? Elizabeth Sharp, Áine M. Humble, Anisa M. Zvonkovic, Leslie Richards, M. Elise Radina

The Influence of the Communication Mode on Message Meanings, Implications for Family Relationships, Sara K. Johnson, Nicholas Johnson, Shannon E. Weaver

Filipino fathers and transnational migration: What about the children? Scott Harper, Kyung Lee

Custody Evaluators’ Beliefs about Domestic Violence Allegations during Divorce, Megan Haselschwerdt, Jennifer Hardesty, Jason Hans

Online Divorce Education: An Effective Alternative to Traditional Programs, Elissa Thomann Mitchell, Jill Bowers, Jennifer L. Hardesty, Robert Hughes, Jr

 From 'Not Wanting to Die' to 'Wanting to Live': Mothers' Changing Perceptions of Boundaries in the Process of Leaving An Abusive Partner, Lyndal Bee Lian Khaw, Jennifer Hardesty, Colleen Montgomery, Catherine Peuvion

A Conceptual Model of Coparenting After Separation from an Abusive Partner, Jennifer Hardesty, Marcela Raffaelli, Lyndal Khaw, Elissa Mitchell

Abortion Attitudes in Context: A Multidimensional Vignette Approach, Jason Hans, Ahlishia Shipley

Mothers’ and Adolescents’ Ethnic Identity: The Role of Relationship Quality, Melinda Gonzales-Backen, Edna Alfaro, Adriana Umana-Taylor, Kimberly Updegraff

College student language brokers: Cultural and personality differences, Robert S. Weisskirch, Melina Bersamin, Su Yeong Kim, Seth J. Schwartz, Adriana J. Umana-Taylor, Byron L. Zamboanga

Linkages Between Relationships in Mexican-origin Families, Sarah Killoren, Lorey Wheeler, Kimberly Updegraff, Susan McHale, Adriana Umana-Taylor

Eating Disorder Recovery and Intimacy Among Single Women ages 25-45, Elizabeth Sharp, Cassandra Parker, Danielle SoRelle

Gay Men's Dating Preferences, Cara Chan, Elizabeth Sharp, Randall Gentry

Breast Cancer in the Family: Mothers of Daughters with Breast Cancer, M. Elise Radina, Amanda Ginter, Kate Anderson, Adrienne Cox, Kathleen Farrell, Brandi McLeish

Biracial Children’s Psychosocial Development in the Middle Childhood Years, Annamaria Csizmadia

Special Session - Contemporary Grounded Theory: A Dialogue with the Experts Panel: Kathy Charmaz, Ph.D.; Adele Clarke, Ph.D. Conveners/Facilitators/Presiders: Robert Milardo, Ph.D.; Jennifer Hardesty, Ph.D.; Ramona Oswald, Ph.D.

There will be more NCFR news in the next Good News.