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Military Families and Children
NCFR Focus Group Meeting
November 11, 2015
Welcome and Introductions
Attendees include:
- Stacy Hawkins, Research Facilitation Team / Army Analytics Group
- Shelley Wadsworth MacDermid, Purdue University
- Lynne Borden, University of Minnesota
- Walter Schumm, Kansas State University
- Penny Pierce, Uniformed Services University
- Tara Saathoff-Wells, Pennsylvania State University
- Ania Evans, Auburn University
- Andrea Stelnicki, University of Calgary
- Kelly Schwartz, University of Calgary
- Christy Collins, Purdue University
- Christina Marini, Purdue University
- Camilla Hodge, Pennsylvania State University
- Sandra Morrison, Auburn University, US Marine Corps
- Jessica Slusarchuk, University of Central Oklahoma
- Kali Summers, Kansas State University
- Katie Hrapczynski, Towson University
- Karen Melton, Baylor University
Working within the Military: Considerations and Future Directions
- The military is shifting away from negative outcomes to predicting health and resilience, and
we need to present balanced findings to support their requirements.
This is relevant for Service members, families, and children
We need to ensure we are contextualizing “problems” in the military culture
We should move past the deficit model problems, in both research and program
evaluation
Removing value-laden or valenced language from our papers is one strategic way
to accomplish this.
For program evaluation, it can be “threatening” to focus on positive behaviors and
appear to avoid the problems or need for the program.
Funding decisions often depend on the “problems”
Movement towards Total Force Fitness can help leverage a positive
psychology approach
- How do we contextualize our work appropriately for military leadership?
Look beyond age and gender to include military characteristics
Include military identification questions on state- and national- surveys
�2015 Conference Highlights
- Reviewed all military-related conference offerings
Upcoming Conferences: 2016 Conference in Minnesota
- Discuss ideas and opportunities for collaboration
Meeting Close and Networking Time
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Families and Technology Focus Group meeting minutes, Nov. 12, 2015
The meeting was held between 7:45-9:15. Invited guests included Frank Fincham (NCFR board member
at large) and Lee Ann DeReus (2016 program chair). Also attending were Libby Blume, editor Journal
of Family Theory and Review and Bob Hughes, associate editor JFTR.
Susan Walker (chair) welcomed attending members and gave a brief history of the FG as reinvigorated 5
years ago with increased research and programming related to technology. Members attending meetings
at past conferences generally represent interests in basic research on technology use and impacts on
families, couples, parents and children, integration of technology in practice (education, therapy), and
support for professional development in technology integration. Although there is not a lot of activity by
the focus group through the year and most is at the FG meeting at the annual conference, interest by the
membership for the existence of the focus group remains high. Susan reported that each year for at
least the last 5 years, the number of accepted sessions related to technology has increased. The
special session brochure on the topic generated by NCFR is one product of the increased activity
by focus group members and others. In years past, the focus group has self-created a list highlighting
presentations specific to technology. This year, too, sessions on technology research and in practice
spanned the full conference, starting with TCRM through Saturday's end of the conference.
Those attending introduced themselves and their interest in attending the focus group meeting, and
surrounding the theme of technology. As in years past, interest represented those relatively new to the
area and interested in learning more, and those active in research, writing and practice integrating
technology. All FG members are encouraged to use the listserv to introduce (dare I say promote)
themselves and their work in this area throughout the year.
Discussion turned to using NCFR as an outlet for highlighting scholarship on this topic. In years
past, FG members have expressed interest in NCFR journals, web spaces, and conference special
sessions, and speakers as possible venues for dissemination in addition to the traditional proposal
submission process. In the past, Family Relations has had a special issue on technology/media and
families. And this year's Family Life Education: The Practice of Family Science (NCFR, Walcheski &
Reinke, 2015) features at least 3 chapters on technology and family life, and using social media and
designing online spaces for family life education. FG members are encouraged to share thoughts on
publication opportunities to disseminate scholarship in this area. With regard to the annual
conference, based on last year's FG request, Susan approached section chairs for interest on a special
session featuring a panel of practitioners speaking about the use of technology in teaching, outreach and
therapy at the Vancouver meeting. Unfortunately other topics were identified for the limited slots
available. FG discussion centered on encouraging symposia submissions as another way for presence on
the topic at the annual conference. Focus group members are encouraged to share their interest on
technology-related conference speakers and sessions with their respective sections/section chairs.
The theme for the 2016 conference is on Families and Human Rights: Promise and Vulnerability
in the 21st Century. Lee Ann De Reus has a lot of experience personally using social media in her
professional work. Conversation centered on plenary speakers who might integrate the conference
theme and the use of social media. Lee Ann identified a human rights group called WITNESS
(https://witness.org/) that effectively employs social media to evoke social change through dissemination
of video as one possibility. Discussion centered on how a plenary could motivate NCFR members to not
only hear about social media's employment in outreach, but to learn of how it can facilitate significant
impact and therefore encourage more professional use.
�Libby and Bob spoke about their interest in ‘digital scholarship’ with JFTR and using social
media for outreach and discussion about articles in the journal. The Focus Group listserv was
suggested to generate interest and activity; in turn this activity can invigorate use of the listserv. Focus
group members may want to encourage the NCFR section memberships to also consider
suggestions for JFTR on ‘digital scholarship’ based on individual's and institution’s professional
practice. Conversation also centered on how NCFR members can get on the listserv and the need
to promote membership through the NCFR sections (see information in email message).
Past FG meetings have included a discussion on how to share resources to support members' work. This
year we discussed creating a collective list of journals for publishing consideration, and names of NCFR
members willing to serve as reviewers. Susan will explore the use of the NCFR webspace for the Focus
Group to share resources and information. FG members are encouraged to share other ideas and
contribute resource and publication suggestions.
Finally, the conversation turned to ways to promote practitioner and professional comfort and efficacy
with technology use, and highlighted sessions at this year's conference on the topic with papers by
longtime members, new professionals and by students. Tom Blume shared his own use of Second Life
and his willingness to share his experience with others. Other use can include technology for data
collection and research methods with technology-related data (e.g., harnessing twitter feeds, sentiment
analysis of texts). One possibility suggested was a workshop at TCRM. FG members are encouraged
to suggest and submit ideas for workshops at TCRM and at the main conference related to
technology use in practice and/or in research methodologies.
Thank you again to the lively conversation in Vancouver. We don't need to wait until Minneapolis
for the conversation to continue. Please use the listserv to share your work, questions and
resources.
If you are not currently a member of the listserv or you know someone who would like to join,
here is information from NCFR's website:
Changing your focus group membership
To add or remove a focus group from your membership, log in to our My NCFR member selfservice area, click "Join Focus Groups" and select or deselect the group/s you'd like to join or
leave.
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Asian American Focus Group Meeting Minute
National Council on Family Relations Annual Meeting
November 20, 2014
Meeting call to order: 11:30 am
Co-Chairs: Kristy Shih, Hyun-Kyung You, & Hyeyoung Kang
Introduction & Announcement
Brainstorm about different activities that the focus group members would like to see in
the next few years.
o Collect past NCFR presentations related to Asian/Asian American families for the
purpose of:
Spreading out the recent research, sharing information, and promoting
cross-campus collaborations
Exploring the possibilities of compiling a book/special issue/textbook on
Asian American families
o Creating a web library to share information (e.g., articles, teaching materials)
o Creating sub-committees
Plan for next year’s conference
o Collected information on members’ research interests to plan a symposium for
next year’s conference
o Co-chairs will send out invitations for symposium proposals in January 2015.
Meeting adjourned at 1:30pm.
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