4th Conference-2011

4th National Research Conference on Child and Family Programs and Policies

Our 4th conference brought together over 80 people from all over the United States and Puerto Rico, as well as conference attendees and presenters from Canada, Mexico, and Switzerland.

We offered two pre-conference workshops:
(1) From Research to Policy: Strategies for Having Research Findings Make a Difference
Offered by Dr. Joan Zlotnik, Social Work Policy Institute, NASW Foundation

(2) Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling
Offered by Dr. Denise Hines, Clark University

We also had two nationally regonized keynote speakers:

(1) Research on Spanking By Parents: Implications for Public Policy

Murray A. Straus, University of New Hampshire

(2) Programs and Policies to Strengthen Marriage and Reduce Divorce: Goals, Controversies, and Evidence

Paul R. Amato, Penn State University

The full conference program for 2011 can be found here.

Winner of the 1^st Student Competition:

Andrea Gromoske was a dissertator in her third year of the social work doctoral program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

2011 Conference Planning Committee:  

• Jason Castillo, University of Utah, School of Social Work
• Corey Coyler, University of West Virginia, Department of Sociology
• Thomas Croom, Florida State University, Department of Political Science
• Emily M. Douglas, Bridgewater State University, School of Social Work
• Yadira Duran, Connecticut Department of Children and Families
• Heather Edwards, University of Texas-Arlington, School of Social Work
• Keisha Farmer-Smith, University of Illinois at Chicago, Urban Planning and Public Affairs
• Sarah Gaillot, RAND, Public Policy
• Denise A. Hines, Clark University, Department of Psychology
• Anne Jones, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, School of Social Work
• Kathryn Krase, Ramapo College, School of Social Sciences and Human Services
• Emily M. Mann, Human Services Program, Northeastern University
• William McMullen, Boston University, School of Education
• Staci Perlman, Thomas Jefferson University, Child and Family Studies Research Programs
• Ellen Ross, Annie E. Casey Foundation
• Eve Sullivan, Parents' Forum
• Patricia Hrusa Williams, Townson University, Department of Family Studies