Devi B Prasad, Yan Xia, and Mahdura Nag - India & USA - Changes in family during social transition in China and India
Linda G. Bell and David C. Bell — USA — Prospective longitudinal cross-cultural study of U.S. and Japanese families: Some lessons learned
Concurrent Session 3:
Debra Berke — US — It’s a Small World After All: Bridging Global Learning and Local Community Engagement in Family Science
Busisiwe (Busi) Nkosi — South Africa — “There is no trashcan for children”: Narratives of custodian grandmothers in skip generation families, South Africa
12:00 — 1:15: Lunch and Guest Speaker: John DeFrain — USA — with Arid Hernandez Aguilar —
Mexico — and Lingren Award Presented by Dr. Rich Bischoff
Jacki Fitzpatrick & Erin Ritchey — USA — Internationalization via microinclusiveness – a countermeasure toward microaggression in family studies courses
Dorothy Rombo, USA, An Analysis of content, teaching and learning about international families in a regular family studies course in the USA: lessons for international family studies
Concurrent Session 2:
Rochelle Dalla — USA — Sex Trafficking Survivors, Extended Family and Children: Exploring Inter-generational Familial Dynamics among Women Trafficked into Mumbai's Commercial Sex Industry
Sharon Obasi and Toni Hill – USA – War and marriage: Comparison of heterogamy rates and war time
Concurrent Session 3:
Rich Bischoff, Cody Hollist and Paul Springer — USA — Global Mental Health as an Application of International Family Studies
Arid Hernandez Aguilar — Mexico — School services to strengthen families in Pueblo, New Mexico
2:45 — 3:45: Poster Symposium Session 1
Misiko, Florence Monicah — Canada — Contamination of the Nyanza gulf waters and the effects on the riparian community health
Erin Ritchey & Jackie Fitzpatrick – USA – Content analysis of children’s storybook portrayals of transnational adoptive fathers
Toni Hill and Sharon N. Obasi — USA — Parental Investment and Diverse Family Structure in Barbados
Sarah Taylor — USA — Attitudes toward IPV in China and India
Poster Symposium Session 2
Tami James Moore — USA — Strengths based approach in teaching about cultural differences: Addressing obstacles to three levels of international travel
Jennifer Greiving — USA — Understanding cultural competencies in teaching human development and family relations
Justin Petkus — US/Qatar — Child life services in Qatar: Establishing the nation's first pediatric psychosocial care model
Lixin Ren & Carolyn Pope Edwards — China & USA — Contemporary Chinese Parents’
Socialization Expectations for Preschool-aged Children
Nicola Williams — Canada — Teacher training for the Implementation of Parent Discussion Forums: An Initiative to Enhance Family-School Partnerships in Early Childhood Programs in the Cayman Islands
Erin Ritchey & Jacki Fitzpatrick — USA — Content analysis of children’s storybook portrayals of transnational adoptive fathers
4:00 — 5:30: Featured Speaker: Alan Hayes — Australis — Family Studies: From discipline to profession(s).”
Saturday, April 30th
8:30 — 10:00: Featured Speaker: Maria del Rosario Esteinou — Mexico — and Steven Wilson — USA — Parenting and adolescent social competence in Mexico
Deborah Hartman — Australia — International Family Studies - Can it fulfill its potential?
Jane Rose Njue and Lucy Kathuri-Ogola — Kenya & USA — Kenyatta University’s role in developing understanding of international studies
Concurrent Session 2:
Smita Bammidi — India — Family Strengths and Senior Citizens in India
Ruben Viramontez-Anguiano, Jennifer Greiving, & Larissa Kelly — USA — The bilingual Spanish human development and family relations program
Concurrent Session 3:
Maria de Guzman and Aileen Garcia — USA & Philippines — “Pamilya”: Reconfiguring Filipino family life in the context of migration
11:45 — 1:45: Lunch and Featured Speaker: Lina Kashyap, Impact of changing gender roles in Contemporary India: Implications for education research and practice