During October and November graduate students in the Department of Family Social Science will be featured in over 20 research presentations at national and state-wide conferences. The topics of research vary greatly: adoptive family interactions, hmong male youth gender identity, impact of trauma on partners of law enforcement, as well as parents use of social networking sites.
Travel for many of these presentations is supported by the Ruth E. Hall Fund for Graduate Student Professional Development.

American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy: October 2013, Portland, OR

• Stephanie Trudeau-Hern has been selected as the Student Volunteer Manager for AAMFT
• Lisa Buchner, 207 Military Couples: Physical Health and Relational Well-being
• Iman Dadras, Cultural Neuroscience: Child and Adolescent Brain Development
• Kit Wickel, Understanding Humility and its Role in Relational Therapy
• Kit Wickel, Family Relationships, Meals, and Activities: Predicting Parental Health
• Cigdem Yumbul, The impact of the 2011 earthquake on affected Turkish families

American Society for Reproductive Medicine Conference: October 2013, Boston, MA

• Kayla Anderson, Outcomes of ART Multiples and their Families: A Look at Middle Childhood

Collaborative Family Healthcare Association Conference: October 2013, Denver, CO

• Stephanie Trudeau-Hern, Disrupting the Culture of Medicine: a critical analysis of literature on Provider Burnout
• Stephanie Trudeau-Hern, Retrofit your EMR for Integrated Care and Family-Centered Care
• Kit Wickel, Healthy Weight Management in a Health Care Home: A Feasibility Study

Conference for Contemplative Practices to Promote Child and Family Well-Being: October 2013, Madison, WI

• Laurel Davis & Yaliu He, Eight-Month Mindfulness Outcomes of a Modified Parenting Intervention for Deployed Military Families

Conference on Emerging Adulthood: October 2013, Chicago, IL

• Jessie Rudi, Parent-child relationship quality and parental knowledge among emerging adult college students: The role of communication
• Jessie Rudi, Family communication patterns and frequency of communication technology use with parents among emerging adult college students
• Amy Walkner-Spaan, Dyadic Sex Differences in Adoptive and Nonadoptive Family Relationships during Emerging Adulthood

Financial Therapy Association Conference, September 2013, Lubbock, TX

• Blendine Hawkins, Lessons from financial counselors working with cultural minority families.

Gerontological Society of America, November 2013, New Orleans, LA

• George Brisse, Applying Vignette Methodology to Understand the Meaning of Fairness in Family Inheritance
• Melanie Jackson, Applying Vignette Methodology to Understand the Meaning of Fairness in Family Inheritance

Hmong Across Borders: October 2013, Minneapolis, MN

• Kari Smalkoski, conference co-organizer and presenter
• Kari Smalkoski, Health Disparities Research in the Hmong American Community: Implications for Practice and Policy
• Kari Smalkoski, Performing Masculinities: The impact of cultural practices, violence, and (de)segregation on Hmong Male Youth

Minnesota Association for Marriage and Family Therapy: November 2013, Brooklyn Center, MN

• Iman Dadras & Corey Yeager, Deconstructing Multiculturalism and Cultural Competency in the Therapy Room: A Third Order Cybernetic Approach
• Kirsten Lind Seal, MFT Ethics: Doing more with less – or – How NOT to get sued
• Kyle Zrenchik, Harnessing the power of LGBTQ identity to inspire transformative, systemic change

National Council on Family Relations: November 2013, San Antonio, TX

• Kayla Anderson, Acknowledging Differences: Do Adoptive Family Interactions Matter?
• Patrick Cheek, Noncustodial father involvement and children’s post-secondary progress.
• Veronica Deenanath, Understanding Family Support for Immigrant First-generation College Students
• Jennifer Doty, A Longitudinal Examination of Predictors of Parenting Efficacy.
• Jennifer Doty & Jessie Rudi, It’s Not Just for Teens: Parents Use of Social Networking Sites.
• Carrie Hanson, Family Meals and Obesity: Single and Dual Headed Household Perspectives.
• Ashley Landers, Extending place-based parent learning and support through technology: Phase 1 of a participatory design research project.
• Ashley Landers, Training and supervision for family therapists
• Kirsten Lind Seal, Positive Father-Daughter Relationship and Self-Efficacy
• Kit Wickel, Healthy Weight Management in a Health Care Home: A Feasibility Study
• Lindsey Zemanek, Elders of Advanced Old Age: Experiences of Daily Life
• Jennifer Doty has been selected as the Student/New Professional Representative for NCFR’s Education & Enrichment section