Listed below are multiple reasons to become a member of NCFR:

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Thanks to the Amazon Associates program, we’re able to collect and display books written by our members that are currently for sale on amazon.com. This win-win opportunity can help build sales and recognition for your books, and NCFR receives a referral commission for every book sold through this gateway. To submit your book for consideration, at least one author or editor must be an NCFR member.

Submission guidelines
Books should be family studies or related in topic
Write "on the bookshelf - online only" in the subject line of your email to nancygonzalez@ncfr.org To join NCFR, go to http://www.ncfr.org/member/info.asp

Please visit NCFR On the Bookshelf online at http://www.ncfr.org/bookshelf.asp

• Tailored Membership Benefits: You may choose from eight different membership categories, based on the benefits that meet your individual needs.
  
  
• Publications:
  
  
  • NCFR Quarterly Publication REPORT - The NCFR Report is a member-written quarterly newsletter designed to encourage member-to-member dialogue; to inform colleagues about new research areas or to report early research findings and solicit critique before submission to a professional journal. Through the Report, NCFR also builds our community by reporting on people, events and organizational news.
    
    
  • Journal of Marriage and Family is the leading scholarly research journal in the family field. It features original research and theory, research interpretation, critical discussion concerning all aspects of marriage and families, and book reviews. Five issues per year including access to “FULL TEXT ONLINE.” Access to all volumes dating back to 1938.
    
    
  • Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Studies
    is an applied scholarly journal with a family practitioner focus. Emphasis is on relationships across the life cycle with implications for intervention, education, and public policy. Five issues per year including access to “FULL TEXT ONLINE.” Access to all volumes dating back to 1938.
    
    
  • Journal of Family Theory & Review seeks to encourage integration and growth in the multidisciplinary and international domains of inquiry that define contemporary family studies. The journal publishes original contributions in all areas of family theory, including new advances in theory development, reviews of existing theory, and analyses of the interface of theory and method, as well as integrative and theory based reviews of content areas, and book reviews.
    
    
• Professional Development and Networking:
  
  
  • Special Interest Sections - NCFR offers members 10 different Special Interest Sections which provide opportunities to exchange ideas, research and information. These Sections include: Education and Enrichment, Ethnic Minorities, Family and Health, Family Policy, Family Science, Family Therapy, Feminism and Family Studies, International, Religion and Family Life, and Research and Theory. You must be a member of NCFR to join a Section.
    
    
  • Affiliate Council Membership - NCFR members are automatically members of their state or regional affiliate councils. Over 30 councils offer opportunities for networking and information sharing at the local level. Affiliates also develop their own workshops, conferences, and newsletters.
    
    
  • Professor/Student Recruitment Program - College faculty, you are invited to bring new NCFR student members into the organization--and it has an added benefit for you! With a minimum of four new student members you bring to NCFR, we will extend your existing membership and all its benefits for three additional months - FREE! Please use the form linked below:
    Professor/Student Membership Form
    
    
• NCFR Annual Conference - The NCFR Annual Conference provides a forum for professional development and discussion through plenary sessions, presentations of research and practice models, and dialogue among conference attendees. Approximately 1,200 professionals and graduate students attend the conference each year.
  
  
• Certified Family Life Education (CFLE) - NCFR sponsors the only national program to certify family life educators. The Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE) program encourages applications from all professionals with course work and experience in family life education including formal teaching, community education, curriculum and resource development, health care, military family support, counseling, and ministry.
  
  
• Awards - Several awards recognize member achievements, including those for outstanding teaching and research in the family field, outstanding service to families, and graduate student awards.
  
  
• NCFR Career Center - Looking for a new position at another institution? Check out our job listings.
  
  
• Zippy News - A weekly e-newsletter service that informs members of family-related issues in areas such as research, public policy, and education. Regularly spotlights opportunities for grants, jobs and continuing education.
  
  
• Order NCFR Products Online - Order books, video and audio tapes directly.
  
  
• Up to 30% Off Books from Transaction Publishers - Transaction's important and growing family studies collection, highlighted in their Marriage, Family and Gender catalogue, features books by NCFR members Murray Straus, David Popenoe, Denise Donnelly, Elizabeth Menaghan, Martin Whyte, Toby Parcel, Rand Conger, Vern Bengtson, Richard Gelles, John Gagnon and more. NCFR members are now eligible for 20% discount on books from Transaction Publishers; 30% for books already listed at 10% off. Go to www.transactionpub.com and use Coupon Code NCFR/ALL at checkout.
  
  
• Expert Database - NCFR maintains and promotes a database of members willing to be contacted by media to provide information and research on their specialty areas.
  
  
• Member Database - Search for your peers email address and phone numbers at anytime.
  
  
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