NCFR Legacy Circle - NCFR Members of 25 years or more
Legacy Circle


NCFR Fellows
Fellowship status in NCFR is an honor awarded to relatively few members of NCFR who have made outstanding and enduring contributions to the field of the family in the areas of scholarship, teaching, outreach or professional service, including service to NCFR. By definition, outstanding contributions are those that have had a broad impact on the field and are enduring over time. These contributions occur infrequently. No more than 1% of the number of members in NCFR will be awarded fellowship status in any one year.
NCFR Fellows Nomination Form
NCFR Fellows Policies and Procedures
List of Current NCFR Fellows


NCFR Award Winners
These are distinguished colleagues who have unselfishly dedicated themselves to working in the family field, and have given outstanding service. NCFR provides a vehicle for honoring these people through its Awards program. NCFR Award Winner Complete History

Margaret E. Arcus Outstanding Family Life Educator Award - 2006 - Joan Comeau, CFLE, Family Information Services, Minneapolis, MN
Distinguished Service to Families Award - 2005 - Arthur Rolnick, Vice President, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank, Minneapolis, MN
Ernest W. Burgess Award - 2006 - Ted L. Houston, University of Texas - Austin
Ernest Osborne Award - 2007 - Alan C. Acock, Oregon State University
John L. McAdoo Dissertation Award - 2004 - Monica Mouton Sanders, Michigan State University
Marie F. Peters Award - 2007 - Velma McBride Murry, University of Georgia
Jan Trost Award - 2005 - Barbara H. Settles, University of Delaware
Jessie Bernard Award - Outstanding Research Proposal from a Female Perspective - 2007 - Lyndal Bee Lian Khaw, University of Illinois
Jessie Bernard Award - Outstanding Contribution to Feminist Scholarship Paper - 2007 - Abbie E. Goldberg, Clark University
Ruth Hathaway Jewson Award - 2006 - Marta McClintock Comeaux, University of Maryland
Reuben Hill Award - 2007 - Melissa T. Sturge-Apple and Patrick T. Davies, University of Rochester, NY and E. Mark Cummings, University of Notre Dame; Article "Hostility and Withdrawal in Marital Conflict: Effects on Parental Emotional Unavailability and Inconsistent Discipline" Journal of Family Psychology, 2006.20(2):227-238.
NCFR Student Award - 2007 - Markie C. Blumer, Iowa State University
Mary Jo Czaplewski Fellowship - 2007 - Rose Suggett, University of Nebraska-Kearney
Anselm Strauss Award for Qualitative Family Research - 2007 - Dana Shawn Matta and Carmen Knudson-Martin, "Father Reponsivity: Couple Processes and the Construction of Fatherhood, Family Processes, 2006. 45(1):19-37
Cindy Winter Scholarship Award - 2007 - Stephanie K. Grutzmacher, University of Maryland