Category: Event

March 26, 2025

Kanter Lecture to explore the implications of ‘invisible family load’ for employee health & well-being, job attitudes, and family-to-work spillover

CFF SPEAKER SERIES On April 8, Kanter Award Winner Dr. Julie Holliday Wayne brings her research that draws on five different studies to conceptualize and operationalize “invisible family load”, and it provides a new, robust, and well-validated measure of that work.

CFF SPEAKER SERIES On April 8, Kanter Award Winner Dr. Julie Holliday Wayne brings her research that draws on five different studies to conceptualize and operationalize “invisible family load”, and it provides a new, robust, and well-validated measure of that...

November 5, 2024

Recording Available – Building Connection, One Table at a Time – The Family Dinner Project Webinar

As part of its 30th anniversary, CFF hosted a webinar featuring Anne Fishel, PhD, to discuss the transformative impact of family meals. Learn how and why to harness the benefits of family dinners, and gain valuable insights.

August 8, 2024

Inaugural CFF Fellowship Lecture to feature 2020 Fellow, Trenton Mize

Join us Thursday, September 26, for an insightful exploration into the perceptions of workers utilizing parental leave policies. Lunch provided; must register.

August 6, 2024

Early bird registration is open for Battlemind to Home Summit 2024

Battlemind will take place in Noblesville, Indiana on Thursday, October 24 with preconference sessions on Wednesday, October 23. Early bird registration for Battlemind is $120 per person and preconference is $55 per person. Prices increase September 19.

April 19, 2024

We Rally Together! TODAY is Purdue Day of Giving

Will you rally with the Center for Families as it celebrate its 30th anniversary?! Make your to gift ensure the work CFF does will continue to address current needs and issues families are facing, and identify resources to help strengthen...

April 2, 2024

Navigating Work alongside Fertility Challenges: New Horizons in Work-Family Research

IO Colloquium Speaker Series: Winny Shen, PhD Tuesday, April 16 3:00-4:00 pm Eastern LWSN B151 Download the Flyer About the research: Existing work-family research typically focuses on how individuals simultaneously manage their current work demands and family responsibilities (e.g., childcare,...

March 27, 2024

Watch the Kanter Lecture: Uncovering social stratification: Intersectional inequalities in work and family life courses by gender and race

On March 28, Kanter Award Winner Dr. Anette Fasang discussed her findings about intersectional life course perspective on gendered and racialized combinations of work and family lives from early adulthood to mid-life, and the long-term perspective that maps enduring and...

January 12, 2024

COFO Holds 26th Family Impact Seminar at Indiana Statehouse

Legislators and policymakers heard research about Reducing Poverty and Producing Prosperity in Indiana.

November 7, 2023

Barbara Thompson Excellence in Research Award Ceremony

MFRI, Military REACH at Auburn University, and the Association of the United States Army are holding an event celebrating the winners and finalists of the 2023 Barbara Thompson Excellence in Research Award, December 7, 10:00 a.m. EST, virtually, or in-person...

September 15, 2023

WATCH THE RECORDING: Finalists of the Kanter Award present at WFRN Virtual Conference Series

Work and Family Researchers Network invited the 2023 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award finalists to discuss their research as part of their Virtual Conference Series.