Conference Time. Almost Here!

Father Involvement 2008 Diversity, Community, Visibility, is just around the corner.

Our conference kicks off at 1:30 pm on Wednesday, October 22, with a keynote address from Rob Palkovitz, entitled Developmental Consequences of Father Involvement for Men and Their Children. Dr. Palkovitz, professor of Family Studies at the University of Delaware,  will unpack the many ways in which fathers and children  affect each other’s development through relationships and patterns of interaction.

That's only the beginning of a jam-packed and dynamic program which will offer researchers and community professionals a rare opportunity to learn more about supporting and enhancing the involvement of fathers in diverse circumstances: fathers of children with special needs, gay fathers, immigrant fathers, Indigenous fathers, teen fathers, incarcerated fathers.

Top academics and professionals will present research findings and offer insights and experience-based advice about what makes all kinds of fathers tick, what fathers need, what sorts of programs and interventions work for fathers at key points in their fatherhood journey such as the first year of parenthood, breastfeeding, postpartum depression and after divorce and separation. 

Click here to register for Father Involvement 20008. Diversity, Community, Visibility.

Registrations will be accepted at the conference desk.

Some rooms are still available at our conference hotel, the Delta Chelsea.  Call 1-800-243-5732 to book your room by phone. Please quote our conference code GRSFIRA.

More Conference Highlights

Here's a refresher about our other keynote addresses.

“It Takes A Village." Exploring the Role of Otherfathers in African Communities in the Diaspora, Wanda Thomas Bernard, Dalhousie University

Promoting Father Involvement Through National Policies: Assessing What Matters, Scott Coltrane, University of Oregon

Why Does Father Involvement Promote Child and Adolescent Development: Addressing an Under-Theorized Issue, Joseph Pleck, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

“I’m still their mother." Fathers, Mothering and Maternal Gatekeeping, Andrea Doucet, Carleton University.

For more information about our conference program, click here.

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