Linda M. Burton and Ingrid Arnet Connidis Honored in San Antonio
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., is pleased to announce that the 2013 Alexis
Walker Award will be presented to Professor Linda M. Burton and
Professor Ingrid Arnet Connidis. The biannual award, which honors
original scholarship in family studies, will be presented by the
National Council on Family Relations on 6 November in San Antonio.
Professor Linda M. Burton, of Duke University, U.S.A., is being awarded
for research published in Family
Process which explores the role of ‘othermothers;’ women who
parent their partner’s children from other relationships.
Professor Ingrid Arnet Connidis, of the University of Western Ontario,
Canada, is receiving the award in recognition of research published in
the Journal
of Family Theory & Review which used interviews and
memoirs to explore gay men's ties with parents and siblings to reveal a
clearer and more inclusive picture of gay men in families.
The new award has been established in the memory of Professor Alexis
Walker, former President of NCFR and editor of Journal
of Marriage and Family. Alexis Walker held the Petersen Chair in
Gerontology and Family Studies at Oregon State University, where she
served as Co-Director of the School of Social and Behavioral Health
Sciences. She was a visionary and eminent leader in Family Studies,
known for the vitality and interdisciplinary perspective she brought to
the scholarship of aging, families, feminism, ethnic minorities, gender,
and health. The award was founded in Professor Walker’s memory in 2012
and will be presented for the first time at the 75th conference of the
National Council on Family Relations in San Antonio.
“There is not much in one’s career or personal life that can top
receiving an award named in honor of Alexis Walker,” said Professor
Burton. “Alexis was the quintessential humanist scholar whose scientific
accomplishments, commitment to advancing family science through
theoretical and methodological innovation, and care and mentorship of
her colleagues and any junior scientist who came her way will forever be
a game-changing legacy for the field and for many generations of family
scientists to come.”
“Alexis Walker brought many good things to my professional and personal
life while she was alive; intellectual rigor and engagement, great
discussions and amazing editorial skills as a wordsmith, sound thinker
and wise diplomat. I am deeply touched to be a beneficiary of her
legacy,” said Professor Connidis.
Nominations were solicited from Wiley’s partners in the field of family
studies, including the Family Process Institute, the American
Association for Marital and Family Therapy, the American Association of
Family and Consumer Sciences, the Guttmacher Institute, the British
Association for the Study and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, the
British Association of Community Child Health, the Swiss Paediatric
Society, the Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health, and the
National Council on Family Relations.
“We are thrilled that both people selected to be honored by the first
Alexis Walker Award are members of NCFR,” said Diane L. Cushman,
Executive Director, National Council on Family Relations. “Ingrid
Connidis and Linda Burton have been active in NCFR for many years and
published in NCFR journals. Their commitment to families as evidenced by
their research has had a significant impact on our understanding of
families and aging and families in poverty.“
“Wiley congratulates Professor Burton and Professor Connidis on
receiving the first Alexis Walker Award,” said Philip Carpenter, Vice
President and Managing Director, Research Communications, Wiley. “Their
pioneering research stood out among the many excellent submissions and
serves as a reflection of their scholarly contributions to the field of
family studies throughout their careers.”
Award Winning Papers:
Full Citation: Burton. L, Hardaway. C, “Low-Income Mothers as
“Othermothers” to Their Romantic Partners' Children: Women's Coparenting
in Multiple Partner Fertility Relationships”, Family Process, DOI:
10.1111/j.1545-5300.2012.01401.x
URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1545-5300.2012.01401.x/abstract
Full Citation: Ingrid Arnet Connidis, “Interview and Memoir:
Complementary Narratives on the Family Ties of Gay Adults” Journal of
Family Theory & Review, DOI:10.1111/j.1756-2589.2012.00127
URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1756-2589.2012.00127.x/abstract
