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IPR Student Affiliate, Sara Mernitz, wins NCFR student award

December 11, 2015

IPR Student Affiliate, Sara Mernitz, wins NCFR student award

Sara Mernitz

NCFR recognizes Sara Mernitz for student excellence, potential in family

 

MINNEAPOLIS — The National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) is proud to recognize Sara Mernitz as the 2015 recipient of the NCFR Student Award, which is given to an NCFR graduate student member who has demonstrated excellence as a student and shows great potential for contributing to the family science discipline.

Ms. Mernitz is a Ph.D. candidate of human sciences and an active affiliate of the Institute for Population Research at the Ohio State University. She received her undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Minnesota and her master’s degree in human development and family science at the Ohio State University.

Ms. Mernitz’s primary professional interests center on adolescent and young adult relationships and health during the transition to adulthood. Specifically, she uses a life-course framework to explore reciprocal associations between mental health and romantic involvement, including dating relationships, casual relationships, and romantic unions.

Ms. Mernitz will be recognized for her achievements at the 2015 NCFR Annual Conference, planned for Nov. 11-14 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The National Council on Family Relations is the premier professional association for the multidisciplinary understanding of families. NCFR has a membership of more than 3,000 family researchers, practitioners and educators. For more information on the National Council on Family Relations or its scholarly publications, visit the NCFR website at ncfr.org.