This two-day conference will focus on sexual diversity as a variation in natural systems, including the human family. The topic will be viewed through the lens of Bowen theory, evolution, biology, genetics, hormonal processes, and the environment.

Dr. Haught will be speaking on the following topics at the Faith and Functioning Conference:

• Teilhard de Chardin and Albert Einstein: A Conversation  

    

• The New Cosmology and Reasons for Our Hope

Dr. Bales will be speaking on the following topics at the Spring Conference:

• Developmental Influences on Pair Bond Formation From Titi Monkeys, Prairie Voles, and Seahorses

• Pair Bond Maintenance in Titi Monkeys: Separation Distress and Jealousy

Dr. Hladek will be speaking on the following topics at the Spring Conference:

• Living our Best Lives and Aging Successfully in the midst of a Global Pandemic

• Resilience and Resilience Trajectories in Healthy Aging

The goal of this conference is to highlight the importance of exploring family research as a means to better understand one’s family and one’s part in it. The invited researcher, Ryan Woods, leads a nationally recognized organization, AmericanAncestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society, the oldest genealogical organization in the US. From his rich experience in traditional genealogical research, he will present on how people are motivated and impacted by genealogical research and on his observations of patterns and legacies in published family histories.