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Session Submission Type: Paper Session (90 minute)
This session welcomes scholarly contributions that extend knowledge on family formation and dynamics across diverse groups and contexts. It invites papers that consider how families are created, maintained, and transformed over time, with particular attention to the structural and interpersonal factors that shape these processes.
“Bless the Broken Road”: Dating Churn and the Prolonged Pre‑Relationship Stage - Zehra Yildirim, Harvard University
Rejecting the Relational Imperative: Women’s Dating Strategies during the COVID-19 Pandemic - Sam Kendrick, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
(Family) Ties That Bind: The Pressures of Extended Family Expectations on Adult Relocation Decision-Making - Richard N. Pitt, University of California-San Diego
Interracial Intimacy as a Family Affair: Examining East Asian Families’ Responses to East Asian/Black Unions - Olivia Hu, University of Pennsylvania
Creating Family Together: How Children's Perspectives and Parents' Strategies Shape Early Black Stepfamily Relationship Formation - Mason Jones, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities