Paul Rosenblatt, U of MN professor in the Department of Family Social Science, has been honored by the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) as a new fellow.

NCFR is the primary academic organization in Rosenblatt's field, and he has been a member since 1970. He is the cofounder and first co-chair of the Rural Families Focus Group and founder and first chair of the Grief and Families Focus Group. Rosenblatt has also been involved in the Ethnic Minorities Section, the Education and Enrichment Section, the Feminism and Family Studies Section, and the Qualitative Family Research Network.

Fellowship status in NCFR is an honor awarded to relatively few members of NCFR who have made outstanding and enduring contributions to the field of the family in the areas of scholarship, teaching, outreach or professional service, including service to NCFR. By definition, outstanding contributions are those that have had a broad impact on the field and are enduring over time. These contributions occur infrequently. No more than 1% of the number of members in NCFR will be awarded fellowship status in one year.

Founded in 1938, NCFR provides an educational forum for family researchers, educators and practitioners to share in the development and dissemination of knowledge about families and family relationships, establishes professional standards and works to promote family well-being.