The Close Relationships Interest Group (CRIG)

The main goal of CRIG is to develop a community that concentrates expertise and resources relevant to the study of close relationships here at KU (and in its surrounding area). CRIG meetings are meant to provide a forum to discuss ideas, disseminate research, practice presentations, and facilitate collaboration and coordination of efforts related to research, conferences, grant funding, graduate training, teaching, etc.

 CRIG meetings are designed mainly for faculty and graduate students, but anyone with an interest in research on close/interpersonal relationships is welcomed. We are very open with respect to topic, discipline, theoretical perspective, method emphasis and in general believe that the more diversity we can get the better.

A main project that CRIG has been involved with over recent semesters was planning and putting on the IARR (International Association for Relationship Research) mini-conference that took place here at KU in November 2009. Thanks to everyone for a great success!.

 


 


 

 


 

Fall 2010 Meetings:

Thursday, September 16 2:00-3:30- Jill Brown: “Mothering, Brothering and Othering: Socially distributed caregiving among Ovambos in Northern Namibia.” Walnut room (6th floor)- KU Union 

Tuesday, October 19 3:30-5:00- Dennis Daily: "Understanding the Concept Intimacy" Centennial (6th floor)- KU Union

 Tuesday, November 16 3:30-5:00- Sonya Satinsky Pine room (6th floor)- KU Union

 Tuesday, December 7th 3:30-5:00pm- Jessica Vasquez International room (5th floor)- KU Union

 

Some Previous Speakers:

Charlene Muehlenhard, KU Dept of Women's Studies and Psychology
Cynthia Akagi : "Love and Sex, Understanding Relationships, to help teens and young adults, gay and straight, select healthy vs. unhealthy relationships and protect themselves from unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections"
Akiko Takeyama: "Price of 'Love' in Tokyo Host Clubs"
Donna K. Ginther: "Does Marriage Lead to Specialization in Sweden? An Evaluation of Trends in Adult Earnings Before and After Marriage"
Nancy Baym (KU Communications Dept): “Tunes That Bind?: Understanding friendship in a music based social networking site.”
 Alesia Hanzal (KU Communications Dept):  “The Role of Enduring Vulnerabilities on Marital Quality.”
Jeffery Hall (KU Communications Dept): “That’s Gay!: Masculinity, Gender Identity Salience, and Homophobic Communication Norms.”
Michael Dennis (Emporia State): “Compliance and Intimacy: Young Adults’ Attempts to Motivate Health-Promoting Behaviors by Romantic Partners.”