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Accolades

Undergraduate Students

• The C. Richard Petticrew Speaking Contest
• Bruce Kendall Award for Excellence in Communication
• Scholarships and Outstanding Seniors
  

Graduate Students

• Bruce Kendall Award for Excellence in Teaching
• Alan H. Monroe Graduate Scholars
• The Harlan Award
• Awards & Recognition
  

Faculty

• Teaching Awards & Recognition
• Research Awards & Recognition
• Outstanding Graduate Faculty Mentor

Undergraduates

The C. Richard Petticrew Speaking Contest

(i) - informative; (p) - persuasive

• 2008 - Hannah Apple (i)
• 2007 - Stephen Steidle (p)
• 2005 - Nikitha Sambamurthy (p)
• 2003 - Sarah Kane (i); Brian Breviu (p)
• 2002 - Sarah Kane (i); Elizabeth VanHolt (p)
• 2001 - Elizabeth VanHolt (i); Megan McElroy (p)
• 2000 - Amber Oliver (i)

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Bruce Kendall Award for Excellence in Communication

(Description)

• 2008 - Abrar El-Abiad
• 2007 - Christina Jones
• 2006 - Claire McCormick
• 2005 - Emily R. Freed
• 2004 - Jessica Shepherd
• 2003 - Emily Baldauf
• 2002 - Kelly Mackus
• 2001 - Amy Southwood
• 2000 - Andrea J. Orthman

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Lucien J Kirkby Memorial Scholarship

(Description)

• 2007 - Sara Jacobs
• 2006 - Gabrielle Anne Cervak
• 2005 - Angela Bell
• 2004 - Elizabeth Schaade
• 2003 - Stephanie A. Mathes
• 2002 - Monika K. Jedrzejek
• 2001 - Elizabeth Deputy
• 2000 - Elizabeth Soukup

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Greg Zawiscya Scholarship Award

(Description)

• 2008 - Regina Lazzaro
• 2006 - Rachel Dahmer
• 2005 - Crystal Dahl & Lauren Kofelat
• 2004 - Tiffany Stochel

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Outstanding Seniors

• 2008 - Shannon Daiber
• 2007 - Ashley Eiler
• 2006 - Julie Truesdell
• 2005 - Stephanie Mathes
• 2004 - Amanda Brettnacher
• 2003 - Monika Jedrzejek
• 2002 - Linda Bogan
• 2001 - Julie Klish
• 2000 - Jessica Webster
  

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Graduate Students

Bruce Kendall Award for Excellence in Teaching

(Description & criteria)

• 2008 - Graham Bodie, Rebecca Weiler, Jennifer Hall (Honorable Mention)
• 2007 - Matt Gill & Amanda Holmstrom
• 2006 - Ambar Basu & Beth Gill
• 2005 - Susan Brockus & Kasie Roberson
• 2004 - Kristen Lucas
• 2003 - Cindy Conn & Cristina Gilstrap
• 2002 - Sarah Bonewits & Zachary White
• 2001 - Michael Kirch

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Alan H. Monroe Graduate Scholars

(Criteria Description & Activity Form)

• 2008 - Elena Gabor, Vinita Agarwal, Suzy D'Enbeau, Iccha Basnyat, Suchitra Shenoy
• 2007 - Graham Bodie, Hairong Feng, Josh Frye, Elizabeth Gill, Matt Gill, Lorraine Kisselburgh, Mahuya Pal, & Jennifer Mize Smith
• 2006 - Ambar Basu, Graham Bodie, Bo Feng, Rebecca DeSouza, Sarah Hagedorn, Jee Hee Han, Lorraine Kisselburgh, Chuck Morris & Xiowei Shi, Jennifer Mize Smith
• 2005 - Christopher Darr, Erik Garrett, Wendy Morgan & Kasie Mitchell Roberson
• 2004 - Susan Brockus, Amanda Holmstrom, Meina Liu, Kristen Lucas, Rebecca Meisenbach, James Olufowote & Robyn Remke
• 2003 - Devika Chawla, Curt Gilstrap, Terri Russ, & Katerina Tsetsura
• 2002 - Jennifer Adams, Natalie Sydorenko, & Shirley Simpson
• 2001 - Michael Kirch & Nikki Townsley
• 2000 - Zoraida Cozier, Shiv Ganesh, & Heather Hank Zollar

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The Harlan Award

• 2007 - Elizabeth Williams
• 2006 - Marisa Ellsworth

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Awards & Recognition

• 2009
  • Lorraine Kisselburgh, Patrice Buzzanell, & Brenda Berkelaar, Top Three Paper, Organizational Communication Division, NCA
• 2008
  • Andrea Stokes, Remmer Award
  • Carin Kosmoski, Full Year PRF 2008-09
  • Suchitra Shenoy Full Year PRF 2008-09
  • Sara Hauber, Bisland Strategic Initiative Fellowship
• 2007
  • Brenda Berkelaar, Bilsland Strategic Initiative Fellowship
• 2006
  • Min Jiang, Top Three Paper, Communication Technology Division, AEJMC
  • Marisa Ellsworth, Top Student Paper,Public Relations Division, NCA
  • Mahuya Pal, Top Student Paper,Public Relations Division, NCA
  • Rebecca deSouza, Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship 2006-2007
  • Josh Frye, PRF Research Grant (w/Charles Stewart)
  • Mandy Holmstrom, PRF Research Grant (w/Brant Burleson)
  • Jennifer Mize Smith, PRF Research Grant w/Beverly Davenport Sypher; Top Paper, (w/Beverly Davenport Sypher) Applied
  • Communication Division, Southern States Communication Association
  • Graham Bodie, Central States Communication Association Federation Prize (w/Brant Burleson)
  • Graham Bodie & Ambar Basu, The MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning Grant (w/Mohan Dutta)
  • Matt Gill, Summer Research Grant
    
  • Chuck Morris, Summer Research Grant
    
  • Kyoungrae Oh, Summer Research Grant
    
  • Damion Waymer, Summer Research Grant
    
  • Jee-Hee Han, Top Paper, International Federation of Information and Communications Technologies In Tourism
    
• 2005
  • Jennifer Mize Smith, Top Student Paper, Applied Communication Division, Southern States Communication Association
    
  • Kristen Lucas, Awarded 2005 PRF Research Grant
    
  • Jennifer Mize Smith, Top Paper, Organizational Communication Division, NCA
    
  • Lorraine G. Kisselburgh, Top Four Paper, Freedom of Expression Division, NCA
    
  • Kristine Clancy, Top Paper,Gender Division, NCA
    
  • Wendy Morgan, Top Four Paper, Family Communication Division, NCA
    
  • Damion Waymer, Top Student Paper, Public Relation's Division, NCA; Awarded 2005 H.H. Remers Award, presented by African American Studies and Research Center
  • Mahuya Pal Top Student Paper, Human Communication and Technology Division, NCA
  • Vinita Agarwal, Top Student Paper, Human Communication and Technology Division, NCA
  • Marisa Ellsworth, 2005 Wabash Valley Trust for Historic Preservation Award.
  • Graham Bodie, Selected to the Top Paper Panel of the Experiential Learning in Communication Division at NCA
• 2004
  • Kristen Lucas, Cooper Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant (PhD) CSCA
    
  • Beth Buenger, ICA/NCA Health Communication Thesis Award
    
  • Angie Graves, Awarded 2004 PRF Research Grant
  • Grady Jones & Rebecca Meisenbach, Top Four Paper, Public Relations Division, ICA
    
  • Rebecca Meisenbach, Top Student Paper NCA Ethics Conference, Duquesene Fellowship.
    
  • Mein Liu, Awarded 2004 PRF Research Grant
    
• 2003
• Jennifer Kramer, Top Four Paper, Health Communication Interest Group, CSCA
  
• Kristen Lucas, Top Three Paper, Organizational Communication Division, ICA (with Professor Patrice Buzzanell)
  
• Wendy Morgan, Top Four Paper, Interpersonal Communication Division, ICA (with Professor Steve Wilson)
  
• Wendy Morgan, Awarded 2003 PRF Research Grant
  
• Cristina Gilstrap, Top Three Paper, Organizational and Professional Communication Interest Group, Central States Communication Association
  
• Kasie Roberson, Top Competitive Paper Award, Public Relations Division, Southern States Communication Association
  
• 2002
• Curt Gilstrap, Top Paper Award, Environmental Communication Commission, NCA
  
• Terri Russ Top, Three paper Award from the Ethnography Division of NCA
  
• Amy O'Connor, Awarded 2002 PRF Research Grant
  
• Jason Combs, Top Three Paper Award from the Organizational and Professional Communication Interest Group of the CSCA; Top Graduate Paper at the University of Oklahoma Sooner Communication Conference
  
• Katerina Tsetsura, Top Paper Award from the Argumentation and Forensics Division of CSCA
  
• Jen Adams, Top Student Paper Award from the Communication
  Theory Interest Group of CSCA
  
• Soojin Park, Top Three Student Paper Award in PR Division of ICA
  
• Susan Brockus, Samuel Becker Top Graduate Student Paper Award from Mass Communication Division of CSCA
  
• 2001
• Jennifer Kramer, Top Student Paper from Health Communication Division of NCA
  
• Jenny Xu, ICA Interpersonal Division Thesis/Dissertation Award
  
• Shirley Simpson, Top Debut Paper from NCA Theatre Division
  
• Nikki Townsley, Awarded 2001 PRF Research Grant
  
• Devalina Mookerjee, Awarded 2001 PRF Research Grant

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Faculty

Teaching Awards & Recognition

• 2006
  • Austin Babrow, Guest Scholar, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
  • Marifran Mattson, CLA Teaching Incentive Grant
  • Erina MacGeorge, PRF Travel Grant, CLA Teaching Incentive Grant
  • Sorin Matei, PRF Travel Grant
  • Jennifer Zeigler, PRF Travel Grant
  • Brant Burleson, PRF Travel Grant; Guest Scholar & Mentor, DePauw University National Undergraduate Honors Conference
  • Josh Boyd & Melanie Morgan, W. Charles Redding Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • Karen Myers, W. Charles Redding Award for the Outstanding Dissertation in Organizational Communication, ICA
  • Mohan Dutta, The MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning Grant (w/Graham Bodie and Ambar Basu)
    
• 2005
  • Jian Wang, PRF International Travel Grant
    
  • Ralph Webb & Mohan Dutta Bergman, W. Charles Redding Award for Excellence in Teaching
    
  • Ralph Webb, College of Liberal Arts Award for Excellence in Teaching
    
  • Patrice Buzzanell, 2005 Francine Merritt Award
  • Austin Babrow, Anne & Charles Redding Fellow, 2005 - 2007
    
• 2004
• Charles Stewart, Distinguished University Professor
  
• Joshua Boyd & Patrice Buzzanell, W. Charles Redding Award for Excellence in Teaching
  
• 2003
• Joshua Boyd, Outstanding New Teacher Award, Central States Communication Association
  
• Patrice Buzzanell, Violet Haas Award, Purdue University
  
• William Rawlins, College of Liberal Arts Educational Excellence Award, W. Charles Redding Award for Excellence in Teaching
  
• 2002
• Felicia Roberts, Dean's Incentive Grant
  
• Patrice Buzzanell, 2002 Feminist Teacher/Mentor Award, Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender
  
• John Greene, Cecil and Ida Green Honors Professor, Department of Speech Communication, Texas Christian University
  
• Joshua Boyd, W. Charles Redding Award for Excellence in Teaching
  
• Ralph Webb, W. Charles Redding Award for Excellence in Teaching
  
• 2001
• William Rawlins, W. Charles Redding Award for Excellence in Teaching; SLA Departmental Award for Excellence in Teaching
  
• Karen Whedbee, W. Charles Redding Award for Excellence in Teaching
  
• Felicia Roberts, Purdue Teaching for Tomorrow Award
  
• Melanie Morgan, Southern Communication Association's Outstanding Young Teacher Award
  
• 2000
• JoAnne Holman, W. Charles Redding Award for Excellence in Teaching
• Patrice Buzzanell, Alumnus of the Year, School of Interpersonal Communication, Ohio University
  

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Research Awards & Recognition

• 2006
  • Brant Burleson, PRF Research Grant (w/Mandy Holmstrom); Top Paper, CSCA (with Heather Servaty-Seib)
    
  • Hyunyi Cho, Purdue Alumni Association Faculty Incentive Grant; CLA Dean's Incentive Grant
    
  • Robin Clair, Top Paper, Central States Communication Convention
    
  • Felicia Roberts, CLA Research Incentive Grant
    
  • Charles Stewart, PRF Research Grant (w/Josh Frye)
    
  • Beverly Davenport Sypher, PRF Research Grant (w/Jennifer Smith)
    
• 2005
  • Hyunyi Cho, PRF Summer Faculty Grant; CLA Faculty Research Incentive Grant, Fall 2005
    
  • Patrice Buzzanell, Work-Family Research Program Spotlight Panel, CSCA
    
  • Mohan Dutta-Bergman, Pride Award for Best Article in 2005 in Public Relations Division, NCA
    
  • Erina MacGeorge, PRF Summer Faculty Grant; 2005 Distinguished Publication Award, Association For Women in Psychology (w/Brant Burleson, Angela Graves, Bo Feng & Seth Gillihan)
    
  • Brant Burleson, Top Four Paper, ICA (co-authored with Amanda Holmstrom, Purdue Univ & Susanne Jones, U of Minn);
  • Outstanding Edited Scholarly Book in Applied Communication Div, NCA (w/John Greene); Distinguished Publication Award, Association for Women in Psychology (w/Erina MacGeorge, Angela Graves, Bo Feng and Seth Gillihan); CLA Research Incentive Grant
    
  • Steve Wilson, G.R. Miller Book Award, NCA Interpersonal Division, Book of the Year Award, NCA Social Cognition Division.
    
  • 2004
  • Jennifer Thackaberry, SLA Research Incentive Grant
    
  • Patrice Buzzanell, Spotlight Scholar, CSCA
    
  • John Greene, Gerald R Miller Outstanding Book Award, NCA (w/Brant Burleson)
  • Austin Babrow,NCA/ICA Health Communication Division Thesis of the Year Award (Student E.A.Buenger)
  • Brant Burleson, Top Four Paper, NCA (w/Amanda Holmstrom & Cristina Gilstrap); Gerald R Miller Outstanding Book Award, NCA (w/John Greene); 25 Top-Ranked Active Researchers in Communication Studies (Published report in Communication Quarterly, 52, 323-333)
    
• 2003
  • Mohan Dutta-Bergman Top Paper Award, Human Communication and Technology Division, NCA
    
  • Austin Babrow Charles H. Woolbert Research Award, National Communication Association; Rose B. Johnson Article Award (with Carol B. Mills)
    
  • Jennifer Thackaberry PRF Summer Faculty Grant
    
  • Steve Wilson PRF Research Grant (with Wendy Morgan)
    
  • Jay Wang Dean's Incentive Grant
    
  • John Sherry Top Three Paper, Instructional and Developmental Communication Division, ICA
    
  • Patrice Buzzanell Top Three Paper, Organizational Communication Division, ICA (with Kristen Lucas, Ph.D. student); Top Four Paper, Organizational Communication, NCA (with Meina Liu, Ph.D. student); Best Article Award, NCA; Best Conference Paper Award (for any conference during 2002)
    
  • Steve Wilson Top Four Paper, Interpersonal Communication Division, ICA (with Wendy Morgan, Ph.D. student)
    
  • Robin Clair Top Ten Paper, International and Intercultural Division, ICA (with Canchu Lin, Ph.D. student)
    
  • Brant Burleson Verderber Distinguished Lecturer, U of Cincinnati Center for Behavioral and Social Sciences Fellowship; Top Four Paper, Interpersonal Communication Division, NCA (with Amanda Holmstrom and Cristina Gilstrap, PhD students); Distinguished Scholar Author, Personal Relations, Volume 10
    
• 2002
  • Felicia Roberts Dean's Incentive Grant
    
  • Glenn Sparks Dean's Incentive Grant
    
  • John Greene Gerald R. Miller Outstanding Book Award, Interpersonal Communication Division, NCA
    
  • Brant Burleson Top Paper Award, Interpersonal Communication Division, NCA (with Steven R. Mortenson)
    
  • Toby Arquette Gerald R. Miller Outstanding Dissertation Award, NCA
    
  • John Sherry John Hunter Award for Meta-Analysis Research, ICA
    
  • William Rawlins Theory That Has Left a Legacy Award from the Communication Theory Interest Group of CSCA
    
  • Patrice Buzzanell Top Paper Award, Organizational and Professional Communication Interest Group, CSCA; Top Paper Award from the Organizational Communication Division of ICA (with Annika Hylmo); Theory Book of the Year Award from the Communication Theory Interest Group of CSCA; Top Three Paper, Organizational and Professional Communication Interest Group, CSCA; Spotlight Scholar, One of Six featured Top Scholars in Gender and Communication, NCA
    
  • Steve Wilson Franklin H. Knower Article Award, Interpersonal Communication Division, NCA (with C. G. Aleman and G. Leatham); Top Three Paper Award, Interpersonal Division, ICA (with M.S. Kim, L. Anastasiou, C.G. Aleman, and J. Oetzel)
    
• Austin Babrow and Marifran Mattson Top Three Paper Award, Health Communication Division, NCA
  
• 2001
  • Brant R. Burleson Top Paper, Interpersonal Division, ICA (with Yan Xu); Top Three Paper Award, Interpersonal Communication Division, NCA (with Yan Xu); ICA Interpersonal Division Applied Communication Award (with Jenny Xu) Berscheid-Hatfield Award for Distinguished Mid-Career Achievement from the International Network on Personal Relationships Bernard K. Brommel Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Family Communication, NCA
    
  • John O. Greene Top Paper, Information Systems Division, ICA (with Michael Kirch and Melanie Taylor)
    
  • Steve Wilson Top Paper, Interpersonal Division, CSCA
    
  • Matt Cecil Dean's Incentive Grant; Honorable Mention Award in the American Journalism Historians' Doctoral Dissertation Prize Competition
    
  • Alex Leidholdt Archie K. Davis Fellowship from the North Caroliniana Society
    
  • Robin Patric Clair Center for Artistic Endeavors Fellowship, Outstanding Book of the Year from Organizational Communication Division of NCA
    
  • Austin Babrow Top Three Paper Award, Health Communication Division, NCA
    
  • Cynthia Stohl Article of the Year Award from the Organizational Communication Division of NCA

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Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award

• 2008 - Brant Burleson, Outstanding Graduate Mentor
  
• 2006 - Mohan Dutta, Outstanding Graduate Faculty
  
• 2005 - Patrice Buzzanell, Outstanding Graduate Faculty
  
• 2004 - Steven Wilson, Outstanding Graduate Faculty

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