Communication Department at Purdue University

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 --->

Awards & Recognition --->

Faculty

Teaching Awards & Recognition--->

Research Awards & Recognition--->

The C. Richard Petticrew Speaking Contest
Year	Informative	Persuasive
2006	TBA	TBA
2005	TBA	Nikitha Sambamurthy
2004	TBA	TBA
2003	Sarah Kane	Brian Breviu
2002	Sarah Kane	Elizabeth VanHolt
2001	Elizabeth VanHolt	Megan McElroy
2000	Amber Oliver
Bruce Kendall Award for Excellence in Communication
*Year*	*Winner*
2006	Claire McCormick
2005	Emily R. Freed
2004	Jessica Shepherd
2003	Emily Baldauf
2002	Kelly Mackus
2001	Amy Southwood
2000	Andrea J. Orthman
Lucien J Kirkby Memorial Scholarship
*Year*	*Winner*
2006	Gabrielle Anne Cervak
2005	Angela Bell
2004	Elizabeth Schaade
2003	Stephanie A. Mathes
2002	Monika K. Jedrzejek
2001	Elizabeth Deputy
2000	Elizabeth Soukup
Greg Zawisza Scholarship Award
*Year*	*Winner*
2006	Rachel Dahmer
2005	Crystal Dahl & Lauren Kofelat
2004	Tiffany Stochel

The Harlan Award
*Year*	*Winner*
2007	Elizabeth Williams
2006	Marisa Ellsworth
Outstanding Seniors
*Year*	*Winner*
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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Bruce Kendall Award for Excellence in Teaching
[description & criteria]
Year	Winner
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
Alan H. Monroe Graduate Scholars
[Criteria Description] [Activity Form]
*Year*	*Winner*
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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Awards & Recognition
*Year*	*Winner*	Award
2008	Andrea Stokes	Remmer Award
2008	Carin Kosmoski	Full Year PRF 2008-09
2008	Suchitra Shenoy	Full Year PRF 2008-09
2008	Sara Hauber	Bisland 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
Year	Winner	Award
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
*Year*	*Winner*	Award
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
*Year*	*Winner*	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