Awards & Accolades - Department of Communication

Accolades

Undergraduate Students

Graduate Students

Faculty

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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