Marcella E. Oberle Award for Outstanding Teaching in Grades K-12
This award was created to honor individuals who
teach on the kindergarten through twelfth grade level and who have
exhibited both outstanding teaching and a commitment to the speech
communication profession.
1987
Richard A. Hunsaker
1988
Craig R. Streff
1989
Melissa L. Beall
1990
Carolyn J. Coakley
1991
Kathy Oakland
1992
Thomas Kaye
1993
Adrian Frana
1994
Award Not Given
1995
Robert D. Neuleib
1996
Morris E. Snively
1997
Award Not Given
1998
John R. Heineman
1999
Robert Stockton
2000
David Wendt
2001
Diane Ritzdorf
2002
Ruth E. Kay
Community College Outstanding Educator Award
This NCA award is given to the Community College
Section member, with a minimum of five years experience teaching at a
community college, who most exemplifies excellence in teaching,
scholarship, and service to the communication profession.
1994
Darlyn R. Wolvin
1995
Melissa Hindman
1996
Deborah Hefferin
1997
Rex W. Gaskill
1998
Award Not Given
1999
Lynn M. Disbrow
2000
Anne Marie LaLonde Hanson
2001
Lori E. Zakel
2002
Ronald Biddle
Donald H. Ecroyd Award for Outstanding Teaching in Higher Education
This memorial award honors an NCA member who
exemplifies superlative teaching in higher education, as evidenced by
written recommendations of students, colleagues, and campus
administrators.
1989
Lois J. Einhorn
1990
George R. Armstrong
1991
Beverly D. Sypher
1992
Donald P. Cushman
1993
Charles J. Stewart
1994
Sheron J. Dailey
1995
Kenneth L. Brown
1996
Lyndrey A. Niles
1997
James R. Andrews
1998
George W. Ziegelmueller
1999
John R. Johnson
2000 Lawrence B. Rosenfeld
2001
Stephen E. Lucas
2002
John A. Daly
Wallace
A. Bacon Lifetime
Teaching Excellence Award
The award, created by the Legislative Council in
1991, recognizes the teaching excellence of retired NCA members from any
grade level: kindergarten
through graduate. These
scholars have exhibited a lifetime of dedication to distinguished
teaching.
1991
W. Charles Redding
1992
Carroll C. Arnold
1993 Carmendale Fernandes
1994
Robert D. Kully
1995
Thomas J. Pace, Jr.
1996
Joan E. Leininger
1997
Jane Blankenship
1998
Donald P. Cushman
1999 Lawrence W. Rosenfield
2000
Ted Foster
2001
Shirley
A. Van Hoeven
2002
Kristin Valentine
Gerald R. Miller Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award
NCA recognizes individuals for outstanding
dissertations completed during the previous academic year.
Students are nominated by faculty by means of a letter written by
the dissertation advisor or by the department chair.
1971 Leonard Hawes
Jack Ray
Robert Sanders
1972 Kathleen Jamieson
Dennis Lynch
Douglas Ohlin
1973 Stephen Lucas
1974 Judee Burgoon
Victoria Freimuth
Thomas Tews
1975
Peter A. Andersen
1976
Donald G. Ellis
Steven C. Rhodes
David R. Seibold
1977 Steven A. Taylor
1978 James L. Applegate
Norman D. Elliott
John R. Lyne
1979
Kathleen Reardon
Joseph Folger
Donald Rubin
1980 James Aune
Marshall Poole
Eric Weisman
1981 Earl Creps
Nicky Stoyanoff
1982 Randall Lake
Karen Tracey
James Walsh
1983 Curtis S. Jacobs
J. Michael Hogan
1984 Carole Blair
David Blanco
Martha Cooper
1985 Kathy Harbert
Lester Olson
Roger C. Pace
1986 George Cheney
James Jasinski
1986
Della Pollock
1987
Renee A. Meyers
Peter J. Marston
1988 John Rodden
Diane M. Bodzinski
Moya Ann Ball
1989 James L. Kauffman
Cynthia A. Hoffner
Anthony E. Schiappa, Jr.
1990 Rebecca S. Bjork
Mark A. Pollock
Michael W. Salvador
1991 Barbara Louise Baker
Bethami A. Dobkin
Charles Alan Taylor
1992 Stephen D. O’Leary
Becky L. Omdahl
James T. West
1993 Thomas N. Peters
Kathryn Greene
1994 Carol Bruess
Richard B. McGrath
Roy Schwartzman
1995 Greg L. Dickinson
Thomas J. Roach
Audrey Jane Weiss
1996
Leah M. Ceccarelli
1997
Charles H. Raphael
Angela J. Latham
1998
David M. Cheshier
Daniel Cochece Davis
William J. Kinsella
1999 Troy A. Murphy
Amy I. Nathanson
Robert B. Asen
2000 Stephen M. Haas
Erina L. MacGeorge
Garth E. Pauley
2001 Bernard J. Armada
Claude H. Miller
Sarah J. Tracy
2002 Angela Ray
Michael William Pfau
Toby Arquette
Karl R. Wallace Memorial Award
This award is given to foster and promote
philosophical, historical, or critical scholarship in rhetorical and
public discourse. Nominees
should have completed the Ph.D. within the past ten years or are well
advanced in doctoral studies in rhetoric and public address.
1976
Richard Leo Enos
1977
John H. Patton
1978
Richard Cherwitz
1979
Kurt Ritter
1980
Lois Einhorn
1981
Scott Jacobs
1982
Carol Jablonski
1983
Raymond S. Rodgers
1984
Charles Conrad
1985
John Poulakos
1986
Lester Olson
1987
Frederick J. Antczak
1988
Peter J. Marston
1989
Thomas M. Lessl
1990
Stephen H. Browne
1991
James M. Farrell
1992
Kathryn M. Olson
1993
Suzanne M. Daughton
1994
Charles Alan Taylor
1995
Cindy L. Griffin
1996
Mark Lawrence McPhail
1997
Mari Boor Tonn
1998
Dana L. Cloud
John M. Sloop
1999
Lisa A. Flores
2000
Raka Shome
2001
Susan Zaeske
Charles E. Morris
Bernard J. Brommel Award for Outstanding Scholarship or
Distinguished Service in Family Communication
The Brommel Award was approved in 1996 and
recognizes published research and creative scholarship in family
communication. Scholarship recognized by the award is to have been
published during the previous six years.
1997
Mary Anne Fitzpatrick
1998
John W. Monsma
1999
Award Not Given
2000
Kathleen Galvin
2001
Brant Burleson
2002
Sandra Petronio
Douglas W. Ehninger Distinguished Rhetorical Scholar Award
The
Ehninger Award honors scholars who have executed research programs in
rhetorical theory, rhetorical criticism and/or public address studies. The award is given to a person who, through multiple
publications and presentations around a rhetorical topic or theme,
demonstrates intellectual creativity, perseverance, and impact on
academic communities.
1987
Michael Osborn
1988
Walter R. Fisher
1989
Robert L. Scott
1990
Kathleen H. Jamieson
1991
Karlyn Kohrs Campbell
1992
Jane Blankenship
1993
James R. Andrews
1994
Michael Calvin McGee
1995
Richard A. Cherwitz
1996
Award Not Given
1997
Thomas W. Benson
1998
Celeste M. Condit
1999
Michael Leff
2000
Edward Schiappa
2002
Molefi Kete Asante
Franklyn S. Haiman Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Freedom of
Expression
This award is given to the author(s) of published
research on freedom of expression.
The Free Speech Yearbook serves as a model for broadly defining
the scope of eligible scholarship; however, the award may also recognize published scholarship in other
journals, books or monographs.
1976
William A. Linsley
1977
David L. Jamison
1978
Stephen A. Smith
1979
Nickie Fleener
1980
William Bailey
1981
Janice Schuetz
1982 Raymond Rodgers
1983
Josina Makau
1984
Wayne Sander
1985
Thomas Tedford
1986
Matthew Seeger
1987
Ruth McGaffey
1988
R. Brian Attig
1989
Stephen A. Smith
1990
Carolyn Marvin
1991 Raymond S. Rodgers
1992
Paul Siegel
1993
Peter E. Kane
1994
Franklyn S. Haiman
1995
Maurine H. Beasley
1996
Susan J. Drucker
Gary Gumpert
1997 Margaret A. Blanchard
1998
Donald A. Fishman
1999
Brian M. O’Connell
2000
John Fliter
2001
Ronald L. Jackson II
2002
Louise Benjamin
*Prior to 1988, this award was called the H. A.
Wichelns Freedom of Speech Award.
Leslie Irene Coger Award for Distinguished Performance
This award is given to directors, producers,
teachers or performers who have contributed an outstanding body of live
performances. The award
will normally be given for a body of work or an outstanding career in
performance. It may, in exceptional cases, be given to performers of a
single or a smaller body of performance.
1994 Raymond Schneider
1995
Joanna H. Maclay
1996
Annette Martin
1997
Paul C. Edwards
1998
Judy E. Yordon
1999
Linda M. Park-Fuller
2000
M. Lee Potts
2001
Donna Marie Nudd
Terry Galloway
2002 Joni Lee Jones
Patricia S. Pace
Lilla A. Heston Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Interpretation
and Performance Studies
The Heston Award was created to honor
outstanding scholarship in interpretation and performance studies.
1990
Frank J. Galati
1991
Beverly Whitaker Long
1992
Dwight Conquergood
1993
Elizabeth C. Fine
1994
Award Not Given
1995
Mary S. Strine
1996
Mary Frances Hopkins
1997
Judith A. Hamera
1998
Della Pollock
1999
Kirk W. Fuoss
2000
Ronald J. Pelias
2001
Paul Edwards
2002
Lisa
Merrill
Charles H. Woolbert Research Award
The award is presented to an NCA member who has
published a journal article or book chapter which has stood the test of
time and has become the stimulus for new conceptualizations of speech
communication phenomena.
1981
Robert Scott
1982
Donald Cushman
Gordon Whiting
1983
Ernest Bormann
1984
Roderick Hart
Don Burks
1985
Michael Leff
G. P. Mohrmann
1986
Daniel O’Keefe
1987
Karlyn Kohrs Campbell
L. Edna Rogers
Richard V. Farace
1989
Gerald R. Miller
Michael Roloff
David Seibold
1990
Thomas B. Farrell
1991
John M. Wiemann
1992
G. Thomas Goodnight
1993
Linda Putnam
1994
John O. Greene
1995
Sally A. Jackson
Scott Jacobs
1996
Malcolm R. Parks
1997
Michael M. Osborn
1998
Judee K. Burgoon
Jerold L. Hale
1999
Robert Hariman
2000
Maurice Charland
2001
Raymie E. McKerrow
2002
Joseph B. Walther
Gerald M. Phillips Award for Distinguished Applied Communication Scholarship
This
award recognizes the author of a body of published research and creative
scholarship in applied communication.
1994
Samuel L Becker
1995
Everett M. Rogers
1996
Donald P. Cushman
1997
Patricia Hayes Andrews
1998
Gary L. Kreps
1999
David R. Seibold
2000 Lawrence
R. Frey
2001
Michael L. Hecht
2002
Eileen Berlin Ray
James A. Winans - Herbert A. Wichelns Memorial Award for
Distinguished Scholarship in Rhetoric and Public Address
This
annual award honors distinguished scholarship in rhetoric and public
address.
1966
Donald C. Bryant
1967
Eugene White
1968
Lloyd Bitzer
Karl R. Wallace
1969 Carroll
Arnold
Loren Reid
Robert Scott
Donald Smith
1970
Herbert Simons
1971
Award Not Given
1972
Wilbur Howell
1973 Frederick
Haberman
George Kennedy
1974
Donald C. Bryant
1975
James J. Murphy
John H. Timmis III
1976
Michael C. McGee
1977
Ronald F. Reid
1978 James
R. Andrews
Kurt Ritter
1979
Don Burks
1980
George Kennedy
1981
Paul Boase
1982
Franklyn Haiman
1983
Michael Leff
Robert Newman
1984
Richard Gregg
1985
Thomas O. Sloane
1986
J. Michael Hogan
David Zarefsky
1987
Walter R. Fisher
1988
Roderick P. Hart
1989
Kathleen H. Jamieson
1990
Karlyn Kohrs Campbell
John Rodden
1991
David Zarefsky
1992
Lester C. Olson
1993
Robert P. Newman
1994
Thomas B. Farrell
1995
John Poulakos
1996
Robert D. Hariman
1997
Bonnie J. Dow
1998
James Darsey
1999
Xing (Lucy) Lu
2000
John Durham Peters
2001
Gordon Mitchell
2002
Stephen Hartnett
Golden Anniversary Monograph Awards
Created
in 1964 to mark NCA’s 50th Anniversary, the Golden Anniversary
Monograph Awards are presented to the most outstanding scholarly
monographs published during the previous calendar year.
Up to three awards may be given in any year.
1965
Wallace Bacon
James Murphy
Raymond Nadeau
1966 Oscar
Brockett
Otto Dieter
G. P. Mohrmann
Roger Nebergall
1967 John
Black
Gerald Miller
Murray Hewgill
Paul Rosenthal
1968 Vincent
Bevilacqua
Franklyn Haiman
James Young
1969 Parke
Burgess
Katharine Loesch
Paul Moore
Lawrence Rosenfield
Barbara Wood
1970 Wilbur
Howell
Rita Naremore
Jere Vielleux
Eugene White
Fred Williams
1971 John
Campbell
Donald Darnell
Douglas Ehninger
Herbert Simons
1972 Roderick
Hart
John Macksoud
James Murphy
Herbert Simons
John Bystrom
1973 David
Berg
Franklyn Haiman
1974 Wallace
A. Bacon
Gustav Friedrich
Roderick Hart
Burnet Hobgood
Mark Knapp
Gerald Miller
1975 Jane
Blankenship
Judith Espinola
1976
Gerald R. Miller
David C. Bender
