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NCA Awards

CALL FOR 2010 NCA AWARD NOMINATIONS You are invited to submit nominations for NCA's prestigious awards for teaching, scholarship, and service. Award recipients are honored at a special ceremony at the NCA Annual Convention in November. Nominations should be submitted no later than Thursday, April 1, 2010.   For award descriptions, nomination criteria, and submission information, please click here.   For more information, history, and previous award recipients, download the Awards Manual

Learn more about NCA's Newest Award: The Stephen E. Lucas Debut Publication Award

Distinguished Scholar Award

• Honors a lifetime of scholarly achievement in the study of human communication. NCA Distinguished Scholars are elected by previously named Distinguished Scholars. See and Learn More about NCA's Distinguished Scholars.

Awards for Outstanding Teaching

Awards for Outstanding Scholarship

• Bernard J. Brommel Award for Outstanding Scholarship or Distinguished Service in Family Communication
• Charles H. Woolbert Research Award
• Diamond Anniversary Book Award
• Donald P. Cushman Memorial Award
• Douglas W. Ehninger Distinguished Rhetorical Scholar Award
• Franklyn S. Haiman Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Freedom of Expression
• Gerald M. Phillips Award for Distinguished Applied Communication Scholarship
• Gerald R. Miller Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Awards
• Golden Anniversary Monograph Awards
• James A. Winans-Herbert A. Wichelns Memorial Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Rhetoric and Public Address
• James L. Golden Outstanding Student Essay in Rhetoric Award
• Karl R. Wallace Memorial Award
• Leslie Irene Coger Award for Distinguished Performance
• Lilla A. Heston Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Interpretation and Performance Studies
• Mark L. Knapp Award in Interpersonal Communication
• Stephen E. Lucas Debut Publication Award

Awards for Service

• Robert J. Kibler Memorial Award
• Samuel L. Becker Distinguished Service Award