Award Committee Contact Information
Use the directory below to find the primary contact for your Interest Group’s awards. Reach out to them directly with any questions about award criteria or submission materials.
For general questions about Interest Group Awards, contact the NCA National Office at nomination@natcom.org.
| Interest Group | Award Category | Primary Contact | Position | Email Address |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Activism and Social Justice Division | All Award Categories | Jasmine Austin | Immediate Past Chair | jtaustin@txstate.edu |
| African American Communication and Culture Division | All Award Categories | Antonio Mercurius | Vice Chair-Elect | antonio.mercurius1@bison.howard.edu |
| American Studies Division | All Award Categories | Meredith Neville-Shepard | Awards Committee Chair | mnevshep@uark.edu |
| Applied Communication Division | All Award Categories | Max Erdemandi | Vice Chair-Elect | maxerd31@umd.edu |
| Argumentation and Forensics Division | All Award Categories | Kevin Minch | Chair | kminch@truman.edu |
| Asian Pacific American Studies Division & Asian Pacific American Caucus | All Award Categories | Terrie Wong | Vice Chair-Elect | terrie.wong@psu.edu |
| Basic Course Division | All Award Categories | Kara Burnett | Immediate Past Chair | kara.burnett@sinclair.edu |
| Black Caucus | All Award Categories | Kanika Jackson | Vice Chair-Elect | knjackson@towson.edu |
| Caucus on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Concerns | All Award Categories | Rick Pulos | Immediate Past Chair | rpulos@yahoo.com |
| Caucus on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Concerns | All Award Categories | Kelsy Graham | Chair | drkelsygraham@gmail.com |
| Communication and Aging Division | All Award Categories | Jessica Freeman | Chair | jessica.d.freeman@gmail.com |
| Communication and Law Division | All Award Categories | Edwin Lee | Award Chair | edwin.lee@louisville.edu |
| Communication and Military Division | All Award Categories | John Hinck | Immediate Past Chair | johnmhinck@gmail.com |
| Communication and Social Cognition Division | All Award Categories | Hillary Shulman | Chair | shulman.36@osu.edu |
| Communication and Sport | All Award Categories | James Bingaman | Awards Committee Chair | bingaman@calpoly.edu |
| Communication Anxiety and Apprehension Division | All Award Categories | Miranda Rouse | Chair | MRouse@hsc.edu |
| Communication Centers Section | All Award Categories | Shelby Broberg | Vice Chair | sbroberg@gmu.edu |
| Communication Ethics Division | All Award Categories | Miles Coleman | Immediate Past Chair | colemanm@rowan.edu |
| Critical Cultural Studies Division | All Award Categories | Kellie Hay | Vice Chair-Elect | hay@oakland.edu |
| Death and Dying Division | All Award Categories | Colleen Campbell Pendleton | Immediate Past Chair | ccampbellpendleton@gmail.com |
| Death and Dying Division | Outstanding Article Award; Outstanding Dissertation Award | Laura Bruns | Award Chair | lcbruns@gmail.com; brunsl@fau.edu |
| Death and Dying Division | Distinguished Scholar Award; Teaching Award | Jocelyn DeGroot | Award Chair | jocbrow@siue.edu |
| Death and Dying Division | Early Career Award; Outstanding Creative Project Award | Gabrielle Lamura | Award Chair | glg24a@fsu.edu |
| Death and Dying Division | Book of the Year Award | Heather Smith | Award Chair | hsmith33@gmu.edu |
| Environmental Communication Division | All Award Categories | Danielle Endres | Awards Committee Chair | danielle.endres@utah.edu |
| Ethnography Division | All Award Categories | Tasha Dunn | Immediate Past Chair | tasha.dunn@utoledo.edu |
| Family Communication Division | All Award Categories | Amanda Holman | Chair | AmandaHolman@creighton.edu |
| Family Communication Division | All Award Categories | Cassidy Taladay-Carter | Award Chair | cassidytaladayca@boisestate.edu |
| Family Communication Division | All Award Categories | Lindsey Thomas | Award Chair | thomas.lindseyj@gmail.com |
| Feminist & Gender Studies Division | All Award Categories | Debipreeta Rahut | Chair | drahut@olemiss.edu |
| Game Studies Division | All Award Categories | Megan Condis | Chair | megan.condis@ttu.edu |
| Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Communication Studies Division | All Award Categories | Ashley Johns | Vice Chair-Elect | ajohns@fsu.edu |
| Group Communication Division | All Award Categories | Katie Kang | Chair | kkangwoni@gmail.com |
| Health Communication Division | All Award Categories | Charee M. Thompson | Immediate Past Chair | charee@illinois.edu |
| Human Communication Technology Division | All Award Categories | Samantha Quinn | Chair | samantha.quinn@oswego.edu |
| Human Communication Technology Division | All Award Categories | Natalie Pennington | Award Chair | Natalie.Pennington@colostate.edu |
| Human Communication Technology Division | All Award Categories | Lucas Youngvorst | Award Chair | youngvor@uwm.edu |
| Human Communication Technology Division | All Award Categories | Jess Dominguez | Award Chair | Jess.Dominguez@uky.edu |
| International and Intercultural Communication Division | All Award Categories | Cleophas Taurai Muneri | Vice Chair-Elect | cmuneri@unm.edu |
| Interpersonal Communication Division | All Award Categories | Josh Pederson | Immediate Past Chair | jrpederson@ua.edu |
| Language and Social Interaction Division | All Award Categories | Stephen M DiDomenico | Chair | sdidomenico@wcupa.edu |
| Language and Social Interaction Division | Dissertation of the Year | Wan Wei | Award Chair | wfw5253@psu.edu |
| Language and Social Interaction Division | Outstanding Publication Award | Leah Wingard | Award Chair | wingard@sfsu.edu |
| Language and Social Interaction Division | Top Paper Award; Student Paper Award | Sylvia Sierra | Vice Chair, Program Planner | ssierra@syr.edu |
| Latina/o Communication Studies Division and La Raza Caucus | All Award Categories | Robert Gutierrez-Perez | Immediate Past Chair | rgutierrez@csusm.edu |
| Mass Communication Division | All Award Categories | Muniba Saleem | Vice Chair | msaleem@ucsb.edu |
| Master's Education Section | All Award Categories | Scott J. Varda | Chair | scott_varda@baylor.edu |
| Nonverbal Communication Division | All Award Categories | Brianna Lane | Chair | brianna.lane@cnu.edu |
| Organizational Communication Division | All Award Categories | Eric Karikari | Awards Chair | ekarikari@towson.edu |
| Performance Studies Division | All Award Categories | Mindy Fenske | Chair | mindy.fenske@gmail.com |
| Philosophy of Communication, Theory and Critique Division | All Award Categories | Tim Michaels | Awards Committee Chair | trm5449@psu.edu |
| Political Communication Division | All Award Categories | Mary Anne Taylor | Vice Chair | maryanne_taylor@emerson.edu |
| Public Address Division | Bensen-Campbell Award | Katie Lind | Award Chair | katherine.lind@winona.edu |
| Public Address Division | Hochmuth-Nichols Award | Ryan Neville-Shepard | Award Chair | rnevshep@uark.edu |
| Public Address Division | Emerging Scholar Award | Dominic Manthey | Award Chair | dominic.manthey@usd.edu |
| Public Address Division | New Horizons Award | Kristy Maddux | Award Chair | klmaddux@umd.edu |
| Public Dialogue and Deliberation Division | All Award Categories | Don Waisanen | Chair | don.waisanen@baruch.cuny.edu |
| Public Relations Division | All Award Categories | Jae-Hwa Shin | Immediate Past Chair | jae-hwa.shin@usm.edu |
| Southwest Asia/North Africa, Middle East Caucus | All Award Categories | Fariba Pajooh | Vice-Chair Elect | fpajooh@wayne.edu |
| Spiritual Communication Division | All Award Categories | Donnie Glover | Vice Chair-Elect | gloverd@bgsu.edu |
| Student Section | All Award Categories | Katelynn Kuijpers | Chair | katelk@udel.edu |
| Training and Development Division | All Award Categories | Amanda Slone | Award Chair | amanda.slone@uky.edu |
| Undergraduate College and University Section | All Award Categories | Aimee Lau | Vice-Chair Elect | aimee.lau@wlc.edu |
| Women's Caucus | All Award Categories | Dakota Park-Ozee | Chair | dakota.park-ozee@du.edu |