NCA National Awards

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Each year, NCA honors the best in Communication, presenting awards for outstanding scholarship, teaching, and professional service, as well as the NCA Legacy Scholarship. The awards recognize a wide range of contributions to the Communication discipline. The Call for Nominations for NCA awards is issued in February.


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NCA Awards for Outstanding Scholarship
The Mark L. Knapp Award in Interpersonal Communication recognizes career contributions to the study of interpersonal communication. The award recognizes individuals who have made significant...
NCA Awards for Outstanding Scholarship
Established by the NCA Executive Committee in 2020 and first conferred in 2021, the award honors Dr. Marsha Houston, noted African American feminist communication scholar who was instrumental in...
NCA Awards for Outstanding Teaching
The Michael and Suzanne Osborn Community College Outstanding Educator Award (formerly the Community College Outstanding Educator Award) was formerly an interest group award given by the NCA Community...
NCA Awards
Lambda Pi Eta offers five opportunities for outstanding chapters, chapter advisors, and students to receive national recognition for their embodiment of the six goals of Lambda Pi Eta. The winners...
NCA Awards for Outstanding Scholarship
The Orlando L. Taylor Distinguished Scholarship Award in Africana Communication honors a scholar whose body of work demonstrates a sustained commitment to the study of African American and/or the...
NCA Awards for Service
The award was created in 1978 to honor Robert J. Kibler. It was first presented in 1979. The award recognizes those qualities epitomized by Professor Kibler's professional and personal life. These...
NCA Awards for Service
The Distinguished Service Award was first presented in 1971 to recognize a lifetime of outstanding service to the Association and to the profession. The Award is presented to the person judged to...
NCA Awards for Outstanding Scholarship
The Lucas Debut Publication Award seeks to encourage and reward new scholars in the communication discipline. It aims to identify and hold up for praise a contribution to the discipline by an author...
NCA Awards for Outstanding Teaching
The Wallace A. Bacon Lifetime Teaching Excellence Award was created by the Legislative Council in 1991. The Lifetime Teaching Excellence Award provides an opportunity to recognize outstanding...