Karl R. Wallace Memorial Award
NCA Awards for Outstanding Scholarship
Award was established by Mrs. Wallace and the family of the late distinguished rhetorical scholar, and is given to foster and promote philosophical, historical, or critical scholarship in rhetoric and public discourse. The award is presented to scholars who have completed the Ph.D. within the past 10 years or who are well advanced in doctoral studies in rhetoric and public address.
| Year | Award Winner |
|---|---|
| 2023 | E Cram, for the project, Disability Ecologies. |
| 2022 | Joshua Trey Barnett, Pennsylvania State University |
| 2021 | Amanda Nell Edgar, University of Memphis |
| 2020 | Michele Kennerly |
| 2019 | Abraham Iqbal Khan |
| 2018 | Casey R. Kelly |
| 2017 | Bryan J. McCann |
| 2016 | Erin J. Rand |
| 2015 | Robin E. Jensen |
| 2014 | Isaac West |
| 2013 | Karma R. Chávez |
| 2012 | Dave Tell |
| 2011 | Jeremy Engels |
| 2010 | Lisa B. Keranen |
| 2009 | Jeffrey Bennett |
| 2008 | Bradford Vivian |
| 2007 | Ekaterina V. Haskins |
| 2006 | James Kimble |
| 2005 | Alisse Portnoy |
| 2004 | James P. McDaniel |
| 2003 | Garth R. Pauley |
| 2002 | Kirt H. Wilson |
| 2001 | Susan Zaeske |
| Charles E. Morris III | |
| 2000 | Raka Shome |
| 1999 | Lisa Flores |
| 1998 | Dana Cloud |
| John Sloop | |
| 1997 | Mari Boor Tonn |
| 1996 | Mark L. McPhail |
| 1995 | Cindy L. Griffin |
| 1994 | Charles Alan Taylor |
| 1993 | Suzanne M. Daughton |
| 1992 | Kathryn M. Olson |
| 1991 | James M. Farrell |
| 1990 | Stephen H. Browne |
| 1989 | Thomas M. Lessl |
| 1988 | Peter J. Marston |
| 1987 | Frederick J. Antczak |
| 1986 | Lester Olson |
| 1985 | John Poulakos |
| 1984 | Charles R. Conrad |
| 1983 | Raymond S. Rodgers |
| 1982 | Carol Jablonski |
| 1981 | Scott Jacobs |
| 1980 | Lois Einhorn |
| 1979 | Kurt W. Ritter |
| 1978 | Richard Cherwitz |
| 1977 | John H. Patton |
| 1976 | Richard Leo Enos |