Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division
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Interest Group Awards
2016
Listed here are awards given by the Interest Group to its members. Interests Groups are smaller communities within NCA’s large membership that provide a range of resources including networking opportunities, Annual Convention programming, leadership opportunities, awards, and specialized information dissemination channels, among others.
Early Career Award (formerly New Investigator Award)
| Year | Award Winner |
|---|---|
| 2021 | Joshua Trey Barnett |
| 2020 | Justin Eckstein |
| 2019 | Caitlin Frances Bruce |
| 2018 | Michele Kennerly |
| 2017 | Casey Ryan Kelly |
| 2016 | Josue David Cisneros |
| 2015 | Robin E. Jensen |
| 2014 | Scott Stroud |
| 2013 | Erin Rand |
| 2012 | Claire Sisco King |
| 2011 | Jeremy Engels |
| 2010 | Jeff Bennett |
| 2009 | Bradford J. Vivian |
| 2008 | Phaedra Pezzullo |
| 2007 | Debra Hawhee |
| 2006 | Joshua Gunn |
| 2005 | Cara Finnegan |
| 2004 | Robert Asen |
| 2003 | M. Lane Bruner |
| 2002 | Eric King Watts |
| 2001 | Kirt Wilson |
| 2000 | Raka Home and Lisa Flores |
| 1998 | Bryan Taylor |
| 1996 | Edward Schiappa |
Faculty Mentorship Award
| Year | Award Winner |
|---|---|
| 2021 | Karrin Vasby Anderson |
| 2020 | Daniel Brouwer |
| 2019 | Joan Faber McAlister |
| 2019 | Bernadette Marie Calafell |
| 2018 | Rosa Eberly |
| 2017 | Cara Finnegan |
| 2016 | Angela G. Ray |
| 2015 | Barbara Biesecker |
| 2013 | Vanessa Beasley |
Distinguished Scholar Award
| Year | Award Winner |
|---|---|
| 2021 | Robert C. Rowland and Cara Finnegan |
| 2020 | Raka Shome |
| 2019 | Lisa A. Flores |
| 2018 | Ekaterina Haskins |
| 2017 | Debra Hawhee |
| 2016 | Charles E. Morris III |
| 2015 | Kent Ono |
| 2014 | Robert Asen |
| 2013 | John M. Sloop |
| 2012 | Dana Cloud |
| 2011 | Barbara Biesecker |
| 2010 | Carole Blair |
| 2009 | Alan Gross |
| 2007 | JThomas Frentz |
| 2006 | Edward Schiappa |
| 2005 | Dan O’Keefe |
| 2004 | James Aune |
| 2003 | Gerard Hauser |
| 2002 | John Lucaites |
| 2000 | Robert Hariman |
| 1999 | G. Thomas Goodnight |
| 1998 | Thomas Farrell |
| 1996 | Brant Burleson |
Nichols-Ehninger Award for Top Student Paper
| Year | Award Winner |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Noor Ghazal Aswad, “Radical Rhetoric: Towards a Telos of Solidarity” |
| 2019 | Dominique Salas, “Decolonizing Exigency: Settler Exigencies in the Winnebago Mission Home” |
| 2018 | Joe Hatfield |
| 2017 | Kelsey Lahr |
| 2016 | Jenna Hanchey |
| 2015 | Amanda Neil Edgar, “Material Networks, Rhetorical Fluidity, and the Sensory Voice” |
| 2014 | Amanda Neil Edgar, “Vocal Intimacy and the Sonic Dimensions of Race” |
| 2012 | Lee Pierce, “Hijacking History: Reconciling the Nation-State in the Canadian Indian Residential Schools Controversy” |
| 1990 | Barbara Zeltzer |
| 1989 | Ruth Slavin |
| 1988 | Don Paul Jones |
| 1987 | Robin Reese |
| 1986 | Stephen D. O’Leary |