Department Members Attend NCA's 108th Annual Convention

2022 Theme: Honoring PLACE: People, Liberation, Advocacy, Community, and Environment”

Faculty and graduate students from the Department of Communication attended the 108th Annual National Communication Association Convention in New Orleans, LA from Thursday, November 17 through Sunday, November 20. Department members presented papers, participated in panels, chaired events, and more. On Friday evening, current students and faculty invited department alumni, perspective students, and friends of the department to learn more about the department and celebrate the 2022 NCA award winners. 

Congratulations to the following award winners! 

NCA Top Paper Awards: 

Dr. Lindsey B. Anderson, Top Paper in the Basic Course Division

Ashley Aragon, Top Paper in Disability Issues

Drew Ashby-King, Top Paper in the Basic Course Division

Taylor Hourigan, Top Paper in Japan- U.S. Communication Association

Meg Itoh, Top Paper in Japan- U.S. Communication Association & Top paper in Asian/ Pacific American Caucus and Asian/ Pacific American Communication Division 

Dr. Nicholas Joyce, Top Paper in Communication and Social Cognition

Fielding Montgomery, Top Paper in Japan-US Communication Association & Top Student Paper in Theatre, Film, and New Multi-Media Division (with Annie Montgomery)

Dr. Damien Smith Pfister, Top Paper in Argumentation and Forensics Division

Matthew Salzano, Honorable Mention for Article of the Year. Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine (with Dr. Misti Yang) & Top Paper in Argumentation and Forensics Division 

Basic Course Division Outstanding Service Award: Dr. Lindsey B. Anderson

Outstanding Service to the Division Award, Spiritual Communication: Dr. Sahar Khamis

Diamond Anniversary Book Award: Dr. Catherine Knight-Steele for Digital Black Feminism

Catalina De Onis Dissertation Award in Environmental Communication: Dr. Rhys Lim 

Outstanding Heath Communication Scholar: Dr. Xiaoli Nan