Brenda Allen
2011 Carroll C. Arnold Distinguished Lecturer at the National Communication Association Convention in New Orleans
2011 winner of the Paul H. Boase Prize award from Ohio University. The prize is awarded to distinguished scholars in the field of communication who have made a long lasting and/or outstanding contribution to the discipline.
First Annual Award for Excellence in Mentoring Faculty -- University of Colorado Denver, 2011
Reynaldo Anderson
2010 Exemplary Community Achievement Award in the Humanities by Missouri Governor Jay Nixon
Marcia Dawkins
Recognition:
Appointed as Visiting Scholar at Brown University.
Joanna Davis-Showell
Recognition:
Appointed Assistant Professor of Speech Communication at Bethune-Cookman University
Elizabeth Desnoyers-Colas
Recognition:
Participated in the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) 2011 Summer Seminar/Institute hosted by the Center for Africana Studies at Johns Hopkins University.
Sonya Brown Givens
Appointed to the position of Associate Dean for the Niagara Frontier Center at Empire State College.
Tina Harris
2011, Religious Communication Association's Religion Scholar
2010, Inductee into the Teaching Academy at the University of Georgia at 2010 Fall Reception
2010 Recipient of the University of Georgia’s Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professorship from the Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost.
2010 Recipient of the Southern States Communication Association Outreach Award
2010, Recognition for Outstanding Teaching at University of Georgia Football Game (UGA vs. Arkansas)
2010, Recognition for Outstanding Teaching at University of Georgia Honors Day
2010, Recognition for Outstanding Teaching at University of Georgia Spring Awards Reception
Katherine G Hendrix
Promoted to Full Professor at the University of Memphis.
Received the 2011 College of Communication and Fine Arts (CCFA) Dean's Award for
Outstanding Research
Currently serving as the Interim Graduate Director in the Department of Communication
Sarah Jackson
Successfully defended my dissertation "African American Celebrity Dissent and a Tale of Two Public Spheres: A Critical and Comparative Analysis of the Mainstream and Black press, 1949-2005” in the School of Journalism & Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota. Advised by Dr. Catherine R. Squires.
Rreceived a Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship at Northeastern University for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Andre E. Johnson
Named the Dr. James L. Netters Assistant Professor of Rhetoric & Religion and African American Studies at Memphis Theological Seminary
Selected for the top article award by the Religious Communication Association
Shawn Long
2011 Outreach Award, Southern States Communication Association
2010 Minority Recruitment and Retention Award, Southern States Communication Association.
2010 Organizational Science Service Award
Annette Madlock Gatison
Awarded tenure- Southern Connecticut State University
Robin Means
Director of Graduate Studies, Dept. of Communication Studies, Univ. of Michigan
Univ. of Michigan Humanities Award
Harold R. Johnson Diversity Award, Univ. of Michigan
Associate Professor Research Award, Univ. of Michigan
