The ABC Award for Distinguished Publication
on Business Communication is awarded annually to an outstanding
book, a book chapter, or a journal article that meets the
criteria described below. The winning author(s) will receive
a plaque and a monetary award at the ABC Annual Convention
in October or November of each year. The winning author(s) will also receive one year of free membership in ABC. The award is sponsored
by textbook authors Courtland L. Bovee and John V. Thill.
1. Contributes significantly
to scholarship, research, and/or pedagogy
2. Demonstrates originality of thought and careful
investigation
3. Is well written, lucid, and engaging
4. Is published in the calendar year preceding the
annual convention at which the award is presented
- Entries may be submitted by the author(s) or by a nominator to the
Publications Board members listed below.
- With the nomination, please send to each Publications Board member the following: complete publication information, a high quality paper or electronic copy of the nominated publication, and a one or two paragraph rationale for the nomination.
- Nominations must be submitted by June 15, 2008.
Publication Board Members
Chair:
Professor Leena Louhiala-Salminen
Helsinki School of Economics
International Business Communication Programs
Runeberginkatu 14-16
00100 Helsinki
Finland
E-mail: Leena.Louhiala-Salminen@hse.fi
+358 9 43138 338 or +358 50 520 1853
Ex Officio:
Dr. Betty S. Johnson
Executive Director, Association for Business Communication
P.O. Box 6143, SFASU
Nacogdoches, TX 75962
USA
E-mail: abcjohnson@sfasu.edu
Professor Nittaya Campbell
University of Waikato
Waikato Management School
Private Bag 3105
Hamilton 3240, New Zealand
E-mail: nittaya@waikato.ac.nz
Professor Judith Kolb
Before June 1
Workforce Education and Development Program
The Pennsylvania State University
301 Keller Building
University Park, PA 16802
USA
Voice: 814-865-1876
E-mail: jak18@psu.edu
After June 1
c/o RonHooven
1217 West Chester Pike
Havertown, PA 19083
USA
E-mail: jak18@psu.edu
Dr. Brigitte Planken
Radboud University Nijmegen
P.O. Box 9044
6500 KD Nijmegen
the Netherlands
Holland 6500HD
Dr. Jeanette Martin
5230 Kirkside Cove
Memphis, TN 38117-4562
USA
E-mail: jmartin@bus.olemiss.edu
Dr. Clive Muir
Winston-Salem State University
P.O. Box 927
Clemmons, NC 27012
USA
E-mail: muirc@wssu.edu
Dr. Deborah Roebuck
Siegel Institute for Leadership, Ethics & Character
Kennesaw State University
1000 Chastain Rd MB#5500
Kennesaw, GA 30144-5591
USA
E-mail: droebuck@kennesaw.edu
Authors are not eligible to receive this award two years in a row. If the review committee finds no book, chapter, article
or essay worthy of the award in a given year, no award will
be presented.