Kitty O. Locker Outstanding Researcher Award
Purpose
The Outstanding Researcher Award encourages excellence
in business communication research. It honors a scholar
who has made an outstanding contribution to the advancement
of knowledge in the business communication discipline. The
recipient will be honored at the ABC annual convention with
a plaque and a check. The award is sponsored by McGraw-Hill
Irwin.
1. Overall contribution of the
researcher’s cumulative publications in refereed journals
and scholarly books
2. Significance of the research
to the field
3. Overall quality of the research
4. Heuristic value of the research
Nomination Procedures
Nominations should consist of
a letter describing the scholar's research and showing how
the research meets the award criteria; copies of three published
works (selections if from a book); abstracts of two or three
other major publications; and a detailed resume.
Nominators should send letter and supporting materials by June 1 to Cynthia Ryan, Department of English, University of Alabama at Birmingham, HB 217, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294-1260 (cynryan@uab.edu).
ABC Research Committee members will independently review
the credentials of each nominee. The recipient will receive
a plaque and a cash reward.
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