2022 Award Winners
Margaret Baker Graham Research Grant
Sponsored by the Business Communication Research Foundation
Julia Longaker, Clemson University
Communicators in Crisis: Exploring the Role of Executive Leadership Relations in Communications Job Attrition in 2020-2022
Member Awards
ABC Rising Star Award
Sponsored by SAGE Publications
Sky Marsen, Flinders University
Fellow of the Association
Sponsored by ABC
D. Joel Whalen, DePaul University
Bernadine P. Branchaw Spirit of ABC Award
Sponsored by ABC
Jacqueline Mayfield, Texas A&M International University
Meada Gibbs Outstanding Teacher-Scholar Award
Sponsored by ABC
Peter C. Cardon, University of Southern California
Kitty O. Locker Outstanding Researcher Award
Sponsored by McGraw-Hill Higher Education and ABC
Lisa Melonçon, University of South Florida
Francis W. Weeks Award of Merit
Sponsored by ABC
Melinda Knight, Montclair State University
Distinction in the Practice of Diversity and Inclusion Award
Sponsored by Peter Cardon
Kathy Fisher, Indiana University, "A Case Project Re-Imagined"
Huatong Sun, University of Washington, "Empowering from Within: Uttering Voices and Planting Seeds"
Innovation in Teaching with Technology Award
Sponsored by Amy Newman
Cheryl Burgess, Utah State University
Publication Award
Outstanding Article in Business and Professional Communication Quarterly
Sponsored by Mary Ellen Guffey and Dana Lowey
Anthony Townley, Nagoya University of Commerce and Business
Townley, A. (2021). The use of discourse maps to teach contract negotiation communicative practices. Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 84(1), 5 - 30. DOI: 10.1177/2329490621994217
Outstanding Article in International Journal of Business Communication
Sponsored by Kathy Rentz and Paula Lentz
Abram Anders, Iowa State University
Anders, A. D. (2021). Human-centered leadership development: A communication-based approach for promoting authentic and transformational leadership. International Journal of Business Communication, Online First, 1-24. DOI: 10.1177/23294884211056558
Distinguished Publication on Business Communication
Sponsored by ABC
Emily Dejeu
Carnegie Mellon University
Dejeu, E. B. (2022). The Ethics of Delivering Bad News: Evaluating Impression Management Strategies in Corporate Financial Reporting. Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 36 (2), 190 - 230. DOI: 10.1177/10506519211064618
Business Communication Impact Award
Sponsored by Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California
Stephanie Smith, Virginia Tech
Smith, S. A., Patmos, A., & Pitts, M. J. (2015). Communication and Teleworking: A Study of Communication Channel Satisfaction, Personality, and Job Satisfaction for Teleworking Employees. International Journal of Business Communication, 55(1), 44-68. https://doi.org/10.1177/2329488415589101
Graduate Student Travel Awards
Sponsored by ABC and Sustaining Members
Emily Hamlin, Western Carolina University
David Olson, Liberty University