2023 Award Winners
Margaret Baker Graham Research Grant
Sponsored by the Business Communication Research Foundation
Emily Hamlin, University of Connecticut
Employees' Motivations for Enrolling in Communication
Training Programs in Large-scale Organizations
Member Awards
ABC Rising Star Award
Sponsored by SAGE Publications
Ursula Lutzky, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Fellow of the Association
Sponsored by ABC
Amy Newman, Cornell University
Bernadine P. Branchaw Spirit of ABC Award
Sponsored by ABC
Virginia Hemby, Middle Tennessee State University
Priscilla Rogers, University of Michigan (posthumous)
Distinguished Member
Ron Dulek, University of Alabama
Marcel Robles, Eastern Kentucky University
Meada Gibbs Outstanding Teacher-Scholar Award
Sponsored by ABC
Patricia Harms, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kitty O. Locker Outstanding Researcher Award
Sponsored by McGraw-Hill Higher Education and ABC
Ursula Lutzky, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Distinction in the Practice of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award
Sponsored by Peter Cardon
Stephanie Smith, Virginia Tech, "Public Relations Campaigns"
Innovation in Teaching with Technology Award
Sponsored by Amy Newman
Lance Cummings, University of North Carolina Wilmington
Publication Award
Outstanding Article in Business and Professional Communication Quarterly
Sponsored by Mary Ellen Guffey and Dana Lowey
Kristen Getchell, Babson College; Stephen Carradini, Arizona State University; Peter Cardon, University of Southern California; Carolin Fleischmann, TH Rosenheim; Haibing Ma, DeepBlue Technology; Jolanta Aritz, University of Southern California; James Stapp, Cornell University
Getchell, K., Carradini, S., Cardon, P., Fleischmann, C., Ma, H. Artiz, J. & Stapp, J. (2022). Artificial Intelligence in Business Communication: The Changing Landscape of Research and Teaching. Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 1 - 27. DOI: 10.1177/23294906221074311.
Outstanding Article in International Journal of Business Communication
Sponsored by Kathy Rentz, Paula Lentz and Kristen Getchell
Augustine Pang, Singapore Management University; Yan Jin, University of Georgia; Youngi Seo, Syracuse University; Sung In Choi, University of Georgia; Hui-Xun Teo; La Duke Phuong; and Bryan Reber, University of Georgia
Pang, A., Jin, Y., Seo, Y., Choi, S, Teo, H., L, Phuong., & Reber, B. (2022). Breaking the sound of silence: Explication in the use of strategic silence in crisis communication. International Journal of Business Communication, 59 (2), 219 - 241. DOI: 10.1177/23294884211046357.
Distinguished Publication on Business Communication
Sponsored by ABC
Janis Forman, University of California Los Angeles
Forman, J. (2022). The Business Communication Profession: Essays on the Journeys of Leading Teacher-Scholars. Routledge.
Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award
Sponsored by Special Friend of ABC
Bianca Dijkstra
University of Groningen
Multilingual Communication Strategies in the Workplace: An Ethnographic Study of Practices and Ideologies in Logistics
Business Communication Impact Award
Sponsored by Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California
Jacqueline Mayfield, Texas A&M International University; Milton Mayfield, Texas A&M International University and William Sharbrough III, The Citadel
Mayfield, J., Mayfield, M., & Sharbrough, W. C. (2015). Strategic Vision and Values in Top Leaders’ Communications: Motivating Language at a Higher Level. International Journal of Business Communication, 52(1), 97–121. https://doi.org/10.1177/2329488414560282
Student Awards
Outstanding Student Writer
Sponsored by Barbara Shwom
- 1st place: Tolu Adetola, University of Pennsylvania; faculty sponsor Chris Morse
- 2nd place: Summer Sledzieski, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; faculty sponsor Michael Meredith
- 3rd place: Angela Ge, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; faculty sponsor Jenna Haugen
Student Case Writer
Cynthia Conn and Randle Raggio, University of Richmond
Student Travel Awards
Sponsored by ABC and Sustaining Members
Alex Bridgemohan, University of Connecticut
Gail Flanagan, University of Limerick
Sofia Osorio Pretell, Universidad del Norte