2017 Award Winners

Marty Baker Graham Research Grant

Sponsored by the C.R. Anderson Foundation

Sara Doan, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Ruby Nancy, East Carolina University

Member Awards

ABC Rising Star Award

Sponsored by SAGE Publications

Valerie Creelman, Saint Mary's University

Fellow of the Association

Sponsored by ABC

Deborah Britt Roebuck, Kennesaw State University

Bernadine P. Branchaw Spirit of ABC Award

Sponsored by ABC

Gail Cruise, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Meada Gibbs Outstanding Teacher-Scholar Award

Sponsored by ABC

Priscilla S. Rogers, University of Michigan

Distinguished Member Award

Sponsored by ABC

Robyn Walker, University of Southern California

Kitty O. Locker Outstanding Researcher Award

Sponsored by McGraw-Hill Higher Education and ABC

Peter D. Cardon, University of Southern California

Francis W. Weeks Award of Merit

Sponsored by ABC

Paula Lentz, University of Wisconsin

Award for Excellence in Communication Consulting

Sponsored by Association of Professional Communication Consultants (APCC) and ABC

Karin Goettsch, University of Minnesota

Distinction in the Practice of Diversity and Inclusion Award

Sponsored by Peter Cardon

Robyn Albers, Zayed University

Publication Awards

Distinguished Publication on Business Communication

Sponsored by ABC

Richard O. Young, Carnegie Mellon University

Outstanding Article of the Year BPCQ

Sponsored by Mary Ellen Guffey and Dana Lowey

Catherine Nickerson, Zayed University
Chrysi Rapanta, Zayed University
Valerie Goby, Zayed University

Outstanding Article of the Year IJBC

Sponsored by Kathy Rentz

Alexander Laskin, Quinnipiac University

Outstanding Dissertation Award

Sponsored by Special Friend of ABC

Kathryn Ann Meier, University of Delaware

Best Paper for Proceedings

    • Ryan Fuller, California State University, Sacramento
    • Ashley McNatt, University of Arkansas for Medical Science,
    • Robert Ulmer, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Pearson Award for Innovation in Teaching with Technology

Sponsored by Pearson

Clive Muir, Stephen F. Austin State University

Business Communication Impact Award

Sponsored by Marshall School of Business, USC

Dwane H. Dean, Frostburg State University

Student Awards

Outstanding Student Writer

Sponsored by Maryann and Andy Wysor and Barbara Shwom

    • 1st place: Roshni Verma, University of  North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Faculty Sponsor - Michael Meredith, University of  North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
    • 2nd place: Kylan Rutherford, Brigham Young University (Faculty Sponsor - Marianna Richardson, Brigham Young University)
    • 3rd place: Tyler Tonnesen, University of  North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Faculty Sponsor - Michael Meredith, University of  North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Graduate Student Travel Awards

Sponsored by ABC and Sustaining Members

Bianca E. Dijkstra, University of Groningen
Brandy Mmbaga, University of Tennessee
Carolyn Kelley Patterson, University of Cincinnati
Charlotte Moyersoen, Ghent University
Doreen Hanke, Texas A&M International Unversity
Erin Drouin, University of Delaware
Gregory Kohler, University of California, Irvine
Jeremy Rosselot-Merritt, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Katherine Robisch, Kent State University
Lauren Malone, Iowa State University
Louise Zamparutti, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Masuda Akter, Carroll University
Melanie Dekeukelaere, Ghent University
Nina Freiberger, University of Delaware
Roxanna Deleersnyder, Ghent University
Ruby Nancy, East Carolina University
Sara Doan, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Steffie Van Neste, Ghent University
Svyatoslav Pikh, Higher School of Economics-Moscow, Russia
Swati Ghulyani, Indian Institute of Management Indore
Tyler Swafford, University College Dublin
Yao Yao, City University of Hong Kong
Yunye Yu, Georgia State University