Sandra Ball-Rokeach, Professor at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School of Communication, was selected to receive the prestigious 2011 B. Aubrey Fisher Mentorship Award. The Award recognizes outstanding scholars, teachers, and advisors who serve as role models in those capacities and who have had a major impact on the field of communication, by virtue both of their own accomplishments and those of their former students.

"Sandra has produced a remarkable record of scholarly and mentoring accomplishments," said Jon F. Nussbaum, Chair of the Fisher Mentorship Award Committee. "Primarily through her supervision within the Metamorphosis Project, Sandra has created an incubator for young researchers focused on urban communication issues. Over 70 graduate as well as undergraduate students have been centrally involved with the Metamorphosis Project since 1998.

"Sandra's mentoring of undergraduates and graduate students is a winning combination of warmth and encouragement, coupled with an unstinting, uncompromising demand for the very best each individual is capable of offering," Nussbaum added.

Ball-Rokeach is Professor of Communication at USC's Annenberg School, and is director of the Communication Technology and Community Program. She is a fellow of the International Communication Association and past Chair of ICA's Mass Communication Division.

Dr. Ball-Rokeach was presented with the Award on 28 May 2011 during ICA's 61st Annual International Conference in Boston, Massachusetts.