Sponsored by the Communication, Adolescents and the Media Division

Award Recipients

The Children, Adolescents, and Media (CAM) division is an intellectual forum for academics from all over the world who study the role of media in the lives of children and young people. The Senior Scholar Award recognizes an established scholar who has made significant contributions to the development and status of such scholarship. The successful nomination will have made clear, coherent, and sustained contributions to the advancement of Children, Adolescents, and Media scholarship over time. The Award is open to scholars from different backgrounds and disciplinary orientations and who are informed by a variety of theoretical and empirical approaches.

We allow self-nominations, as well as the nomination of others.

The Award is open to ICA members. Membership in the CAM division is encouraged but not required. Members of the Awards Committee may nominate, but nominees cannot serve on the Awards Committee.

All nominators must:

1.  Submit a letter of nomination, not to exceed two pages. The letter must: (a) specify the relevant body of work and contributions made; (b) demonstrate and argue for the influence and impact of the body of work on the field of Children, Adolescents, and Media (to that end, a brief statement addressing citation impact is suggested);

2.  Submit three (3) representative examples of the work cited;

3.  Include an up-to-date CV for the individual nominated;

4.  Have all materials submitted electronically to the Chair of the CAM division by February 15th.

DEADLINE

Nomination packages should be emailed to CAM Chair Erica Scharrer (scharrer@comm.umass.edu) no later than 15 February.

Sponsored by the Communication and Technology Division

Award Recipients

The Communication and Technology (CAT) division of the International Communication Association (ICA) invites nominations for the Herbert S. Dordick Dissertation Award.  This award honors the memory of Prof. Dordick by recognizing annually the most outstanding dissertation on communication and technology produced in the preceding year.  The award will be presented this coming year at the Business Meeting of the CAT division during the ICA Annual Conference. The rules for nominating a dissertation are:

1. Any CAT-related dissertation completed (i.e., successfully defended) between 1 January and 31 December of the previous year is eligible for consideration. Dissertation authors need not be members of CAT division to be considered, but must be ICA members to accept the award.
2. Dissertations may be nominated by the author, dissertation advisor or a professional colleague. Full contact information of the author and the nominee must be provided, including name, phone number, surface mail address, and email address.
3. Nomination materials should include: (a) the author's contact information, (b) proof of completion of the dissertation along with date, (c) a one-page abstract of the dissertation, (d) a 1-2 page statement describing the significance of the work and why it is deserving of the award, and (e) a representative chapter, selected sections of the dissertation, OR a paper distilling it, up to 30 (double-spaced) pages maximum, excluding references, tables, and figures.
4. The deadline for receipt of nomination materials is midnight of 30 April (Greenwich Mean Time). Submissions must be made electronically in PDF form to jdanowski@gmail.com.  (Free PDF converters are available on the web including at http://cutepdf.com or http://www.primopdf.com). Place "Dordick Award Nomination" in the email subject field.

Address all questions about this award to James Danowski, Vice-Chair, Communication & Technology Division, jdanowski@gmail.com.

Sponsored by the Communication and Technology Division

Prize Recipients

Dr. Frederick Williams (1933-2010), former ICA President and founding Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication, was one of the first scholars to devote research attention to the study of new communication technology. Fred was a visionary who made a lasting impact on the field of communication. He was a colleague, friend and mentor to many who carry his vision forward and who honor his memory with this Prize. The Frederick Williams Prize recognizes outstanding contributions to knowledge concerning the social uses and impacts of new communication technologies.

The Williams Prize will be awarded annually by the Communication and Technology (CAT) Division of the International Communication Association to recognize outstanding scholarly works and cumulative achievements that have advanced the study of communication technology. Nominations will be solicited from CAT members and a selection committee will announce the winner at the CAT Division business meeting each year.

Sponsored by the Communication Law and Policy and Philosophy, Theory and Critique Divisions

Award Recipients

The Communication Law and Policy and Philosophy, Theory and Critique Divisions of the International Communications Association seek nominees for the annual C. Edwin Baker Award for the Advancement of Scholarship on Media, Markets and Democracy. We encourage self-nominations, as well as the nomination of others.

The Baker Award recognizes work that has made significant contributions to the development, reach and influence of such scholarship. While the awards committee favors research that consists of multiple projects and publications that have made a clear, coherent and sustained contribution to the advancement of such scholarship over time, single works and/or activities that have been highly influential in the field may also qualify someone for nomination. More specifically, nominees for this award will have accomplished one or more of the following:

1. opened up new theoretical and/or methodological territory in research on any aspect of the interrelations between media, markets and democracy;
2. made other important contributions to the advancement of scholarship on these inter-relations;
3. engaged in activism that advanced scholarship on these inter-relations.

The award is open to ICA members and to anyone else whose research can be shown to have a connection with the work of the ICA and its various divisions. Members of the Awards Committee may nominate, but no ICA member who makes a nomination or who is nominated for an award can serve on the committee judging the nomination.

All nominators must:

1. Submit letter(s) of nomination, not to exceed two pages each. These letter must: (a) specify the relevant body of work and/or other contributions made; (b) address the work’s and/or activity’s contributions to scholarship of media, markets and democracy (in the case of research, this will involve theoretical and methodological assessments of that work); and (c) make a case for its influence and impact on the advancement of such scholarship.
2. Submit representative examples of the work cited, along with a CV, to the chair of the awards committee (as noted on the ICA website).
3. Have all materials electronically submitted by 11:00 pm EST, 31 July.

The Baker Award was established in 2010 through an endowed fund created from the estate of Professor C Edwin Baker (1947-2009), who was the Nicholas F. Gallichio Professor of Law and Communication at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and is intended to honor the enormous contribution made by Professor Baker to communications scholarship. The Divisions gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Professor Baker’s sister Dr Nancy Baker.

The prize will be to the value of US $500 per annum. The selection committee will comprise: the Chairs of Philosophy of Communication and Communication Law and Policy divisions (ex officio), Dr. Nancy Baker, and 4 nominated members.

Sponsored by the Ethnicity and Race in Communication Division

The Emerging Scholar Award in Ethnicity and Race in Communication is sponsored by the Department of Media Studies at Stockholm University. Established in 2013, the award's first recipient was Susan Harewood of the University of Washington - Bothell. The award identifies and recognizes younger scholars who are developing strong and important dossiers of research in the field of ethnicity and race in communication.

Sponsored by the Feminist Scholarship Division

Award Recipients

The Teresa Award for the Advancement of Feminist Scholarship was established in 2007 through an endowed fund created by Dr. Yoo Jae Song of Ewha Women's University in Korea to honor her mother, Dr. Teresa Kyuguen Cho, a Korean American and a pediatrician, who passed away in Philadelphia in 2006 at the age of 83.

Sponsored by the Global Communication and Social Change Division

Award Recipients

The Division for Global Communication and Social Change is soliciting nominations for its Lifetime Achievement Award. The Award honors established scholars in any one or more of the research fields that pertain to the division*. A full nomination package should comprise a signed rationale from the nominator (who shall not be the person nominated), a signed, supporting statement and rationale from one other person (who shall not be the person nominated), a resume of the person nominated including a complete list of his or her publications.  While submissions are electronic, the Awards Committee also requires that signed hard copies of the nominator's rationale, and the supporting statement be snail-mailed.

Division Mission
*The Division for Global Communication and Social Change exists to encourage and debate research on issues of production, distribution, content and reception of communications at global, "glocal," transnational, transcultural, international and regional levels. Within this purview it encompasses work across a wide variety of theoretical and methodological approaches, concerning communication in cultural, economic, political or social contexts, including strategic communication for development, social change or social justice.

Award Nomination Instructions
Nomination packages should be sent electronically to the chair of the division.

DEADLINE
Nomination packages should be emailed as soon as possible and no later than 01 March. Signed hard copies of the nominator's rationale and the supporting statement should be snail-mailed to arrive no later than 1 March.

Sponsored by the Health Communication Division and National Communication Association

Award Recipients

The Health Communication Division at ICA in partnership with the Health Communication Division at the National Communication Association (NCA) annually recognizes the outstanding doctoral dissertation and masters thesis in the area of health communication. The Outstanding Masters thesis award has been named in honor of Amanda L. Kundrat. A cash award is given in the amount of $500 each for the top dissertation and top thesis. Calls for nominations are typically issued in the winter for dissertations and theses that have been completed (defended) in the 16 months up to December 31st of the preceding year. Dissertations and theses can only be nominated once.

Nomination Procedures:

The nomination packet should be submitted to the Chair of the ICA Health Communication Division and include:

1. a cover letter with the name, postal address, telephone number and email address of the nominee and his or her advisor(s) and completion date of the dissertation or thesis, and
2. a manuscript that acts as an integrated summary of the thesis or dissertation not exceeding 30 pages (double-spaced, one-inch margins on all sides) excluding references and title page. The summary paper should describe the study's rationale, theoretical framework, research questions, relevant literature, methods, results and conclusions. The summary paper should include a title page that contains only the title and the abstract. Care should be taken to mask the identity of the author within the text of the paper. Complete theses or dissertations or chapters of same will not be accepted for review.

Evaluation and Award Procedures:

A panel of elected officers of the ICA and NCA Health Communication Divisions evaluates the nominations and selects the award recipients, with the ICA Division Chair serving as the award coordinator. The awards are announced at the Health Communication Division business meeting during the ICA conference.

Sponsored by the Journalism Studies Division

Prize Recipients

The Journalism Studies Division of ICA is seeking nominations for our annual dissertation award, the Gene Burd Urban Journalism Research Prize. We are able to do this because of a generous gift from Gene Burd, Professor of Journalism at the University of Texas and administrative support from the Urban Communication Foundation.

This annual prize recognizes and rewards doctoral dissertation research in urban Journalism. Please check with the website www.urbancomm.org for the specifics about the award.

Amount of Prize: $1,000

Application Procedure:
Each nomination should include a copy of the doctoral dissertation and two supporting letters from faculty mentors. One of these letters must be a nomination from the graduate student's degree advisor that includes a statement articulating the relevancy and impact of the nominated work. The nominated work must have been completed and defended within the two years prior to the award year (e.g., 2009/2010 for the prize in 2011).

The winner will be announced at the annual business meeting of the Journalism Studies Division of the International Communication Association. Nominees must therefore have firm plans to attend the annual conference. The nomination period opens on 15 November and closes on 15 February. The Prize's review committee will consist of representatives from the Journalism Studies Division and the Urban Communication Foundation.

Please send nomination materials (the 2 supporting letters and the dissertation) via email (PDF format) to the chair of the Journalism Studies Division of ICA by 15 February.

Sponsored by the Mass Communication Division

Award Recipients

The ICA Mass Communication Division's dissertation award, named in honor of the late Dr. K. Kyoon Hur, is designed to encourage and acknowledge the best in doctoral research and dissertation writing in mass communication.

The Hur Dissertation Award is given in odd-numbered years.

Nominations for the award are invited from programs and institutions granting PhD in any aspect of mass communications. The rules for competition are as follows:

1. Dissertations completed between November 1 and October 31 (inclusive) for 2 years prior to the conference year are eligible for consideration. For example, for the competition held in 2013, dissertations completed between 1 November 2010 and 31 October 2012 are eligible. Completion means that the final examination (dissertation defense) has been held and passed.

2. The dissertation advisor, graduate program director, or the student may make nominations. A letter MUST accompany student self-nominations from the advisor attesting to the quality of the work.

3. The following materials MUST be submitted with the nomination:

• a cover letter with the name, address, telephone, and e-mail address of the nominee and his or her advisor(s),
• a manuscript that acts as an integrated summary of the thesis or dissertation not exceeding 30 (thirty) pages of text (double spaced, 12-point font, 1 inch margins) and 50 pages total (including all references, tables, etc.). Full theses or dissertations or chapters of theses or dissertations will not be accepted for review. Submissions that do not meet the guidelines will be returned. The paper should clearly identify and include the rationale, theoretical framework, research questions, relevant literature, methods, results, and conclusions. The submitted paper should include a cover sheet that contains only the title and the abstract. Care should be taken to mask the identity of the author within the text of the paper.

4. All materials must be received by 1 March, and should be submitted electronically to the Mass Communication Division Chair.

The subject matter of the dissertation is more important than the title of the department program under whose auspices it was written. Although it is expected that most nominations will come from programs in communication, speech, journalism, broadcasting, or the like, it is possible that qualifying dissertations on mass communication topics will be submitted from other social sciences, humanities or health sciences programs.

PLEASE NOTE: Dissertation advisors and department heads should be selective in their nominations. The award is for the highest level of scholarship. Although there are many good dissertations in the field, nominations should be made with an eye to their competitiveness among the very best. A cash prize will be presented to the winner at the ICA annual meeting.

If you have any questions, please feel free to get in touch with the Mass Communication Division Chairs.

Sponsored by the Organizational Communication Division

Award Recipients

This annual award honors an outstanding dissertation that is theoretically driven, methodologically rigorous, and makes a significant contribution to the field of organizational communication. In the spirit of W. Charles Redding, the winning dissertation will present ideas that advance our understanding of organizing and communicating, and that make a difference in the lives of organizational members. This annual competition includes a cash award to the winner and a certificate for the winner and his/her advisor. The award is presented at the annual ICA conference each year. Any dissertation project related to organizational communication is eligible for submission. Dissertations must have been successfully defended in the calendar year prior to the conference. For example, if the conference is in 2015, the dissertation should have been successfully defended and deposited in 2014.

Nomination Procedures:

The dissertation advisor should email two documents to the Division Secretary:

1. the complete dissertation
2. a summary document written by the dissertation author (30 double-spaced pages plus references, tables, graphs, etc.)

Submission instructions and deadlines can be found on the Division website at: http://org.icahdq.org/ohana/website/?p=22188010. Submission deadlines are in early February of each year. The Division Secretary coordinates the award. Contact information for the Division Secretary can be found at: http://org.icahdq.org/ohana/website/?p=14744362

Candidates for the award must be members of the ICA Organizational Communication Division. Membership may be in process at the time of submission. If an insufficient number of dissertations are received in any given year, the award panel reserves the right to carry over dissertations into the next annual competition.  If there are a large number of submissions or competition is strong, Honorable Mention Awards may also be made.

Sponsored by the Public Relations Division

In 2003, the PR Division established the Heath Top Paper Award, in honor of the scholarly achievements of Professor Robert Heath from the University of Houston, USA. Dr. Heath's 20-year record, achieving ten top paper rankings, spanned the history of the PR Division. No other scholar has achieved this level of accomplishment or recognition.

Heath's sustained quality of refereed papers covered such topics as issues management, public policy, environmental health risks, constituency building, citizen risk concerns and risk communication generally, PR management of organizational crises, and an analysis of communication infrastructure. Each year, the winner of the Heath Top Paper Award is selected by division reviewers from a short list of outstanding papers.

Two past PR Division chairs, Bonita D. Neff (Valparaiso University-Indiana, USA) and Dean Kruckeberg (University of Northern Iowa, USA), coordinated the process of establishing the Heath Top Paper Award, after John Madsen (Buena Vista University-Iowa, USA) nominated Heath for the award-naming honor. The first Heath Top Paper Award was made in 2004, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the founding of the PR Division within ICA.

Sponsored by the Public Relations Division

The public relations division of ICA invites submissions for the 2012 James E. Grunig and Larissa A. Grunig Outstanding Thesis and Dissertation Awards. Eligible entrants for this competition cycle include theses and dissertations successfully defended during the period from 1 January 2010, through 31 December 2011. Theses and dissertations must focus upon phenomena, issues and questions relevant to the study of public relations.

The deadline for submitting manuscripts for this competition cycle is 1 March 2012, by 11 p.m., Pacific Time. All materials must be received by this date and time. For additional information and award submission requirements, please contact the awards chair, indicated below. Please do not submit full theses and dissertations to the awards chair, and please do not submit materials without first ensuring that they comply with ALL the submission requirements.

Bey-Ling Sha, Ph.D., APR
Chair, Grunig & Grunig Thesis/Dissertation Awards
School of Journalism & Media Studies
San Diego State U
5500 Campanile Dr.
San Diego, CA 92182-4561, USA
Phone: 1-619-594-0641
Email: bsha@mail.sdsu.edu