Five doctoral candidates and one alum in Communication Studies were recognized for their papers.
Jordon Allen and Nicole Allen earned a top paper award from the Western States Communication Association's Interpersonal Communication Interest Group. Their paper topic was "Complicating and Critiquing the Classical Twin Methodology: Decentring Biogenetic Approaches to Twin Studies." The paper will be presented in February at the association's annual meeting in San Diego.
Jon Carter and Jamie Downing earned top paper honors at the National Communication Association conference, Nov. 19-22 in Las Vegas. Downing earned the award for two papers: "Escaping Entelechy: Exploring Intersections of Piety and Style” and "Keeping the Feast: Digitality, Counterpublics, and Conversations Surrounding Christian Seders." Carter earned a top paper recognition for "Good Metonyms Make Great Metaphors: Embracing the Opportunities for Scientific Forms in Non-Scientific Contexts.”
Julia Moore has been awarded a top paper honor and the Top Student Paper award from the Western States Communication Association's Interpersonal Communication Interest Group. The award was for her paper, "Where is the Critical Empirical Interpersonal Communication Research? A Roadmap for Future Inquiry." The paper will be presented in February at the association's annual meeting in San Diego.
Doctoral candidate Kaitlin Phillips and alum Paul Schrodt (PhD, 2003) earned a Top Paper award in the National Communication Association's Family Communication Division, “Self-disclosure and Relational Uncertainty as Mediators of Family Communication Patterns and Relational Outcomes in Sibling Relationships.” The paper is being presented at the association’s annual meeting in Las Vegas, NV, on November 20th.
