NCA National Awards

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Each year, NCA honors the best in Communication, presenting awards for outstanding scholarship, teaching, and professional service, as well as the NCA Legacy Scholarship. The awards recognize a wide range of contributions to the Communication discipline. The Call for Nominations for NCA awards is issued in February.

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Bernard J. Brommel Award for Outstanding Scholarship or Distinguished Service in Family Communication

NCA Awards for Outstanding Scholarship
The purpose of the Brommel Award is to recognize an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the area of family communication. This contribution may include research published in...

Charles H. Woolbert Research Award

NCA Awards for Outstanding Scholarship
The Woolbert Award is named in honor of one of the field's earliest and most distinguished scholars. The award is given to a journal article or book chapter that has stood the test of time and has...

Diamond Anniversary Book Award

NCA Awards for Outstanding Scholarship
In 1987, the NCA Golden Anniversary Book Award was discontinued, and all book award nominations were directed to the Winans-Wichelns Award Selection Committee. In 1991, the Administrative Committee...

Donald P. Cushman Memorial Award

NCA Awards for Outstanding Scholarship
The Donald P. Cushman Memorial Award recognizes Dr. Cushman’s mentorship of students, which centered on excellence in scholarship, as well as socialization as scholars in the communication discipline...

Douglas W. Ehninger Distinguished Rhetorical Scholar Award

NCA Awards for Outstanding Scholarship
The Douglas W. Ehninger Distinguished Rhetorical Scholar Award, first presented in 1987, honors scholars who have executed research programs in rhetorical theory, rhetorical criticism and/or public...

Franklyn S. Haiman Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Freedom of Expression

NCA Awards for Outstanding Scholarship
The Franklyn S. Haiman Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Freedom of Expression was originally established as the Herbert A. Wichelns Freedom of Speech Award in 1976. The name was changed to the...

Gerald M. Phillips Award for Distinguished Applied Communication Scholarship

NCA Awards for Outstanding Scholarship
The Gerald M. Phillips Award for Distinguished Applied Communication Scholarship was created in 1993 and first presented in 1994. The Phillips Award is presented to scholars responsible for authoring...

Gerald R. Miller Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Awards

NCA Awards for Outstanding Scholarship
The Dissertation Awards program was created in 1970 to recognize new scholars who have recently completed their dissertation. The first awards were given in 1971. The Miller Award is presented to...

Golden Anniversary Book Award

NCA Awards for Outstanding Scholarship
The NCA Golden Anniversary Book Award was presented until 1987 when it was discontinued. Book award nominations are now directed to the Winans/Wichelns Award or the Diamond Anniversary Book Award...

Golden Anniversary Monograph Award

NCA Awards for Outstanding Scholarship
The Golden Anniversary Monograph Awards were created to mark NCA's 50th Anniversary in 1964. Originally, there were awards given to monographs and to books. The book award was deleted and later...