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A Sample of Graduate Student Honors, Awards, and Accomplishments*

                   Teaching Awards                      Scholarships, Fellowships, Other Awards         

        Research Awards                Grants                    Publications                  Top Paper Awards

Teaching Awards:

Elizabeth Richard- 2006-2007 Graduate and Professional Student Association Teaching Excellence Award; 2006-2007 Outstanding Ph.D. Teacher Award, ASU Hugh Downs School of Human Communication

Audrey Iffert- 2006-2007 Outstanding MA Teacher Award, ASU Hugh Downs School of Human Communication

Kim Ware- 2005-2006 Outstanding MA Teacher Award, ASU Hugh Downs School of Human  Communication

Jill Schiefelbein-2005-2006 Graduate and Professional Student Association Teaching Excellence Award, ASU

Kurt Lindemann- 2005-2006 Graduate and Professional Student Association Teaching Excellence Award, ASU; 2004-2005 Outstanding Ph.D. Student Teacher, ASU Hugh Downs School of Human  Communication

Marianne LeGreco- 2004-2005 Graduate and Professional Student Association Teaching Excellence Award; 2004 Outstanding PhD Graduate Student Instructor

Heather Canary; Kaori Ishida, Scott Ku, Jon Martin- 2004-2005 Nominees for Graduate and Professional Student Association Teaching Excellence Award

Scholarships, Fellowships and Other Awards:

Yvonne Montoya- 2007 Ford Foundation Predoctoral Diversity Fellowship Award; 2007 Hutloff Koehler Fellowship, ASU Hugh Downs School of Human Communication

Ryan Donaghy- 2007 Fulbright Scholarship to Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey

Marsha Atteberry, Tristan Booth, Christina Smith, Alison Trego - 2007-2008 Preparting Future Faculty Program

Kendra Rivera- 2007 Hutloff Koehler Graduate Fellowship, ASU Hugh Downs School of Human Communication

Dustin Goltz- 2007 Dessie E. Larsen Performance Studies Graduate Fellowship, ASU Hugh Downs School of Human Communication

Sara McKinnon- 2007 Dessie E. Larsen Performance Studies Graduate Fellowship, ASU Hugh Downs School of Human Communication; 2004-2005 Kelly Maxwell Outstanding Graduate Student Award from the ASU Intergroup Relations Center

Bree McEwan- 2007 Assemby President, Graduate and Professional Student Assocation, ASU; 2004-2005 Service Award, ASU Graduate and Professional Student Association

Mary Ann McHugh- 2007 Society for Scholarly Publishing National Award

Beth Babin-Gallagher- 2005 The University Graduate Scholar Fellowship Award

Christina Bates- 2004-2005 Departmental Scholarship

Carol Lynn Bower- 2005 Graduate Fellow American Academy of Political and Social Science First ASU Graduate Student Ever Inducted; 2001-2004 University Graduate Scholar; 2001-2004 Regents Graduate Scholar

Christina Colp-Hansbury- 2004-2005 Kelly Maxwell Outstanding Graduate Student Award from the ASU Intergroup Relations Center for work promoting diversity and dialogue on campus; 2005 Contesting Public Memory Conference: Scholarship to attend

Scott Ku, Heather Canary, Lisa Farinelli, Angela LaValley, Dandrick Moton, Jodi Wahba- Collaborative Programming award from the Student Organization Research Center for the Social Science Graduate Research Symposium at ASU

Ragan C. Fox- Aug. 2005: 3rd Place Individual Poet, National Poetry Slam.  Albuquerque, NM; 2003-2004 Dessie E. Larsen Graduate Fellowship, ASU

Kurt Lindemann- 2003-2004 Service Award, ASU Graduate and Professional Student Association; 2002-2003 Dessie E. Larsen Performance Studies Graduate Fellowship, Arizona State University; 2002-2003 Service Award, ASU Graduate and Professional Student Association

Melissa Tafoya- 2004-2005 Kelly Maxwell Outstanding Graduate Student Award from the ASU Intergroup Relations Center

Elvinet Wilson- Fellowship, Faculty Emeriti Association

Grants:

Karma Chavez- 2006-2007 ASU Graduate and Professional Student Association Research Grant;

Angela LaValley- 2006-2007 Graduate and Professional Student Association Research Grant;

Tara Schuwerk- 2006-2007 Graduate and Professional Student Association Research Grant;

Heather Canary- 2004-2005 ASU Graduate and Professional Students Association Research Grant; $740 awarded for independent project.

Ragan C. Fox- Theater and Performance of the Americas Travel Research Grant awarded by the Office of Pan-American Initiatives and the Herberger College of Fine Arts; $200.00

Marianne LeGreco- 2005 ASU Graduate & Professional Student Association Competitive Research Grant; $2,000 

Kurt Lindemann- ASU Graduate and Professional Student Association Research Grant; $1600 to study masculinity and disability in organized sport recreation

Kim Ware (with Dr. Linda Park-Fuller)- 2004 Campus Environment Team. "The Words of Our Students"; 1000.00. 

Research Awards:

Karma Chavez- 2007 Outstanding Ph.D. Researcher Award, ASU Hugh Downs School of Human Communication

Dustin Goltz- 2007 Superior Ph.D. Researcher Award, ASU Hugh Downs School of Human Communication

Annegret Hannawa- 2007 Noteworthy Ph.D. Researcher Award, ASU Hugh Downs School of Human Communication

Kurt Lindemann- 2004-2005 Outstanding Ph.D. Researcher Award, ASU Hugh Downs School of Human Communication

Carol Lynn Bower- 2003 Superior Ph.D. Researcher Award, ASU

Ragan C. Fox- Ph.D. Superior Researcher Award, ASU Hugh Downs School of Human Communication

Publications:

Bates, Christina M.

(forthcoming 2005).  Book Review for Free Speech Yearbook: Lessig, Lawrence (2005) Free culture: How big media uses technology and the law to lock down culture and control creativity.  New York: The Penguin Press.

(forthcoming 2005). I got you babe: The dysfunctional relationship among the first amendment, the copyright clause, and the original intent of the internet in the aftermath of Eldred v. Ashcroft.  Free Speech Yearbook.

(2005). Communicating and leading change in organizations. In Keyton, J. & Shockley-Zalabak, P. (Eds.), Case studies for organizational communication: Understanding communication processes.  Roxbury Publishing.

(2003). From 34 cents to 37 cents: The unconstitutionality of the postal monopoly.  Missouri Law Review, 68 (1).

Barrett, J. and Bates, C. M. (2004). The role of mediation in divorce and child custody disputes in which domestic violence is present. Rutgers Conflict Resolution Law Journal, 2 (2).

Bower, Carol Lynn (2005). 

Excessive individualism in contemporary society is harming civic involvement: Pro argument.  In Debating the Issues:  American Government & Politics, R.P. Watson, Editor.  Longman Publishers.

(2005). When American is at war it is necessary to restrict individual rights: Con argument.   In Debating the Issues: American Government & Politics.  R. P.  Watson, Editor.  Longman Publishers.

(2004). The media in their midst.  In Life in the White House: At Home with the First Family.  R. P.  Watson, Editor.  Northern Illinois University Press.

(2002). Public discourse and female presidential candidates.  In Anticipating Madam President: The First Female Presidency.  R. P. Watson and A. Gordon, Editors.   Lynne Rienner Publishers.

Halualani, R.T., Chitgopekar, Anu S., Morrison, J. H. T. A., & Dodge, P. S. (2004)..  Diverse in Name Only?   Intercultural Interaction at a Multicultural University.  Journal of Communication, 54(2), 270-286.

Fox, Ragan Cooper

(In press). Gay Grows Up: An Interpretive Study of Aging Metaphors and Queer Identity.   Journal of Homosexuality.

(2006 In press). Negative: Using Performative Interventions to Explore HIV-Negativity. Theatre Topics.

(2006 In press). Raging Against Rage: Telling Tales of Taboo, Molestation, and Anger.  Text and Performance Quarterly, 26.

(2003). Faggot: For Gay Boys who Have Considered Rainbows When Suicide Wasn’t Enough.  Freedom to Speak (pp. 45-47).  Whitmore Lake, MI: The Wordsmith Press.

(2005).  Heterophobia.  Maple Shade, NJ: Lethe Press.

Angie LaValley, Melissa Tafoya, Lisa Farinelli, Jeff Judd, Mark Haynes, & Kristin Davis (with Dr. Kory Floyd): Human Affection Exchange: XIII. Affectionate Communication Accelerates Neuroendocrine Stress Recovery. In press with Health Communication.

Angie LaValley (with Dr. Laura Guerrero): Chapter on emotion and conflict in the Handbook of Conflict Communication: Integrating Theory, Research, and Practice (scheduled to be published Jan. 2006)

LeGreco, Marianne. (2005).  Book review. Unwanted claims: The politics of participation in the U.S. social welfare system.  Perspectives in Public Affairs, 2, 35-37

Trethewey, A., Scott, C., & LeGreco, M. (forthcoming).  Constructing embodied organizational identities: Commodifying, securing and servicing professional bodies.  In The Handbook of Gender and Communication.

Lindemann, Kurt

(2005). Lives online: Narrative performance, presence, and community in LiveJournal.com. Text and Performance Quarterly, 25: 354-372.

(2005). Review of Contesting Identities: Sports in American Film. Journal of Communication, 55(2), 406-408.

(2004). Tales of an amateur magician: Embodying grief, loss, and masculinity through performative writing.  Kaleidoscope, 3(1), 63-69.

(2002). Pseudonyms, performance and pedagogy: performing original literature in forensics.  National Forensics Journal, 20(1), 45-48.

Anijar, K., Chen, H. V., & Walker, Thomas E. (2005).Poofs-Cheesy and Other: Identity Politics as Commodity in South Park, in Mary M. Dalton and Laura R. Linder, Eds., The Sitcom Reader: America Viewed and Skewed. New York: SUNY Press.

Sillars, A., Canary, D. J., & Tafoya, M. A.  (2003).  Communication conflict and the quality of family relationships. In A. L. Vangelisti (Ed.), Handbook of Family Communication.  Mahwah, NJ:  Erlbaum.

Tafoya, M. A. & Spitzberb, B. H. (forthcoming).  Communicative Infidelity.  In B.H. Spitzberg & W. R. Cupach (Eds.).  The Dark Side of Interpersonal Communication (2nd ed.). Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Top Paper Awards:

Christina Bates- NCA 2006:  Top Paper for Group Communication Division, “Cross-disciplinary Illuminations: Looking to Group Psychotherapy to Inform Task/Work Group Effectiveness Research”; NCA 2004: Top Paper for Training and Development Division, Exploring the Use of Mental Models and Action Science Principles to Aid in the Understanding and Appreciation of Cultural Diversity

Carol Lynn Bower- NCA 2003: Top Competitive Paper, Media Studies Division; NCA 2002: Top Student Paper, Political Communication Division; NCA 2001: Top Competitive Paper, Rhetoric Division

Heather Canary- NCA 2006:  Top Paper for  Disability Issues Caucus, “Creating Supportive Connections: A Decade of Research on Support for Families of Children with Disabilities”

Emily Cripe- WSCA 2004; Top 5 Paper Org Com Division, Breasts at work: Breastfeeding and Sexuality in the public sphere of organizations.

Christina Colp-Hansbury; NCA 2004: Top Paper Award in Ethnography Standing Their Ground Silently:  A Qualitative Examination of the Protest strategies of Women in Black

Ragan C. Fox- 2006 NCA Norman Denzin Qualitative Research Award; NCA 2005: Top Five Paper Performance Studies Division; WSCA 2005: Top Student Paper for Research on Women and Communication Division; NCA 2004: Top Four Paper Award and Top Student Paper Ethnography Division; WSCA 2004: Top Debut Paper Performance Studies Division.

Dustin Goltz- NCA 2005: Top Debut Paper Performance Studies, X”-Communication: (Con)Text Extensions of Banging the Bishop

Mark Haynes, Jodi Wahba, Bree McEwan; NCA 2005: Top Student Paper Award Student Section, I'm Going  to Make You Love Me: Strategies for Pursuing the Unrequited Lover 

Aaron Hess- 2006 NCA Top Paper for  Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division, “Grand Discourses of Terror: Contemplating the Predatory Narrative”

Angie LaValley, Melissa Tafoya, Lisa Farinelli, Jeff Judd, Mark Haynes, & Kristin Davis (with Dr. Kory Floyd): NCA 2005: Top Paper Interpersonal DivisionHuman Affection Exchange: XIII. Affectionate Communication Accelerates Neuroendocrine Stress Recovery in press with Health Communication

Marianne LeGreco- WSCA 2005: Top Paper and Top Student Paper Communication Theory and Research, Playing With Our Food: Consumption as Communication in the Constitution of Culture.

Kurt Lindemann- WSCA 2005: Top Four Paper, Performance Studies Division; NCA 2004: Top Overall Paper, Disability Issues Caucus, 'Murderball' as Organizational Socialization: The Transformative Performances of Masculinity in Wheelchair Rugby; NCA 2004: Top Four Paper, Performance Studies Division, Live(s) Online: Performing Virtual identity and Community in Livejournal.com; WSCA 2004: Top Overall Paper, Performance Studies Division

Mary Ann McHugh- NCA 2005; Top Student Paper in the semiotics divisionVeiled Others in the Work of Frantz Fanon and Fatima Mernissi

Kim Ware- NCA 2005; Top Debut Paper in EthnographyConventions of the Father in my Family: An Autoethnographic Systems Approach to Roles of a Father

Elvinet Wilson- NCA: Top Honors African-American Communication and Culture Division, Big Wheels Keep on Turnin’: The Persisitence of ‘Anti-Racist-White-Hero,’ Films and the Negative Depiction of Black Women’s Sexuality.

 

* Not every student, nor every student’s award/honor/publication is represented in this list. This is mean to represent a sample of the types of accomplishments achieved by our doctoral students