Faculty Awards
Our faculty have won many awards, including early career awards, distinguished scholar, teacher and service awards, book and article awards, and more. Our doctoral students win competitive awards and regularly present top papers at conferences.
Research, Teaching and Service
Sarah J. Tracy
Received the National Communication Association's (NCA) 2020 Distinguished Scholar Award, the Charles H. Woolbert Award for Outstanding Scholarship, and numerous book and Top Paper Awards from both NCA and the Western States Communication Association (WSCA). Tracy was also the recipient of the 2016-2019 Jeanne Lind Herberger Professor in Communication.
Laura K. Guerrero
Received the Western States Communication Association's (WSCA) 2023 Distinguished Scholar Award and the International Association for Relationship Research's (ISSR) 2022 Teaching Award, as well as numerous book and Top Paper Awards from the WSCA and National Communication Association (NCA). Guerrero was also the recipient of the 2022-2025 Jeanne Lind Herberger Professor in Communication.
Paul Mongeau
Received the Western States Communication Association's (WSCA) 2020 Distinguished Service Award, as well as numerous Top Paper Awards from WSCA and the National Communication Association (NCA). Mongeau was also the recipient of the 2019-2022 Jeanne Lind Herberger Professor in Communication.
Sarah Jones
As a doctoral student, received a Scholar Award from the P.E.O Sisterhood and ASU's Graduate Completion Fellowship, in addition to numerous Top Paper awards from the National Communication Association (NCA) and the Western States Communication Association (WSCA).
Lore/tta LeMaster
Received the Early Career Award from the International Association of Autoethnography and Narrative Inquiry in 2021, and the Best Book Award from the ethnography division of the National Communication Association (NCA) in 2020. LeMaster is also the recipient of the Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award from the ASU Faculty Women’s Association and the Exemplary Teaching Award from the communication and instruction interest group of the Western States Communication Association (WSCA).
LeMaster has also won several Top Paper Awards from both NCA and WSCA.
Pauline Cheong
Received the Zebulon Pearce Distinguished Teaching Award in the Social Sciences, the highest teaching honor in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. She has also received the Western States Communication Association's (WSCA) Master Teacher Award and the Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award from the Faculty Women's Association at ASU. Cheong has published more than 100 articles and books and has received research awards from the National Communication Association (NCA), Western Communication Association (WSCA), and the International Communication Association (ICA).