Awards and Recognition

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. 

2023

Faculty Award Awarded By
Laura K. Guerrero Distinguished Scholar Award Western States Communication Association

2022

Faculty Award Awarded By
Daniel Brouwer Golden Anniversary
Monograph Award 
National Communication Association
Sarah Amira de la Garza Legacy Award Ethnography Division of the
National Communication Association

Laura Guerrero

2022 Teaching Award International Association for
Relationship Research
Laura Guerrero Jeanne Lind Herberger
Professor in Communication
Hugh Downs School of Human Communication
Jenna Hanchey Outstanding Article Award Critical and Cultural Studies Division of the
National Communication Association
Jenna Hanchey New Investigator Award Critical and Cultural Studies Division of the
National Communication Association
Lore/tta LeMaster Book of the Year GLBTQ Communication Studies Division of the
National Communication Association
Liesel Sharabi Early Career Award Interpersonal Division of the
National Communication Association
Liahnna Stanley (graduate student) Scholar Award P.E.O. Sisterhood 

2021

Faculty Award Awarded By
Sarah Amira de la Garza Gary S. Krahenbuhl
Difference Maker Award
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, ASU
Rebecca Leach (graduate student) Scholar Award P.E.O. Sisterhood 
Lore/tta LeMaster Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award ASU Faculty Women's Association
Lore/tta LeMaster Early Career Award International Association of
Autoethnography and Narrative Inquiry
Liesel Sharabi Hugh Downs School Faculty
Innovation Award
Hugh Downs School of Human Communication

2020

Faculty Award Awarded By
Janet "Jess" Alberts Zebulon Pierce
Distinguished Teaching Award
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, ASU
Daniel Brouwer Faculty Mentor Award Rhetoric and Communication Theory Division of the
National Communication Association
Paul Mongeau Distinguished Service Award  Western States Communication Association
Sarah J. Tracy Distinguished Scholar Award National Communication Association
Lore/tta LeMaster Best Book Award Ethnography Division of the
National Communication Association

2019

Faculty Award Awarded By
Sarah Amira de la Garza Francine Merritt Award National Communication Association's Women's Caucus
Paul Mongeau Jeanne Lind Herberger
Professor in Communication
Hugh Downs School of Human Communication
Clark Olson Golden Anniversary
Monograph Award
National Communication Association
Sarah Tracy Charles H. Woolbert Award for
Outstanding Scholarship
National Communication Association
Michael Tristano, Jr. (Graduate Student)  Assistant Coach of the Year  National Speech and Debate Association