James E. Grunig and Larissa A. Grunig Outstanding Thesis and Dissertation Award
The winner of the competition for dissertations completed between January 2004 to January 2006 is Sung-Un Yang from Syracuse University.
Jennifer Bardman from University of Maryland won the award for top M.A. thesis.
Sponsor: The winner of
the top dissertation award received $500, and the winner of the top thesis award
received $300, from corporate sponsor Samsung.
Bob Heath Top Paper Award
The winner of 2006 Bob Heath Top Paper Award
is Yi-Ru Regina Chen from the University
of Macau, Macau.
Plank Center Award
The authors of the top student papers in
public relations: Sandra Braun, University of Alabama; Simon Sinaga,
Texas Tech University and H. Denis Wu, Louisiana State University;
Jeongsub Lim, Jiyang Bae, Hyo Jung Kim and Sun-A Kim, University of
Missouri; and Baiba Petersone, University of Georgia.
Sponsors:
Simon and Denis’ paper was announced as the
Plank Center Award recipient. Thus, the authors received $500 from the Plank
Center, while the three other top paper winners received $200 respectively
from the Public Relations Division.
Archives of PR Division Awards Information
2002-2004
Outstanding Thesis and Dissertation Award
Awards Reports, June 2004
Thesis Awards 2000-2001 & 2003 Call for Theses