The PR Division offers several awards to recognize outstanding scholarship and scholars. The division’s Top Paper Award is named for Robert Heath, emeritus faculty, University of Houston. The Top Student Paper Award is supported by grant funding from the Plank Center for Leadership, University of Alabama. And the Outstanding Dissertation Award and the Outstanding Thesis Award, offered biannually, are named for James and Larissa Grunig, emeriti faculty, University of Maryland. Award details, selection processes, and previous winners are located in each award section.
Bob Heath Top Paper Award
2009: Tomasz Feduik, Kristin Pace, and Isabel Botero, Illinois State University, USA
2008: Magda Pieczka, Queen Margaret University, United Kingdom
2007: Shannon Bowen, University of Maryland, USA
2006: Yi-Ru Regina Chen, University of Macau, China
2005: Bruce Berger, University of Alabama, & William Heyman, Heyman Associates, USA
2004: Betteke van Ruler, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Grunig & Grunig Outstanding Thesis and Dissertation Award
2010: To be announced at Singapore conference
2008:
Dissertation: Jangyul Robert Ki, Colorado State University, USA
Thesis: Hye Kyung Kim, Intern at Makovsky + Co, New York, USA
Andrea Schuch, Tampa Lowry Park Zoo, Florida, USA
2006:
Dissertation: Sung-Un Yang, Syracuse University, USA (Advisor: James Grunig, University of Maryland)
Thesis: Jennifer Vardeman, University of Maryland, USA (Advisor: Linda Aldoory, University of Maryland)
2004:
Dissertation: Jae-Hwa Shin, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA
Thesis: Linda Putnam, Ball State University, USA
Plank Center Top Student Paper Award
2009: Juan Meng, University of Alabama
2008: Bryan Smith, University of Maryland
2007: Andreas Schwarz,University of Ilmenau
Euiyeon Lee, Hua Jiang, Sun-A Park
