Florida Communication Association Awards and Recognition

Each year the Florida Communication Association presents awards at the annual convention to recognize the efforts of outstanding members. Nominations for 2011 are now closed. The FCA congratulates all 2011 award recipients. Information about 2012 awards will be available soon!

Faculty and Professional Awards

• Teacher of the Year: For outstanding performance as a classroom teacher
• Scholar of the Year: For outstanding scholarly achievement
  
• Outstanding Service: For achievement and service to the FCA
  

Student Awards

• Student Scholarship Award: For outstanding scholarly activities as a student member of the FCA
• FCA Grant: For outstanding scholarly research or service activities by an individual student member or group of student members of the FCA

2011 Award Recipients

Paper Awards

Undergraduate
Jared Misner
University of Florida
"Between the Lines: Examining Androgyny’s Benefits in Communicational Sequences and Sex-Typed Activities"

Graduate
Lester Leavitt
Florida Atlantic University
"Preparing Social Entrepreneurs: In Search of a Training Manual"

Professional
Richard Mercadante
St. Petersburg College
"Apologia and Nazisim: Rhetoric, Ethos, and the Heidegger Case"

Poster Session Awards

Oustanding Undergraduate Poster
Renee Beals
Florida Southern University

Outstanding Graduate Poster
Lester Leavitt
Florida Atlantic University

Most Crowd Appeal - Undergraduate
Ann Cook
Veronica Fish
Ryan Murphy
Shiela Negron
Ryan Murphy
Rollins College

Most Crowd Appeal - Graduate
Lester Leavitt
Florida Atlantic Universiy

Best Oral Presentation
Renee Beals
Florida Southern University

Teacher of the Year
Dr. Christopher Gurrie
University of Tampa

FCA Grant
FAU Chapter of Lambda Pi Eta

FCA Student Scholarship
J. Jacob Jenkins
University of South Florida

2010 Award Recipients

Paper Awards

Undergraduate

Jared Misner
University of Florida
"Before the Silence: A Critical Review of Current Literature and Listening Methods when Interacting with the Dying and Terminally Ill

Andrew Cunningham
University of Florida
Gender and Communication in Politics

Meagan Schreiner
California State University at Sacramento
The Need for a New Conversation

Graduate

Brandon Hensley
Eastern Illinois University
“Body Billboards and Brand Colonization: Embodied Corporate Advertising in Postmodern Branding Culture”

Megan Tomei
Florida Atlantic University
“Don’t Touch my Momma and Don’t Touch my Doritos: Negation and Control of Motherhood in Super Bowl Ads”

Christine Hanlon
University of Central Florida
“Perceived Attractiveness and Introversion of Facebook Users”

Professional

Full Sail University
Ann Bloch
“Breast Cancer and Self Image: The Effects of Social Construction of Reality, Dialectical Tensions, and Membership Categorization Devices”

University of Tampa
Robert Gonzalez
“Performing Metaphors: Collaborative Creativity in Hollywood Film Making-of Documentaries”

Poster Session Awards

Judges Awards

Outstanding Undergrad Poster Award
Rollins College
Daphne Sarcia

Outstanding Graduate Poster Award
St. Thomas University
Begone Cazalis

Second Place Graduate Poster Award
University of North Florida
Christine Holland


Peer Awards

Best Oral Presentation - Undergraduate
Rollins College
Daphne Sarcia

Best Oral Presentation - Graduate
University of Central Florida
Nicole Jackson

Most Crowd Appeal - Undergraduate
Rollins College
Georgia Fontenot, Anthony Purro, and Leah Puzzo

Most Crowd Appeal - Graduate
University of Central Florida
Rhonda Oehlrich


FCA Awards

Teacher of the Year
Laura Dickinson
Seminole State College

FCA Grant
FAU Lambda Pi Eta Chapter