James L. Golden Outstanding Student Essay in Rhetoric Award
NCA Awards for Outstanding Scholarship
This award was created as an essay competition to encourage and support student research. The essay should focus on the history, theory, or criticism of rhetoric. The award can be given to undergraduate or graduate students. The first award was given in 2002. A laureate group is recognized in addition to the overall winning essayist.
| Year | Award Winner |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Julien Burns, for the essay, “Demagoguery vs. Counter-Hegemony in the Rhetoric of Huey P. Long” |
| 2022 | Isaac James Richards, Brigham Young University |
| 2021 | Alexandra Parr Balaram, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee |
| 2020 | Kate Rich, University of Texas at Austin |
| 2019 | Euni Kim, University of Utah |
| 2018 | Juliet SooGin Letteney, Colorado State University |
| 2017 | Emma Dulaney, Whitman College |
| 2016 | Samantha Grainger Shuba, Whitman College |
| 2015 | Kiah Bennett, University of Minnesota |
| 2014 | Donovan Bisbee, University of Illinois |
| 2013 | Hillary Palmer, University of Georgia |
| 2012 | Tiara Foster, Syracuse University |
| 2011 | Katie Irwin, University of Illinois |
| 2010 | Elliot Heilman, Northwestern University |
| 2009 | Jaclyn Howell, University of Kansas |
| 2008 | Francesca Marie Smith, Stanford University |
| 2007 | Theresa A. Donofrio, University of Maryland |
| 2006 | Brandon Inabinet, Northwestern University |
| 2005 | Mary Lynn Veden, University of Washington |
| 2004 | Cindy Koenig, Northwestern University |
| 2003 | Allison Gleghorn, Missouri State University |
| 2002 | Joel McKim, Concordia University |