Listed here are awards given by the Interest Group to its members. Interests Groups are smaller communities within NCA's large membership that provide a range of resources including networking opportunities, Annual Convention programming, leadership opportunities, awards, and specialized information dissemination channels, among others.
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Distinguished Service Award
Year |
Award Winner |
2023 |
Jennifer Linde |
2022 |
Jonathan M. Gray |
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Patricia A. Suchy |
2021 |
Bryant Keith Alexander |
2020 |
Karen Mitchell |
2019 |
Tracy Stephenson Shaffer |
2018 |
John M. "Jay" Allison |
2017 |
Mindy E. Fenske |
|
M. Heather Carver |
2016 |
Stacy Holman Jones |
2015 |
Frederick C. Corey |
2014 |
John Anderson |
2013 |
Michael LeVan |
2012 |
Heidi Rose |
2011 |
Ronald E. Shields |
2010 |
Ruth Laurion Bowman |
2009 |
Gary Balfantz |
2008 |
Craig Gingrich-Philbrook |
2007 |
Donna Marie Nudd |
2006 |
Michael Bowman |
2005 |
Elizabeth Bell |
2004 |
Nathan Stucky |
2003 |
Bruce Henderson |
2002 |
Timothy J. Gura |
2001 |
Kristen Valentine |
2000 |
Ronald Pelias |
1999 |
Linda Park-Fuller |
1998 |
Sheron J. Dailey |
1997 |
Marion Kleinau |
1996 |
Kristin Langellier |
1995 |
Paul Gray |
1994 |
Leslie Irene Coger |
1993 |
Mary Susan Strine |
1992 |
Charlotte Lee |
1991 |
Mary Frances HopKins |
1990 |
Dwight Conquergood |
1989 |
Wallace Bacon |
1988 |
Beverly Whitaker Long |
Marie J. Robinson Scholarship
Year |
Award Winner |
2023 |
Ethan Hunter |
|
Chandler Classen |
2021 |
Shelby Swafford |
2020 |
Sasha Sanders |
2019 |
Laura Oliver |
2018 |
Joshua Hamzehee |
2017 |
Colin Whitworth |
2016 |
Ashley Beard |
2015 |
Lindsay Greer |
2014 |
Nico Wood |
2013 |
Nichole Nicholson |
2012 |
Lyndsay Michalik |
2011 |
Jade Huell |
2010 |
Chris McRae |
2009 |
Dawn Marie McIntosh |
2008 |
Melanie Kitchens |
2007 |
Benjamin D. Powell |
2006 |
Javon Johnson |
2005 |
Ragan Fox |
2004 |
Amy L. Darnell |
Top Paper Award
Year |
Award Winner |
2023 |
Eddie Gamboa, "The Promise that Cannot Be Kept: Grief, Exhaustion, and Minoritarian Performance" |
2021 |
Jennifer Erdley,"Finding Transformation through Making: Masks, Crafting, and Connection" |
2017 |
Salma Shukri and Kate Willink, "Affective Attunement and Reflective Analysis in Interviewing" |
Top Student Paper Award
Year |
Award Winner |
2023 |
Pablo Ramirez, "Mapping Funny Girl’s Funny Revival: Producing White Femininity" |
2021 |
A. B.,"Pandemonium: Reframing Performance in Pandemic" |
2017 |
Joshua Hamzehee, "Obituary for Summer 2016: Baton Rouge Performs Tragedy and Transcends the Poetry Slam" |