Awards

Mark L. Knapp Award in Interpersonal Communication

Mark L. Knapp Award in Interpersonal Communication
NCA Awards for Outstanding Scholarship

The Mark L. Knapp Award in Interpersonal Communication recognizes career contributions to the study of interpersonal communication. The award recognizes individuals who have made significant scholarly contributions to the study of interaction and/or relational processes. This recipient will also have contributed to the quality of interpersonal communication through active involvement in the discipline, significant mentoring of students, and/or public service focused on interpersonal communication.


Year Award Winner
2023 Tamara D. Afifi
2022 Valerie Manusov, University of Washington, Seattle
2021 Steven R. Wilson
2020 Kory Floyd
2019 Steve Duck
2018 Denise Haunani Solomon
2017 Brian H. Spitzberg
2016 Anita L. Vangelisti
2015 Alan L. Sillars
2014 Leslie A. Baxter
2013 Sandra Petronio
2012 Mary Anne Fitzpatrick
2011 Michael E. Roloff
2010 Brant Burleson
2009 Howard Giles
2008 Charles R. Berger
  Judee K. Burgoon