Wayne A. Danielson Award

The Wayne Danielson Award for Distinguished Contributions to Communication Scholarship recognizes scholars who have made a significant contribution to our understanding of communication. The recipient’s work may cover one or more areas of communication study and discussions of their ideas should be viewed as productive in stimulating new thought about the nature and process of communication. The recipient is formally presented with an award, and gives a lecture in the fall semester of every year. 

Previous Awardee Lectures:

"Storytelling Beyond Boundaries: The Creative Art of Exploration, Subversion, Transformation and Love in Times of Resistance"

Professor Jamal Joseph (2024)


"Storytelling Beyond Boundaries: The Creative Art of Exploration, Subversion, Transformation and Love in Times of Resistance."

Safiya

Dr. Safiya U. Noble (2023)


"Decolonizing the Stack"

CW

Dr. Claire Wardle (2022)


"The signing brain: What sign languages tell us about human language."