Awards & Recognition

Congratulations to the 2014 Award Winners!

2014 Scholarship Recipient
Aura Cruz
Lynn University

Convention Paper Awards

Best Undergraduate Paper
Shauna N. Gillooly
Florida State University
"A Media Framing Analysis: The Coverage of Rape in India and Western News Sources"

Best Graduate Paper
Jessica Hewkin
University of Central Florida
"Identity and Privilege in Legislation"

Best Professional Paper
Theodore Petersen
Florida Institute of Technology
"Revenue and the Reporter: Understanding the Modern Journalist’s Relationship with Newspaper Business Models"

Convention Poster Awards

1st Place Poster
Michael Appelbaum
University of Central Florida

2nd Place Poster
Douglas Jordan
University of South Florida

Outstanding Poster Session Oral Presentation
Jude Nawlo
University of South Florida

Kathryn Wilkin
University of South Florida

Poster with the Most Crowd Appeal
Christopher Aloyo
University of Central Florida

Past Award Recipients

2013

Teacher of the Year
Shari v. N. Hodsgon
University of Central Florida

2013 Scholarship Recipient
Eileen Sarra
Florida Atlantic University

Convention Paper Awards
Whitney Sessa, Professional Division, University of Miami
1st Place: "Targeting Millennials: Social Media Strategies Within Higher Education"

Courtney Banker, Professional Division, Rollins College
2nd Place: "TED Talks and the Need for a Changing Education System"

Erin Looney, Graduate Division, Florida State University & Melissa Looney,  Graduate Division, Full Sail University
1st Place: "Has the World Baseball Classic Created a Monster?"

Audrey Post and Christine Willingham, Graduate Division, Florida State University
2nd Place: "An Alliance of Fear and Smear"

Eileen Sarra, Undergraduate Division, Florida Atlantic University
1st Place: "Lilly Ledbetter Teaches Us a Lesson"

Meredith Lax, Undergraduate Division, Rollins College
2nd Place: "Improving Quality of Life for Familial Caregivers of Persons Living in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities"

Convention Poster Awards
Elissa DeCampli, Outstanding Poster, Rollins College

Janette Smith & John Overberger, 2nd Place Poster, Rollins College

Stephen Hamblin, Melvin Thompson & Kris Boodooram, Outstanding Oral Presentaiton, Rollins College

2012 

Teacher of the Year
Dr. Mariaelena Bartesaghi, University of South Florida

FCA Service Award
Sue Easton, Rollins College

FCA Student Scholarship
Blake Paxton, University of South Florida

Paper Awards
Robert Gonalez, Professional Division, University of Tampa
"Modern Creation Myths"

Patrick Dillon, Graduate Division, University of South Florida
"Patient Participation in Primary Care Medical Interviews: Does Patients’ Communication Influence Satisfaction with their Physician?"

Blake Paxton, Graduate Division, University of South Florida
"It's Not Just Birds and Bees: Queering Safer Sex Talk Through Dialogic Theory"

Poster Awards
Robin Sibley, Oustanding Undergraduate Poster, Rollins College

George Colangelo, Outstanding Graduate Poster, Seminole State College of Florida

Sydney Gray, Alex Jacobs, Jessica Monteagudo and Amanda Palmeira, Most Crowd Appeal, University of Central Florida

Sydney Gray, Alex Jacobs, Jessica Monteagudo and Amanda Palmeira, Best Oral Presentation, University of Central Florida

2011

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

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

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

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

Poster Awards
Lester Leavitt, Outstanding Graduate Poster, Florida Atlantic University

Renee Beals, Oustanding Undergraduate Poster, Florida Southern College

Lester Leavitt, Most Crowd Appeal - Graduate, Florida Atlantic Universiy

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

Renee Beals, Best Undergraduate Oral Presentation, Florida Southern College

2010 

Teacher of the Year
Laura Dickinson, Seminole State College

FCA Grant
FAU Lambda Pi Eta Chapter

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

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

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

Megan Tomei, Graduate Division, 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, Graduate Division, University of Central Florida
“Perceived Attractiveness and Introversion of Facebook Users”

Jared Misner, Undergraduate Division, 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, Undergraduate Division, University of Florida
"Gender and Communication in Politics"

Meagan Schreiner, Undergraduate Division, California State University at Sacramento "The Need for a New Conversation"

Poster Awards
Begone Cazalis, Outstanding Graduate Poster, St. Thomas University

Christine Holland, 2nd Place Graduate Poster, University of North Florida

Nicole Jackson, Best Graduate Oral Presentation, University of Central Florida

Rhonda Oehlrich, Most Crowd Appeal - Graduate, University of Central Florida

Daphne Sarcia, Outstanding Undergraduate Poster, Rollins College

Daphne Sarcia, Best Undergraduate Oral Presentation, Rollins College

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