Honors & Awards

Dale Brashers Memorial Lecture, University of Illinois, April 2023.

Distinguished Article Award, awarded by the Health Communication Division of the National Communication Association, 2021.

Lorry Lokey Faculty Excellence Award, Lewis & Clark College, 2017.

Franklin H. Knower Article Award, for scholarship of exceptional quality and influence, awarded by the Interpersonal Communication Division of the National Communication Association, 2015.

Bill Eadie Distinguished Scholarly Article Award, awarded by the Applied Communication Division of the National Communication Association, 2013.

Thomas M. Scheidel Faculty Lecture, University of Washington, May 2007.

Gerald R. Miller Book Award, for scholarship of exceptional quality and influence, awarded by the Interpersonal Communication Division of the National Communication Association, 2006.

Wayne M. Thompson Lecture, Western Illinois University, May 2006.

Franklin H. Knower Article Award, for scholarship of exceptional quality and influence, awarded by the Interpersonal Communication Division of the National Communication Association, 2001.

Elizabeth Kerr MacFarlane Scholarship, University of Washington, 1989-90. One of two awarded university-wide to graduate students in the humanities.

Phi Kappa Phi national fellowship, 1986.

Rena J. Ratte Award, 1986, Lewis and Clark College. Highest academic honor given annually to an outstanding senior.