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Dr. Jiyeon So, assistant professor of Communication Studies, is a recipient of this year’s M.G. Michael Award. The M.G. Michael Award was established in 1944 to reward research excellence and encourage creative initiatives in the University of Georgia's Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. The award comes with $3,000 research support and will be honored in a recognition ceremony later this year.

Raka Shome, a former doctoral student in Rhetorical Studies, has been awarded the prestigious Charles Woolbert Award from the National Communication Association for her work in postcolonial communication and media studies, and particularly for the essay she co-authored (as lead author) with Radha Hegde: "Postcolonial Approaches to Communication: Charting the terrain, engaging the intersections" (in 2002). Hegde will also receive the…

Dr. Tina Harris, a professor in the communication studies department in UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, is this year’s recipient of the Engaged Scholar Award. This annual award recognizes a full-time, tenured faculty member for significant contributions in public service, outreach and community engagement. This honor recognizes Dr. Harris’s significant engaged scholarship endeavors such as: engaged research and scholarship that is…

Lee Pierce, former doctoral student and lecturer in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Georgia, recently received the National Communication Association’s 2016 Gerald R. Miller Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award. Given annually, the award recognizes new Communication scholars who completed outstanding dissertations during the previous academic year. Pierce was recognized for her dissertation, “Syntaxing the Nation…

In 2006-2007 Intercollegiate Debate Season the University of Georgia debate team won the prestigious Copeland Award, given to the best team in the U.S. during the course of the season. Read the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences news article about the team's unprecedented success.