Nafziger-White-Salwen Dissertation Award

1984-2010

Named for Ralph O. Nafziger and David Manning White, the award recognizes outstanding dissertaton research in journalism and mass communications. The two pioneers in the field donated the royalties from their book Introduction to Mass Communication Research to fund the award. Salwen was a co-author of An Integrated Approach to Communication Theory and Research. The award has been presented annually by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication since 1984.

2010 Jeremy Littau, University of Missouri

Advisor: Esther Thorson, Missouri

2009 Leigh Moscowitz, Indiana University

Advisor: Radhika Parameswaran, Indiana

2008 Ronald J. (Noah) Arceneaux, San Diego State

Advisor: Jay Hamilton, Georgia

2007 David Cuillier, Washington State

Advisor: Susan Dente Ross, Washington State

2006 Kathy Roberts Forde, North Carolina

Adviser: Ruth Walden, North Carolina

2005 Young Mie Kim, Illinois

Adviser: David Tewksbury, Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2004 Zala Voicic, Colorado at Boulder

Adviser: Andrew Calabrese, Colorado at Boulder

2003 Mark Avrom Feldstein, North Carolina

Adviser: Margaret A. Blanchard, North Carolina

2002 Carolyn Bronstein, DePaul

Adviser: James L. Baughman, Wisconsin-Madison

2001 Edward Alwood, North Carolina

Adviser: Margaret A. Blanchard, North Carolina

2000 Dhavan V. Shah, Wisconsin-Madison

Adviser: Daniel B. Wackman, Minnesota

1999 Barbara Zang, Missouri

Adviser: David Nord, Indiana

1998 Craig Trumbo, Cornell

Adviser: Garrett Okeefe, Wisconsin-Madison

1997 David Scott Domke, Minnesota

Adviser: Hazel F Dicken-Garcia, Minnesota

1996 Paul Voakes, Indiana

Adviser: Robed Drechsel, Wisconsin-Madison

1995 Karen S. Miller, Georgia

Adviser: James L. Baughman, Wisconsin-Madison

1994 Jane Rhodes, Indiana

Adviser: Margaret Blanchard, North Carolina

1993 Caroline Schooler, Stanford

Adviser: Steven Chaffee, Stanford

1992 Mark D. West, North Carolina

Adviser: Jane Brown, North Carolina

1991 Namjun Kang, Syracuse

Adviser: George Comstock, Syracuse

1990 Bob McChesney, Wisconsin-Madison

Adviser: William Ames, Washington

1989 Diane C. Mutz, Wisconsin-Madison

Adviser: Steven Chaffee, Stanford

1988 Vincent Price, Michigan

Adviser: Donald F Roberts, Stanford

1987 John R. Finnegan, Jr., Minnesota

Adviser: Hazel Dicken-Garcia, Minnesota

1986 Jeffery Smith, Wisconsin-Madison

Adviser: Jim Baughman, Wisconsin-Madison

1985 Richard Kielbowicz, Minnesota

Advisers: Ed Emery and Hazel F Dicken-Garcia, both Minnesota

1984 Ron Tamborini, Indiana (first)

Adviser: Dolf Zillmann, Indiana

Source: Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication