A $500 award will be presented at the business meeting of the Public Address Division at the 2020 NCA convention.
Competition for the Benson-Campbell Award is open to graduate student members of the Public Address Division who have successfully defended a Ph.D. dissertation prospectus. A completed nomination packet consists of (1) a 7-10 page summary of the dissertation prospectus, (2) a statement by the nominee about the progress of the dissertation to date, and (3) a letter of support from the nominee's dissertation advisor that certifies that the nominee has successfully defended the prospectus and provides a rationale for why the nominee should receive the award. Complete nomination packets must be submitted electronically to Carly Woods (cswoods@umd.edu) no later than Monday, September 14, 2020 in order for the nominee to be considered for the award.
Criteria for selecting the award winner include originality of the proposal; significance of the potential findings; contribution to the theory, history, or criticism of public address; and appropriateness and/or innovation of the research design and method. We recognize that the study of public address has often privileged the study of hegemonic figures, groups, and rhetorics. Therefore, we encourage scholars whose position and/or scholarship expands beyond these historical limitations to submit their work for consideration.
Carly Woods (committee chair, University of Maryland), Robin Jensen (University of Utah), and Andre E. Johnson (University of Memphis) comprise the 2020 selection committee for this award.
Please direct questions to Carly Woods at (cswoods@umd.edu).
