RECENT GRADUATE STUDENTS ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Also see Recent Theses & Dissertations and Recent Graduate Student Publications

Recent Graduate Student Awards

Former Students Association Awards for Outstanding Research
Each year, five out of the more than 4,000 graduate students at Texas A&M University are recognized for their research. Ten graduate students in the Department of Communication have won this award:

• 2003: Susan Dummer (M.A., 2002; Ph.D. expected 2006)
• 2002:  Rachel Martin (M.A., 2001)
• 2001: Holly McIntush (M.A., 2000)
• 2000: Wynton Hall (M.A., 2000)
• 1999: Owen Lynch (M.A., 1998; Ph.D. expected 2003)
• 1998: Martín Carcasson (M.A., 1998; Ph.D. 2003)
• 1997: Radharani Ray (M.A., 1996)
• 1996: Garth Pauley (M.A., 1995)
• 1995: Julie Haynes (M.A., 1994)

Graduate Fellow to the Center for Humanities Research (CHR)

• 2004: Boris Brummans (Ph.D.)
• 2002: B. Wayne Howell (Ph.D.)
• 2001: Rebecca Watts (Ph.D. expected 2003)
• 2000: Roy Joseph (Ph.D., 2001)
• 1998: Martín Carcasson (M.A., 1998; Ph.D.)

The Tiffany Hunnicutt Scholarship Award

• 2004: David C. Gore (Ph.D.)
• 2003: Boris Brummans (Ph.D.)
• 2001: Daniel Ryan (Ph.D. 2003)
• 2000: Roy Joseph (Ph.D., 2001)
• 1999: Kevin Real (M.A., 1998; Ph.D.)
• 1998: Amy Tilton (M.A., 1999)

Academic and Research Excellence Award, Department of Communication, Texas A&M University

• 2003-2004: Buddy Wayne Howell (Ph.D.)

George Kunze Prize for Best Ph.D. Student at Texas A&M University

• 2004: Buddy Wayne Howell (Ph.D.)

Invitation into Phi Kappa Phi Academic Honor Society

• 2001: Bonnie Creel
• 2001: D.J. Criste

Award for Papers at Academic Conferences
Texas A&M graduate students have long been actively involved at academic conferences and conventions. Many of these papers won awards. A total of 21 graduate student papers were presented during the academic year 2000 - 2001 at seven international, national, regional, and local conferences.

2002

• Top Three Paper, Health Communication Division, International Communication Association. Kevin Real (Ph.D., 2002; paper written with Rimal & Hamm).
• Top Three Paper, Environmental Communication Commission, National Communication Association. Nicolas Rangel (Ph.D., expected 2004).
• Top Student Paper, Small Group Communication Division, National Communication Association. Daniel J. Ryan (Ph.D., 2003).
• Top Three Student Paper, Rhetoric and Public Address Division, Southern States Communication Association. B. Wayne Howell (Ph.D., expected 2004).
• Bostrom Young Scholar Award - First Runner Up, Southern Speech Communication Association. B. Wayne Howell (Ph.D.).
• Top Three Student Paper, Rhetoric and Public Address Division, Southern States Communication Association, Nicolas Rangel (Ph.D.).

2001

• Robert G. Gunderson Top Debut Paper, Public Address Division, National Communication Association. B. Wayne Howell (Ph.D.).
• Top Three Student Paper, Rhetoric and Public Address Division, Southern States Communication Association. Rebecca Watts (Ph.D.).
• Top Three Paper, Intercultural Communication Division, Southern States Communication Association. William Harlow (Ph.D., 2002) and Ircka Birch (M.A., 2001).
• Top Student Paper, Organizational Communication Division, National Communication Association. Monique Snowden (Ph.D.).
• Bostrom Young Scholar Award, Southern Speech Communication Association. William Harlow (Ph.D., 2002). 
• Bostrom Young Scholar Award - First Runner Up, Southern Speech Communication Association. Rachel Martin (M.A., 2001).
• Top Paper, Graduate Student Research Week, Office of Graduate Studies, Texas A&M University. William Harlow (Ph.D., 2002) and April Caires (M.A., 2002).