Congratulations to the following recipients of various Departmental Awards and Accolades! We are so proud of our students!
Fellowships:
- Amrut Mishra – Dissertation Completion Fellowship, 2022-23 (UNC Graduate School)
- Chandler Classen – Off-Campus Research Fellowship, Fall 22 (UNC Graduate School)
- Kiara Childs – American Association of University Women Dissertation Fellowship, 2022-23
- Dan Dilliplane – Arts Everywhere grant for his doctoral research
- Khari Johnson – Wilson Library Research Fellowship
- Cris McFarland – Archie K. Davis Fellowship from the North Carolina Society
- Zari Taylor – Weiss Urban Livability Senior Research Fellowship
Awards and Scholarships:
- J. Robert Cox Award for Outstanding Achievement in Scholarship– Amrut Mishra
- Martha Nell Hardy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching –Taylor Jackson
- Sherrill-Pence Award for Applied/Engaged Communication– Smita Misra
- John Robert Bittner Fund in Literature, Popular Media, and Journalism – Chandler Classen
- Outstanding Achievement in Service & Leadership: Graduate– Stephanie Kaczynski
- Jelena Stojakovic & Melody van Lidth de Jeude Award – Preston Adcock & Rebekah Vaisey
- Outstanding Achievement in IOC -Brooklyn Avery
- Outstanding Achievement in Media & Technology Studies– Sheena Edmundson
- Outstanding Achievement in Performance Studies– Imani Williams
- Outstanding Achievement in Rhetorical Studies– John Charles Steele & Dylan Heneghan
- Outstanding Achievement in Service & Leadership: Undergraduate– Becca Barnes
- Jim Barry Production Scholarship- Amani Bushiri, Haleigh Cooper & Kristen Alikakos
- Rick Dees Scholarship-Alex Anton, Marisol Cruz, Zachary Edwards, Sarah Glas. Eve Golecruz, Steven Johnson, Crystal Medrano Rangel, Emily Newsome, Yanan Sun & Nykolas Zollbrecht
- Michael Piller Excellence in Screenwriting Award – Sydney Pope
- John & Tatiana Moore Student Internship Award- Olivia Benton, Jamie Collier, Imani Edwards, Gina Park, Taylor Riga, Maia Sichitiu, Tikiyah Davis & Eleazar Yisrael
- Wallace Ray Peppers Award in Performance of African-American Literature- Janae Gamara
- Saint–Hayden Humanitas Award– Taylor Riga & Eve Golecruz
- NC TV Award- Steven Johnson & Elaine Schnabel
- Lucia Morgan Scholarship- Elaina Eakle
- Special Initiative Award– Samantha Hines
- Jim Lampley Award for Excellence in Multimedia– Jill O’Dell, Alyssa Wedley & Alex Anton