Outstanding Scholar in Communication Theory Award

2023 - No Award Given

2022 - Mark Ward Sr., University of Houston-Victoria

2021 - Leland Spencer, Miami University

2020 - Jennifer Samp, University of Georgia

2019 - Graham Bodie, University of Mississippi

2018 - Tim Levine, University of Alabama, Birmingham

2017 - Courtney Wright, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

2016 - No Award Given

2015 - No Award Given

2014 - Lynne M. Webb, University of Arkansas

2013 - James Honeycutt, Louisiana State University

2012 - Ronald C. Arnett, Duquesne University

2011 - Jerry Hale, University of Michigan, Dearborn

2010 - John C. Meyer, University of Southern Mississippi

2009 - Pamela Kalbfleisch, University of North Dakota

2008 - William G. Powers, Texas Christian University

2007 - None given

2006 - None given

2005 - James C. McCroskey, West Virginia University

2004 - Richard Conville, University of Southern Mississippi

2003 - J. Donald Ragsdale, Sam Houston State University

2002 - Kenneth N. Cissna, University of South Florida

2001 - Ralph Behnke, Texas Christian University

2000 - Lynne M. Webb, University of Arkansas

1999 - Joann Keyton, University of Memphis

1998 - Charles H. Tardy, University of Southern Mississippi

1997 - Renee Edwards, Louisiana State University

1996 - James L. Applegate, University of Kentucky

1995 - Mark L. Knapp, University of Texas

1994 - Theodore Clevenger, Jr., Florida State University