Awards
Damion Waymer's article, Arts promotion and Black urban displacement: Exploring the paradox of the positive in government public relations and urban renewal discourse, was honored with the 2024 Outstanding Scholarly Article Award by the African American Communication and Culture Division of the National Communication Association. The awards committee described Waymer's scholarship as "exceptional" and thanked him for his "hard work and for demonstrating AACCD'S commitment to centering issues concerning African Americans and Black ethnicity in your scholarship."
Shannon Bowen, Marlene Neill and Denise Bortree were awarded the Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Public Communication Top Ethics in PR Pedagogy Award. This award is a distinguished honor given annually to one exemplary paper in the field of ethics in public relations pedagogy. It recognizes groundbreaking research that significantly contributes to the understanding and teaching of ethics and responsibility in public communication.
Funded Research and Grants
Sabrina Habib and Jeff Williams are Co-PIs on a $500,000 project from the U.S. Department of Justice, “Microtrainings on Critical Policing Issues: Creating and evaluating accessible, digestible trainings based on the Excellence in Policing and Public Safety (EPPS) Masters in Public Safety Leadership.” They will be working with colleagues from the Excellence in Policing and Public Safety Program at the Joseph F. Rice School of Law.
Feili Tu-Keefner (PI), and Brett Robertson (Co-PI) - Project Library PREPARE: Planning, Response, Emergency Preparedness, and Resilience Education - $249,721
USC Propel Programs
Anli Xiao and Haley Hatfield were accepted into the USC Propel Research Mentorship Program. This one-year training program is designed to prepare faculty for securing federal grants. The application process is highly competitive, and acceptance into this program signifies the university’s recognition of exceptional research capabilities.
Sabrina Habib and Linwan Wu were accepted in the Propel AI Program which is offered by the USC vice president's office. They will represent the CIC in this one-year campus-wide discussion on AI-related research.