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Distinguished Publication on Business Communication

The ABC Award for Distinguished Publication on Business Communication is awarded annually to an outstanding book, a book chapter, or a journal article that meets the criteria described below. The winning author(s) will receive a plaque and a monetary award at the ABC Annual Convention in October or November of each year. The winning author(s) will also receive one year of free membership in ABC. The award is sponsored by textbook authors Courtland L. Bovee and John V. Thill.

Selection Criteria
1. Contributes significantly to scholarship, research, and/or pedagogy
2. Demonstrates originality of thought and careful investigation
3. Is well written, lucid, and engaging
4. Is published in the calendar year preceding the annual convention at which the award is presented


Nomination Procedures

  • Entries may be submitted by the author(s) or by a nominator to the
    Publications Board members listed below.
  • With the nomination, please send to each Publications Board member the following: complete publication information, a high quality paper or electronic copy of the nominated publication, and a one or two paragraph rationale for the nomination.
  • Nominations must be submitted by May 15.

Publication Board Members

           Chair:

           Dr. Jeanette S. Martin

           5230 Kirkside Cove

           Memphis, TN 38117-4562

           USA

           E-mail: jmartin@bus.olemiss.edu

          

           Ex Officio:

           Dr. Betty S. Johnson

           Executive Director, Association for Business Communication

           P.O. Box 6143, SFASU

           Nacogdoches, TX 75962

           USA

           E-mail: abcjohnson@sfasu.edu

          

Kim Sydow Campbell, Ph.D.
Derrell Thomas Faculty Fellow

Coordinator of Undergraduate Writing and Director of Assessment
Culverouse College of Commerce
P.O. Box 870225
University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0225

USA
E-mail: kcampbel@cba.ua.edu

Judith Kolb, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Professor-in-Charge

Workforce Education and Development Program
Pennsylvania State University
301 Keller Building
University Park, PA 16802

USA
Voice: 814-865-1876
E-mail: jak18@psu.edu

 

Dr. Clive Muir

Winston-Salem State University

School of Business & Economics

P.O. Box 927

Clemmons, NC 27012

USA

E-mail: muirc@wssu.edu

Professor Brigitte Planken

Department of Business Communication Studies

Radboud University Nijmegen

P.O. Box 9103

6500 KD Nijmegen

The Netherlands

Holland 6500HD

E-mail: b.planken@let.ru.nl

Professor Leena Louhiala-Salminen
Helsinki School of Economics

International Business Communication Programs
Runeberginkatu 14-16
00100 Helsinki

Finland

E-mail: Leena.Louhiala-Salminen@hse.fi

+358 9 43138 338 or +358 50 520 1853

Dr. Steve Ralston

School of Communication and the Arts

Marist College

3399 North Road

Poughkeepsie, NY 12601-1387

USA

E-mail: Steven.Ralston@notes.marist.edu

Dr. Deborah Roebuck

Professor of Management

Department of Management and Entrepreneurship

Kennesaw State University

1000 Chastain Rd - Building 4

Kennesaw, GA 30144-5591

USA

E-mail: droebuck@kennesaw.edu

Authors are not eligible to receive this award two years in a row. If the review committee finds no book, chapter, article or essay worthy of the award in a given year, no award will be presented.