Top Paper Awards at 2017 Annual ICA Conference

Two of Silvia’s advisees won top paper awards at the International Communication Association’s Annual Conference and will receive their awards in San Diego this May. J.C. Abdallah, MA student, won the Top 2 Faculty Paper Award from the Sports Communication Interest Group for “The Gridiron Gain: The Effects of Sports Spectatorship on Self-Esteem” paper with Dr. Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick. 

 

Melissa Robinson, PhD student, won a top student-led paper award from Health Communication Division with co-author, Dr. Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick. The paper is entitled “Instilling Belief in the Ability to Change for the Better: Narrative Persuasion for Sleep Hygiene Self-Efficacy.”