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Stephanie Robbins won the Interpersonal Communication Division, 2011 Thesis of the Year Award, International Communication Association, for her M.A. thesis, "Gr8 Textpectations: An Examination of the Role of Need for Closure in Parental Anxiety."

Ronald E. Rice, the Arthur N. Rupe Chair in the Social Effects of Mass Communication and co-director of the Carsey-Wolf Center, has received an honorary doctorate from the Department of Communication at the University of Montreal.

Dr. Karen Kroman Myers received the 2010-2011 Harold J. Plous Award.

Several faculty and graduate students have won top paper awards at recent Communication conferences.

Professor Ron Rice, Arthur N. Rupe Chair in the Social Effects of Mass Communication and co-director of the Carsey-Wolf Center, and Professor Cynthia Stohl have been named Fellows of the International Communication Association.

Dr. Michael Stohl received the 2011 Applied/Public Policy Research Award by the International Communication Association on May 28 at the Annual Conference in Boston, MA.

Dr. David Seibold received the 2009-2010 Distinguished Teaching Award from the UCSB Academic Senate.

Two department of Communication faculty received grants from the Marsden Fund of New Zealand in the Marsden Fund yearly competitive grants program announced October 7, 2009.

Professors Constance Penley (Film & Media Studies), Ronald E. Rice (Communication), Steve Gaines (Marine Sciences Institute), and John Melack (BREN School) have been awarded $211,000 for 2009-2010 by the MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Award Category: Innovation in Participatory Learning.