The  International Communication Association recognized several School of Communication faculty and graduate students with top papers and other awards. The papers will be presented at the 2017 ICA annual meeting in San Diego, California.

• Jason Coronel, assistant professor, and PhD student Matthew Sweitzer won a Top Paper Award from the Communication Science and Biology Division. The paper was entitled “Eye Movements as Measures of Memory in Communication Research: The Case of Political Knowledge Acquisition.” Sweitzer also received a travel award from this division.
• Richard Huskey, assistant professor, received a Top Paper Award from the Communication Science and Biology Interest Group. The paper was entitled “The Offramp Problem: Treating Media Psychology as an Insular Field Inhibits Theoretical and Empirical Progress.”
• Melissa Robinson, PhD student, won a top student-led paper award from Health Communication Division with co-author, Dr. Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick, professor. The paper is entitled “Instilling Belief in the Ability to Change for the Better: Narrative Persuasion for Sleep Hygiene Self-Efficacy.” 
• David DeAndrea, assistant professor, and former PhD candidate Young-shin Lim received a Top Paper Award in the Information Systems Division. The paper was entitled “Effects of Likability of Multiple Layers of Sources on Information Processing on Social Network Sites.”
• Joseph Bayer, assistant professor, is second-author on a paper that received a Top Paper Award in the Communication and Technology division. The paper is entitled “Who Likes to Be Reachable? Availability Preferences, Tie Strength, and Perceptions of Social Capital.”
• 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.