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Bond Wins 2022 Mattox Research Award

February 2, 2023

Bond Wins 2022 Mattox Research Award

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Congratulations to Associate Professor Robert Bond for winning the 2022 Mattox Research Award. The Sarah Evan Mattox Faculty Research endowment provides support for a faculty member’s research based on articles on “the impact of media on public opinion and/or society,” published throughout the year. 

The Mattox Research award is highly competitive and goes to a productive, innovative faculty member. Research area examples include media effects, media entertainment, public opinion, political communication, advertising, public affairs journalism, strategic communication, health communication and communication technology. 

The school director appoints a committee to determine the winner of the award. The committee considers the relevance to the purpose of the Mattox endowment as well as the creativity, productivity, scholarly and/or social impact of the candidate’s articles. As the 2022 winner, Bond receives $12,000 in award funds to spend on research projects within the next two years. 

Bond’s publications include: