Our faculty strive to produce works of the highest scholarly merit that illuminate the role of communication in contemporary social issues.

Research & Creative Work

Our faculty produce works of the highest scholarly merit that illuminate the role of communication in contemporary social issues. We routinely publish books with top university and commercial presses, place articles in leading national and international journals, earn grants from federal and state funders, and receive awards for our scholarship and creative works. Awards include:

2020 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Award for Outstanding Faculty Achievement, CLAS University of Colorado Denver, Sarah K. Fields  

2020 Runner-Up for the John Leo and Dana Heller Award for Best Single Work Anthology, Multi-Authored, or Edited Book in LGBTQ Studies, Popular Culture Association, Mia Fischer

2020 American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship, Amy Hasinoff

2019 Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg Fellowship in Delmenhorst, Germany for 10 months, Amy Hasinoff

2019 Xiao Award for Outstanding Rhetorical Research from the Association for Chinese Communication Studies (ACCS), Stephen Hartnett, Patrick Dodge and Lisa B. Keränen for top authored article in Chinese rhetorical studies for past two years

2019 CU Denver College of Liberal Arts and Science’s Outstanding Faculty Achievement Award, Stephen Hartnett

2019 Top three paper submitted to Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine, Lisa Keranen and Rudong Zhang

2019 Thwarting Russian Online Disinformation: A Rhetorical Analysis/Artificial Intelligence Pilot Study $25,000 grant, Hamilton Bean, Stephen Hartnett and team

2019 Finalist for the Jess Kraus Award for Outstanding Research Manuscript, Injury Epidemiology, Sarah K. Fields and co-authors

2018 Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activities, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, University of Colorado Denver, Hamilton Bean

2017 President of the National Communication Association, Stephen Hartnett

2017 CLAS Research Excellence Award, CU Denver College of Liberal arts and Sciences (Dr. Amy Hasinoff)

2017 Dissertation of the Year Award, LGBTQ Division of the National Communication Association, (Dr. Mia Fischer)

2016 Article of the Year Award, African American Communication and Culture Award, AACC Division of the National Communication Association (Dr. Alfred Martin)

2016 Diamond Anniversary Book Award, National Communication Association (Dr. Amy Hasinoff)

2014 CU President's Teaching Scholar; a lifetime appointment (Dr. Lisa Keränen)

2014  CLAS Award for Service Excellence and the 2014 CU Denver Award for Service Excellence (Dr. Stephen Hartnett)

2013 CU System Elizabeth Gee Award (Dr. Brenda Allen)

2013 Kohrs-Campbell Prize in Rhetorical Criticism, Michigan State University Press (Dr. Stephen Hartnett)

2012 Donald W. Ehninger Award in Rhetorical Studies, National Communication Association (Dr. Sonja K. Foss)

2012 CLAS Research Excellence Award, CU Denver College of Liberal arts and Sciences (Dr. Stephen Hartnett)

2011 Golden Monograph Award, National Communication Association (Dr. Stephen Hartnett)

2011 Marie Hochmuth Nichols Award in Public Address, Public Address Division of the National Communication Association (Dr. Lisa Keranen)

2011 Carroll C. Arnold Lecturer, National Communication Association (Dr. Brenda J. Allen)

2011 Paul Boase Prize, Ohio University (Dr. Brenda J. Allen)

2011 Distinguished Scholar Award, Western States Communication Association (Dr. Sonja K. Foss)

2010 Karl R. Wallace Memorial Research Award, National Communication Association (Dr. Lisa Keranen)