Carol Winkler, Professor of Communication at Georgia State University recently received the 2023 Robert J. Kibler Memorial Award from the National Communication Association (NCA).
Dr. Winkler has served the communication discipline and NCA for over 40 years, supporting excellence in argumentation and debate in the public sphere while creating and nurturing a critical research effort at the juncture of media, terrorism, and violence.
Winning multiple personal and organizational community service awards while serving as chair, dean, program director, mentor, and student advocate, Dr. Winkler has developed and supported applied argumentation scholarship in the public sphere, including support for urban debate leagues, work with the Department of Justice on gang violence, and leading an interdisciplinary international research initiative on Transcultural Conflict and Violence.
“NCA’s annual awards honor communication scholars’ teaching, scholarship, and service,” NCA Interim Executive Director Justin Danowski, said. “NCA is proud to recognize Dr. Carol Winkler’s significant contributions to the Communication discipline with this award.”
Dr. Carol Winkler’s award was presented Nov. 19 at the NCA 109th Annual Convention in National Harbor, MD. For more information about NCA’s awards program, visit http://www.natcom.org/awards/.
— Jeremy Craig, Communications Manager, Office of the Provost