Awards & Recognitions
- Scholarship & Creative Activities:
- 2007 Marian Opala First Amendment Award, FOI Oklahoma Inc., presented Nov. 1, 2007, at the Ninth Annual First Amendment Congress.
Named in honor of Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice Marian Opala, the award recognizes an individual's efforts to uphold rights protected by the First Amendment. I was the first journalism faculty member to receive the award. Other recipients have included the state attorney general, the executive editor of the state's largest newspaper, and civil rights leader Clara Luper.
- Distinguished Service to the First Amendment Award, Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists, presented Jan. 29, 2005.
- 1997 John B. Adams Award for Excellence in the Study of Mass Communication Law, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Second Place, Student Paper, Law Division, Southeastern Regional Colloquium of the History, Law, and Newspaper Divisions of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Roanoke, Va., March 1996.
- Teaching:
- 2008-09 Outstanding Professor, OSU School of Journalism & Broadcasting, selected by OSU Ad Club, April 30, 2009.
- Golden Torch Award, College of Arts & Sciences, Oklahoma State University, presented March 25, 2005, by Mortar Board Honor Society for dedication to promoting scholarship, leadership and service.
- 1999-2000 Outstanding Professor, College of Arts & Sciences, Oklahoma State University. Selection made by the College of Arts & Sciences Student Council.
Finalist: 2008-09 and 2003-04
- Letter Commending Commitment to Excellence in Teaching, OSU President James E. Halligan, Oct. 24 2002.
- Letter Commending Commitment to Excellence in Teaching, OSU President James E. Halligan, Jan. 19, 2001.
- Journalism:
- First Place, Best Non-Game Sports Story, 54th Annual Southwestern Journalism Congress, Beaumont, Texas, April 14, 1984.
- Third Place, Best Investigative or Interpretative Story, 54th Annual Southwestern Journalism Congress, Beaumont, Texas, April 14, 1984.
- Third Place, Best Feature Article, Mark of Excellence Contest, Region 12, The Society of Professional Journalists/Sigma Delta Chi, April 1984.
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