Named for Ralph O. Nafziger and David Manning White, the award recognizes outstanding dissertaton research in journalism and mass communications. The two pioneers in the field donated the royalties from their book Introduction to Mass Communication Research to fund the award. Salwen was a co-author of An Integrated Approach to Communication Theory and Research. The award has been presented annually by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication since 1984.
2009 Leigh Moscowitz, Indiana University
Advisor: Radhika Parameswaran, Indiana
2008 Ronald J. (Noah) Arceneaux, San Diego State
Advisor: Jay Hamilton, Georgia
2007 David Cuillier, Washington State
Advisor: Susan Dente Ross, Washington State
2006 Kathy Roberts Forde, North Carolina
Adviser: Ruth Walden, North Carolina
2005 Young Mie Kim, Illinois
Adviser: David Tewksbury, Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2004 Zala Voicic, Colorado at Boulder
Adviser: Andrew Calabrese, Colorado at Boulder
2003 Mark Avrom Feldstein, North Carolina
Adviser: Margaret A. Blanchard, North Carolina
2002 Carolyn Bronstein, DePaul
Adviser: James L. Baughman, Wisconsin-Madison
2001 Edward Alwood, North Carolina
Adviser: Margaret A. Blanchard, North Carolina
2000 Dhavan V. Shah, Wisconsin-Madison
Adviser: Daniel B. Wackman, Minnesota
1999 Barbara Zang, Missouri
Adviser: David Nord, Indiana
1998 Craig Trumbo, Cornell
Adviser: Garrett Okeefe, Wisconsin-Madison
1997 David Scott Domke, Minnesota
Adviser: Hazel F Dicken-Garcia, Minnesota
1996 Paul Voakes, Indiana
Adviser: Robed Drechsel, Wisconsin-Madison
1995 Karen S. Miller, Georgia
Adviser: James L. Baughman, Wisconsin-Madison
1994 Jane Rhodes, Indiana
Adviser: Margaret Blanchard, North Carolina
1993 Caroline Schooler, Stanford
Adviser: Steven Chaffee, Stanford
1992 Mark D. West, North Carolina
Adviser: Jane Brown, North Carolina
1991 Namjun Kang, Syracuse
Adviser: George Comstock, Syracuse
1990 Bob McChesney, Wisconsin-Madison
Adviser: William Ames, Washington
1989 Diane C. Mutz, Wisconsin-Madison
Adviser: Steven Chaffee, Stanford
1988 Vincent Price, Michigan
Adviser: Donald F Roberts, Stanford
1987 John R. Finnegan, Jr., Minnesota
Adviser: Hazel Dicken-Garcia, Minnesota
1986 Jeffery Smith, Wisconsin-Madison
Adviser: Jim Baughman, Wisconsin-Madison
1985 Richard Kielbowicz, Minnesota
Advisers: Ed Emery and Hazel F Dicken-Garcia, both Minnesota
1984 Ron Tamborini, Indiana (first)
Adviser: Dolf Zillmann, Indiana
Source: Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
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