Research Awards
2018-2019: SEC Faculty Travel Program Award
Grants
1. Pritzker, S. E., DeCaro, J., & Pederson, J. R. (Funded for 2018-2021). Embodying Emotion in Interaction: A Biocultural-Linguistic Study of Communication and Physiology. National Science Foundation. Budget of $315,859.
2. Pritzker, S. E., DeCaro, J., & Pederson, J. R. (Funded for 2017-2019). Health impacts of emotion communication in close relationships among older adults. University of Alabama Research Grant Committee – Level 2. Budget of $26,614.
3. Pederson, J. R. (Funded for 2015-2017). The communicative processes of families coping with bullying: Toward a model of communal repair. University of Alabama Research Grant Committee. Budget of $6,000.
2. Pritzker, S. E., DeCaro, J., & Pederson, J. R. (Funded for 2017-2019). Health impacts of emotion communication in close relationships among older adults. University of Alabama Research Grant Committee – Level 2. Budget of $26,614.
3. Pederson, J. R. (Funded for 2015-2017). The communicative processes of families coping with bullying: Toward a model of communal repair. University of Alabama Research Grant Committee. Budget of $6,000.
Top Paper Awards
2018: Top Paper Panel in Interpersonal Communication at the SSCA Convention. “I may not even go to graduation": Hurtful messages received during transitions from college to work life.
2016: Top Paper Panel in Interpersonal Communication at the SSCA Convention. Advice and Helpful Messages Emerging Adults Receive during Transitions from Higher Education: Associations with Dispositional and Enacted Hope.
2013: Top Paper Panel in Communication Theory at the CSCA Convention. Disruptions of Individual and Cultural Identities: How Online Stories of Job Loss and Unemployment Shift the American Dream.
2010: Top Student Competitive Paper in Communication Theory at the CSCA Convention. The Influence of Conflict Styles on Apologies and Forgiveness.
2016: Top Paper Panel in Interpersonal Communication at the SSCA Convention. Advice and Helpful Messages Emerging Adults Receive during Transitions from Higher Education: Associations with Dispositional and Enacted Hope.
2013: Top Paper Panel in Communication Theory at the CSCA Convention. Disruptions of Individual and Cultural Identities: How Online Stories of Job Loss and Unemployment Shift the American Dream.
2010: Top Student Competitive Paper in Communication Theory at the CSCA Convention. The Influence of Conflict Styles on Apologies and Forgiveness.
Teaching Awards
2018: University of Alabama College of Continuing Studies, Innovation Mentor
2017: University of Alabama College of Continuing Studies, Innovation Spark Scholar
2017: University of Alabama College of Continuing Studies, Innovation Spark Scholar