National Communication Association Recognizes Five UCSB Faculty Members

The recipients include Tamara Afifi, Walid Afifi, Howard Giles, David Seibold, and Cynthia Stohl. The awards were presented in November, at the organization’s annual meeting in New Orleans.

Tamara Afifi, professor of communication, received the 2011 Bernard J. Brommel Award, which recognizes the scholarship and academic leadership of a faculty member who has advanced family communication at the local, regional, and national level over a period of five years.

Walid Afifi, professor of communication, received the 2011 Health Communication Distinguished Article of the Year award, which recognizes an article published in the last 10 years that has made a significant contribution to health communication. Afifi and co-author Judith L. Weiner were honored for their 2004 article, “Toward a Theory of Motivated Information Management,” which appeared in the journal Communication Theory.