Sponsored by Ross VideoThe annual BEA Board Awards Ceremony recognizes some of the best faculty and graduate student work in research, as well as our scholarship winners, AERho honors society inductees, Diversity & Inclusion Committee research and creative awards, and the very best leadership and service to BEA. Join us at the ceremony to honor this year’s distinguished award recipients.
Host: Glenda Balas, University of North Texas - DallasOur 2025 Awardees include:Distinguished Education Service Award Recipient
Lifetime Achievement in Scholarship
Kenneth Harwood Dissertation Award Recipient
Research Symposium Chair: Graham Dixon, Ohio State University
Jay Hmielowski, University of Florida
BEA Diversity and Inclusion Research Award
BEA Diversity & Inclusion Creative Award
BEA Book Awards:Book AwardTextbook AwardLibrary of American of American Broadcasting Foundation’s Broadcast Historian AwardThe Leibner Cooper Grant for Creative Productions on the History of Media: Kortni Alston Lemon, Gardner-Webb University,
Rosalynn Carter’s Caring Call: How Former United States First Lady’s Historic Compassionate Legacy Has Transformed Mental Health Journalism and Continues to Transform Newsrooms
Innovation in Teaching AwardBEA Research Grant RecipientsOutgoing Board MembersImmediate Past President: Kim Fox, American University in CairoVice President for Industry Relations: Christine H. Merritt, President
Ohio Association of Broadcasters District 2: Patricia Sanders, University of North AlabamaAlabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina & Tennessee
During the awards ceremony we will recognize the 2025 AERho Inductees and the 2025-2026 BEA Scholarship Recipients:
