白兰地酒 professor wins two research awards in 2023

Terrie黄 holding certificate next to woman at National Communication Association conference

Terrie黄, 正确的, received a Best Article Award from the National Communication Association in 2023.

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媒体,爸爸. ——黄泰丽, assistant professor of communication arts and sciences at 宾州州立大学白兰地酒, received a National Best (Published) Article Award and an International Top 教师 (Conference) Paper Award in 2023. 在5月和11月颁发, 分别, Wong noted how much she loves doing the work she does and said she was humbled to receive the awards.

“I am honored and humbled that my work received positive recognition this year,” Wong said. “These awards give me direction and purpose to know that I wrote things that resonate with people. I also feel like winning both national and international research awards allowed me to help put 白兰地酒 on the map.”

The Top 教师 (Conference) Paper Award is an international-level award for original research, awarded by the Intercultural Communication Division of the International Communication Association, an academic association for scholars interested in the study, teaching and application of all aspects of human and mediated communication. The co-authored conference paper was competitively peer-reviewed and recognized by other scholars as the top paper for the annual conference within the author's specialization in 2023. 

To receive a Best Article Award from the National Communication Association, one’s research must first be rigorously peer-reviewed and then deemed suitable for publication. The published work is submitted to a second round of rigorous peer review before being awarded as the Top Publication of the Year by the author’s peers in their specialization and discipline. Senior scholars in each specialization recognize one journal article to represent the best work in their area for the year.

I love representing 宾州州立大学白兰地酒 at all these conferences and being able to say, ‘嘿, 我来自bck体育官网, 我喜欢做这份工作.’

—Terrie黄 , assistant professor of communication arts and sciences, 宾州州立大学白兰地酒

To compare the scale of the National Best (Published) Article award, Wong said it’s the equivalent of some of the biggest awards in Hollywood, but for writers in higher education and research.

“简而言之, the significance of the best article award for scholars is on par with receiving an Emmy, a Golden Globe or an Academy Award in the movie industry,”她说。. “This is a national-level award that signifies peer recognition for quality of work.”

Both papers Wong published revolved around culture, identity and communication. 她的论文, titled “Countering the Global Authenticity Crisis: A Critical Rhetorical Analysis of Race as Spatially, 从历史上看, and Geopolitically Contingent” and “Crazy, 丰富的, when Asian: Yellowface ambivalence and mockery in Crazy Rich Asians,” both focused on how Asians are represented in media around the world.

“The papers historicize all the contemporary things we’re seeing about race and communication,黄说。. "They allow readers to think about race in different contexts on different issues.”

Wong stated her favorite parts about attending conferences and presenting her work are representing 宾州州立大学白兰地酒 wherever she goes and putting herself into the work she does.

“I love representing 宾州州立大学白兰地酒 at all these conferences and being able to say, ‘嘿, 我来自bck体育官网, 我喜欢做这份工作,’”她说。. “I feel like when I write something, I try to bring a little bit of myself into it. Being able to do research enables me to do that while being self-reflective, 分析, 对生活有意识且深思熟虑. 我很荣幸能得到这份工作.”