Katherine G. Hendrix (PhD, ’94): Associate Professor, Department of Communication, University of Memphis
Awarded the “Top 3 Paper” in the Spirituality Division for “The spirit that strengthens me: Teaching with a religious foundation,” a paper she presented at the National Communication Association conference held in San Antonio, TX in 2006.
Awarded the Outstanding Journal Article, International and Intercultural Division, at the same conference, for “An Invitation to Dialogue: Do communication journal reviewers mute the race-related research of scholars of color?” (published in the Southern Communication Journal).
Articles/Special Issue Scheduled for publication in 2007: Hendrix, K. G. (Editor). (in press). Neither white nor male: The inter/cross-cultural experiences of female faculty of color in academia. New Directions in Teaching and Learning. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Hendrix, K. G. (in press). “She must be trippin’”: The secret of disrespect from students of color toward faculty of color. New Directions in Teaching and Learning. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Hendrix, K. G., Hebbani, A., & Johnson, O. (in press). The “Other” TA: An exploratory investigation of graduate teaching assistants of color (GTACs). International and Intercultural Communication Annual. Washington, D.C.: National Communication Association.
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Ronald Jackson (chair, IICD), Gerry Philipsen, Katherine Hendrix, and John Baldwin

Donal Carbaugh (best book), Saskia Witteborn (best dissertation), and Hendrix (best article). Carbaugh is a 1984 PhD graduate of the department (Speech Communication) and Witteborn is an ’05 PhD graduate.