Awards

Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award

The Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award honors scholars who have made outstanding scientific contributions to the study of discourse processing and text analysis. The following criteria are considered in conferring the Award: 1) Sustained outstanding research that has enhanced the scientific understanding of discourse processing and text analysis, 2) Contributions to the mentorship of students, postdoctoral fellows, and colleagues in the field of text and discourse, and 3) Meritorious contributions to the advancement of the field through leadership as a theorist or spokesperson for the discipline.

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Tom Trabasso Young Investigator Award

This award embodies the spirit of Tom Trabasso. It goes to an outstanding young scholar who received their PhD within the last 10 years and has made a significant contribution to the understanding of discourse processing and text analysis.

Past Winners

Jason Albrecht Outstanding Young Scientist Award

The Jason Albrecht Outstanding Young Scientist Award (JAOYSA) honors the memory of Jason Albrecht, a promising young text and discourse researcher who passed away. The award recognizes an outstanding conference presentation based on a doctoral dissertation.

Past Winners

Graduate Student Research Award

The Graduate Student Research Award recognizes quality in predissertation work that is predominantly that of a graduate student. Accordingly, the graduate student must be first author on the conference presentation. This award was previously referred to as the Outstanding Student Paper Award (1997-2019).

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Undergraduate Student Research Award

The Undergraduate Student Research Award recognizes quality in work that is predominantly that of an undergraduate graduate student, or research to which the undergraduate student contributed a significant amount of effort and support.

Past Winners