{"id":351,"date":"2023-07-27T21:09:31","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T21:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beaweb.org\/awards\/?page_id=351"},"modified":"2025-07-24T17:30:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T17:30:31","slug":"past-award-recipients","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/beaweb.org\/awards\/lifetime-achievement-in-scholarship-las\/past-award-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"Past Award Recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lifetime Achievement in Scholarship (LAS)<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;flex-basis:60%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Past award recipients<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2025<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/beaweb.org\/wp\/2025-bea-lifetime-achievement-in-scholarship-presented-to-andrew-c-billings-ph-d\/\">Andrew C. Billings, University of Alabama<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2024<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaweb.org\/wp\/2024-bea-lifetime-achievement-in-scholarship-presented-to-michael-d-murray-ph-d\/\">Michael D. \u201cMike\u201d Murray, University of Missouri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2023&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaweb.org\/wp\/2023-lifetime-achievement-in-scholarship-presented-to-jannette-l-dates-ph-d\/\">Janette Dates, Howard University<\/a><strong><br>2022&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/communication.utah.edu\/news\/RobertTiemens.php\">Bob Tiemens , University of Utah<\/a><strong><br>2021&nbsp;<\/strong>James Potter, University of California at Santa Barbara<strong><br>2020&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaweb.org\/wp\/?p=9282\">Matthew Bunker, the University of Alabama (Emeritus)<\/a><strong><br>2019&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaweb.org\/wp\/?p=7974\">Rebecca Ann Lind,&nbsp;University of Illinois at Chicago<\/a><strong><br>2017&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaweb.org\/wp\/?p=4669\">Don Godfrey, Arizona State University<\/a><strong><br>2016&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaweb.org\/wp\/?p=3202\">Stuart N. Brotman, University of Tennessee, Knoxville<\/a><strong><br>2015&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/beaweb.org\/pdfs\/webster_las_release_final.pdf\">James G. Webster, PhD, Northwestern University<\/a><strong><br>2014<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/beaweb.org\/pdfs\/davis_las_release.pdf\">Dennis Davis, Pennsylvania State University<\/a><br><strong>2013&nbsp;<\/strong>Dan O\u2019Hair, University of Kentucky<br><strong>2012&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/netforum.avectra.com\/eweb\/DynamicPage.aspx?Site=BEA&amp;WebCode=ArticleDetail&amp;faq_key=94e0778b-a6cf-4590-86ed-88d69b7a62d7\">Dale Kunkel Ph.D., University of Arizona<\/a><br><strong>2011<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/netforum.avectra.com\/eweb\/DynamicPage.aspx?Site=BEA&amp;WebCode=ArticleDetail&amp;faq_key=cec8a2df-6136-4d94-a179-9c4ced47ce46\">Thomas R. Lindlof<\/a>, University of Kentucky<br><strong>2010&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/beaweb.org\/AM\/Template.cfm?Section=Home&amp;Template=\/CM\/ContentDisplay.cfm&amp;ContentFileID=1066\">Nancy Signorielli<\/a>, University of Delaware<br><strong>2009<\/strong>&nbsp;Alan B. Albarran, University of North Texas<br><strong>2008<\/strong>&nbsp;James E. Fletcher, University of Georgia<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelckeith.com\/\">Michael C. Keith<\/a>, Boston College<br><strong>2007&nbsp;<\/strong>James A. Anderson, University of Utah<br>Donald R. Browne, University of Minnesota<br>Douglas Gomery, University of Maryland<br>Alan M. Rubin, Kent State University<br><strong>2006&nbsp;<\/strong>Joseph Dominick, University of Georgia<br>Susan Tyler Eastman, University of Indiana (Emeritus)<br>Jennings Bryant, The University of Alabama<br>Joanne Cantor, University of Wisconsin (Emeritus)<br><strong>2005<\/strong>&nbsp;Erik Barnouw, (Posthumously)<br>Edward Bliss, (Posthumously)<br>Bradley S. Greenberg, Michigan State University<br>Sydney W. Head, (Posthumously)<br>Christopher H. Sterling, George Washington University<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading beaawards-menu-header\">Lifetime Achievement in Scholarship (LAS)<\/h5>\n\n\n<nav class=\" is-vertical beaawards-menu-items wp-block-navigation is-layout-flex wp-container-core-navigation-layout-1 wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Lifetime Achievement in Scholarship\"><ul class=\"wp-block-navigation__container  is-vertical beaawards-menu-items wp-block-navigation\"><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/beaweb.org\/awards\/lifetime-achievement-in-scholarship-las\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">About the Award<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/beaweb.org\/awards\/lifetime-achievement-in-scholarship-las\/nomination-process\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Nomination Process<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/beaweb.org\/awards\/lifetime-achievement-in-scholarship-las\/selection-process\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Selection Process<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/beaweb.org\/awards\/lifetime-achievement-in-scholarship-las\/past-award-recipients\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Past Award Recipients<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/beaweb.org\/awards\/lifetime-achievement-in-scholarship-las\/program-faqs\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Program FAQs<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/bea.memberclicks.net\/las2026\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Submit Nomination<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/beaweb.org\/awards\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">BEA Awards Home<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lifetime Achievement in Scholarship (LAS) Past award recipients 2025 Andrew C. Billings, University of Alabama 2024 Michael D. \u201cMike\u201d Murray, University of Missouri 2023&nbsp;Janette Dates, Howard University2022&nbsp;Bob Tiemens , University of Utah2021&nbsp;James Potter, University of California at Santa Barbara2020&nbsp;Matthew Bunker, the University of Alabama (Emeritus)2019&nbsp;Rebecca Ann Lind,&nbsp;University of Illinois at Chicago2017&nbsp;Don Godfrey, Arizona State University2016&nbsp;Stuart [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":344,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","hide_page_title":"enabled","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beaweb.org\/awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/351"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beaweb.org\/awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beaweb.org\/awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beaweb.org\/awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beaweb.org\/awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/beaweb.org\/awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1047,"href":"https:\/\/beaweb.org\/awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/351\/revisions\/1047"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beaweb.org\/awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beaweb.org\/awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}