Karma R. Chavez, an assistant professor of rhetoric, politics and culture in the UW-Madison Department of Communication Arts, has been selected to receive this year's Karl R. Wallace Memorial Award.
The prestigious honor, bestowed by the National Communication Association (NCA), places Chávez among a list of venerable recipients spanning nearly 40 years. Wallace was a distinguished rhetorical scholar, and his wife and family established to award to "promote philosophical, historical, or critical scholarship in rhetoric and public discourse."
Chavez will receive the award at the NCA's 99th Annual Convention Nov. 21-24 in Washington, D.C.