- Professor Stephen Lucas.
Professor Stephen E. Lucas, professor of communication arts and Evjue-Bascom Professor in the Humanities, has been named a Distinguished Scholar by the National Communication Association.
This award, bestowed by the nation's largest organization of communication scholars, honors a lifetime of scholarly achievement in the study of human communication. Recipients are elected by previously named Distinguished Scholars.
Lucas is best known for his close studies of public address, especially discourse of the American Revolution and especially the Declaration of Independence.
He has lectured extensively throughout the United States, China, and elsewhere on the importance of public speaking to communication and democracy.