BEA Opening Night Awards Ceremony - Sponsored by Ross

The annual BEA Board Awards Ceremony recognizes some of the best faculty and graduate student work in research, as well as our scholarship winners and the very best leadership and service to BEA. Join us at the ceremony to honor this year’s distinguished award recipients. Host: Jennifer Meadows, Chico State University Our 2026 Awardees include:Distinguished Education Service Award Recipient: Rebecca Ann Lind, University of Illinois at ChicagoLifetime Achievement in Scholarship: Shuhua Zhou,City University of Hong KongLifetime Achievement in Creative Scholarship: Steve Anderson & John Woody, James Madison University Outgoing Board Members & Editors:Immediate Past President: Glenda Balas, University of North Texas – Dallas Secretary/Treasurer: Kathleen Ryan, University of Colorado Boulder District 3: Sara Magee Loyola University Maryland District 7: Brian L. Shelton, Harper College Festival of Media Arts Committee Chair: Heather Dunn, Arizona State University Publications Committee Chair: Joe Blaney, Illinois State University Research Committee Chair: Michel Haigh, Texas State University Research Symposium Chair: Seungahn Nah, University of Florida Kenneth Harwood Dissertation Award Recipient: Grace M. Provenzano, Arizona State University Innovation in Teaching Award: Milton Santiago, Syracuse University Library of American of American Broadcasting Foundation’s Broadcast Historian Award:  Lauren Bratslavsky, Illinois State University and Elizabeth Peterson, University of Oregon; The Archivability of Television: Essays on Preservation and Perseverance  The Leibner Cooper Grant for Creative Productions on the History of Media:  Danielle Beverly, University of Texas at Arlington; Eyes on the Prize Reclaimed  Book Award: Margaret Peacock, University of Alabama; Frequencies of Deceit: How Global Propaganda Wars Shaped the Middle East Textbook Award:  Chris Easterly, Regent University; Writing, Making, and Distributing Your Short Film: How the Short Film Can Advance Your Craft and Career 2026 BEA Research Grant Recipients and 2026-2027 BEA Scholarship Recipients & AERho class of 2025 will also be recognized.