Faculty Profiles

Dr. Nandini Bhalla

Assistant Professor at School of Jrnlism & Mass Comm, College of Fine Arts & Communication

Award / Honor Recipient: Community-Engaged Learning Award, AEJMC Mass Communication and Society Division. August 2026 - 2026

Award / Honor Recipient: Digital Ethnic Futures Consortium (DEFCon) Scholar award, Digital Ethnic Futures Consortium, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. February 2023 - September 2023

Award / Honor Recipient: Kopenhaver Fellow, Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center for the Advancement of Women in Communication in association with the AEJMC Commission on the Status of Women. August 2020 - 2020
Award / Honor Recipient: Top Book Chapter Award, Spiritual Communication division, National Communication Association. November 2020 - 2020
Award / Honor Recipient: American University Top Diversity & Inclusion Award, PRSA Educators Academy (virtual). October 2020 - 2020
Award / Honor Recipient: Doug Newsom Award for Global Ethics and Diversity, Public Relations Division, AEJMC Annual Conference, San Francisco (virtual), CA. August 2020 - 2020

Award / Honor Recipient: Bryce Rucker Excellence in Graduate Student Research, School of Journalism & Mass Communication, The University of South Carolina. May 2019 - 2019

Award / Honor Recipient: Inez Kaiser Award, AEJMC Annual Conference, Washington, D.C. August 2018 - 2018
Award / Honor Recipient: Moeller Student Competition Award (2nd place), Mass Communication and Society Division, AEJMC Annual Conference, Washington, D.C. August 2018 - 2018
Award / Honor Recipient: Top Student Paper Award, Magazine Division, AEJMC Annual Conference, Washington, D.C. August 2018 - 2018
Award / Honor Recipient: Kappa Tau Alpha recognition, AEJMC Annual Conference, Washington, D.C. August 2018 - 2018
Award / Honor Recipient: Peter Debreceny Corporate Communication Award, International Public Relations Research Confernce, Orlando, FL. March 2018 - 2018

Award / Honor Recipient: Third place faculty paper award, Magazine Division, AEJMC Annual Conference, Chicago, IL. August 2017 - 2017

Award / Honor Recipient: Top Paper Abstract Award, Visual Communication Division, AEJMC Midwinter Conference, Norman, OK. March 2016 - 2016