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Grazier Lecture

The Grazier Lecture is the keynote event of Communication Day. Each year the department selects a renowned communication scholar to deliver the Grazier Lecture, participate in other Communication Day events, and attend our Awards Banquet.

The Grazier Lecture is an endowed lecture made possible by a generous gift by Catherine Grazier Coit, who was an undergraduate major in the Department of Communication. Ms. Coit provided this gift in honor of her father, Allen C. Grazier, who was a great champion of public education in Florida.


The following distinguished scholars have delivered the Grazier Lecture:
Year Grazier Lecturer Affliation 
2024 Dr. Walid Afifi ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp of California, Santa Barbara
2023 Dr. Srividya Ramasubramanian Syracuse ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp
2022 Dr. Lisa Flores ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp of Colorado Boulder
2021 Dr. Rona Halualani San Jose State ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp
2020 Lecture Postponed to 2021 NA
2019 Dr. D. Soyini Madison Northwestern ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp
2018 Kevin Barge Texas A&M ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp
2017 Gail Fairhurst ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp of Cincinnati
2016 Radhika Gajjala Bowling Green State ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp
2015 Sarah Tracy Arizona State ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp 
2014 Kent Ono ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp of Utah 
2013 Ronald Arnett Duquesne ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp
2012 Francois Cooren Université de Montreal
2011  Steven Hartnett ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp of Colorado, Denver
2010 Ron Pelias Southern Illinois ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp
2009 Dana Cloud ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp of Texas, Austin
2008 Karen Tracy ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp of Colorado, Boulder
2007 Bruce Gronbeck ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp of Iowa
2006 Michael Hyde Wake Forest ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp
2005 Tom Frentz ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp of Arkansas
2004 Donna Nudd Florida State ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp
2003 H. Lloyd (Buddy) Goodall Arizona State ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp
2002 Larry Grossberg ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2001 Marsha Vanderford Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2000 John Stewart ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp Washington
1999 Paul Gray ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp of Texas, Austin
1997 Mark McPhail ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp of Utah
1996 Kristen Langellier ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp of Maine
1995 Carole Blair ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
1994 Glen Stamp Ball State ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp
1992 Bob Ivie Indiana ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp
1991 Mark Knapp ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp of Texas, Austin
1990 Sam Becker ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp of Iowa
1989 Josh Meyrowitz ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp of New Hampshire