Steve Duck, Daniel and Amy Starch Distinguished Research Chair and department chair in rhetoric, has been awarded the Mark L. Knapp Award in Interpersonal Communication by the National Communication Association.

The Mark L. Knapp Award in Interpersonal Communication recognizes career contributions to the study of interpersonal communication. The award recognizes individuals who have made significant scholarly contributions to the study of interaction and/or relational processes. Recipients also have contributed to the quality of interpersonal communication through active involvement in the discipline, significant mentoring of students, and/or public service focused on interpersonal communication.

Duck also is working on new editions of two books due for publication in January 2020:  Communication in Everyday Life, Survey Version, Fourth edition, Duck, S. W & McMahan, D. T., SAGE Publication Inc; and Basics of Communication, with Public Speaking, Third Edition, Duck, S. W & McMahan, D. T., SAGE Publication Inc.