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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 
2025 Dr. Tina Harris Louisiana State ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp
2024 Dr. Walid Afifi ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp of California, Santa Barbara
2023 Dr. Srividya Ramasubramanian Syracuse ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp
2022 Dr. Lisa Flores ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp of Colorado Boulder
2021 Dr. Rona Halualani San Jose State ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp
2020 Lecture Postponed to 2021 NA
2019 Dr. D. Soyini Madison Northwestern ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp
2018 Kevin Barge Texas A&M ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp
2017 Gail Fairhurst ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp of Cincinnati
2016 Radhika Gajjala Bowling Green State ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp
2015 Sarah Tracy Arizona State ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp 
2014 Kent Ono ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp of Utah 
2013 Ronald Arnett Duquesne ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp
2012 Francois Cooren Université de Montreal
2011  Steven Hartnett ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp of Colorado, Denver
2010 Ron Pelias Southern Illinois ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp
2009 Dana Cloud ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp of Texas, Austin
2008 Karen Tracy ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp of Colorado, Boulder
2007 Bruce Gronbeck ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp of Iowa
2006 Michael Hyde Wake Forest ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp
2005 Tom Frentz ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp of Arkansas
2004 Donna Nudd Florida State ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp
2003 H. Lloyd (Buddy) Goodall Arizona State ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp
2002 Larry Grossberg ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2001 Marsha Vanderford Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2000 John Stewart ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp Washington
1999 Paul Gray ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp of Texas, Austin
1997 Mark McPhail ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp of Utah
1996 Kristen Langellier ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp of Maine
1995 Carole Blair ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
1994 Glen Stamp Ball State ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp
1992 Bob Ivie Indiana ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp
1991 Mark Knapp ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp of Texas, Austin
1990 Sam Becker ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp of Iowa
1989 Josh Meyrowitz ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp of New Hampshire