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Northwestern School of Communication

2026 Honors Convocation

All School Student Awards

Madeleine Robinson Memorial Award

Presented to a student who is active in community service; established in 1975 by the husband of Madeleine Robinson, a 1959 graduate who died at an early age and was beloved for her community activities in the Aurora, Illinois, area

Aashna Rai  Aashna Rai

Aashna Rai is an outstanding and academically gifted senior theatre major with a talent for leadership. Among her roles, she runs Seesaw Theatre, which produces original, multi-sensory theatre for disabled audiences; leads the Education and Engagement Team of Imagine U, which develops original, engaging theatre for children and families; is developing a senior thesis about how two theatre companies (one in the U.S. and one in Denmark) are using theatre to help refugee children deal with trauma; has won multiple undergraduate research grants; and worked as a tutor and mentor in many different communities. Aashna is on the ascent.

Robert M. Cumnock Scholarship

Awarded to an outstanding first-year student; honors Robert M. Cumnock—a performer and teacher who believed oratory was an art, not a science—who in 1878 founded Northwestern’s School of Oratory, now the School of Communication, and was responsible for the construction of Annie May Swift Hall

Kayla Kimani

Kayla Kimani is a first-year communication studies major and a talented writer and thinker, offering insightful commentary and thoughtful feedback to her peers. She always comes to class prepared, remains engaged, and offers smart and informed contributions to discussion. Her work demonstrates an exceptional level of critical thinking and will only get better as the years pass.

Ralph B. Dennis Scholarship

Presented to an exceptional sophomore; honors Ralph Dennis, dean of the school from 1913 until his retirement in 1942, who oversaw a period of exponential growth and whose vitality and personal style in interacting with students made the school unique

Patricia Liu Patricia Liu

Patricia Liu is a sophomore radio/television/film major who, upon her arrival at Northwestern, immediately raised the profile of animation in the department. She has sought out independent studies, started an animation student group, and applied for undergraduate research awards. She’s taken the initiative to create several animation projects on her own and has generated thoughtful and dynamic ideas for future projects. She’s an ambassador of sorts for animation, and the community is better off for it.

James H. McBurney Scholarship

Awarded to an outstanding junior; honors James McBurney, dean of the school from 1942 to 1972, under whose leadership it achieved widespread recognition, while the school structure reinforced cohesion among its disciplines

Chae Ryou Chae Ryou

Chae Ryou is a junior communication studies major who stands out as an eager, dedicated student who puts forth her best effort in all her courses. She has exciting ideas and the wherewithal to see them through, often to great result. Her work in a lab setting has demonstrated great intellectual curiosity, rigor, and independence. She is collaborative and creative, asks insightful questions, and delights in being intellectually challenged. She stands out for her level of self-motivation.

Roy V. Wood Scholarship

Awarded to an outstanding senior; honors Roy Wood, dean of the school from 1972 to 1987, whose door was always open to students and whose tenure saw marked growth in the size of the school, major gains in physical facilities, and advancement in the quality of teaching, research, and creative activity

Nadia van den BergNadia van den Berg

Nadia van den Berg is a senior human communication sciences major who represents the very highest standard of undergraduate accomplishment in the communication sciences and exemplifies the intellectual growth, initiative, and impact this award seeks to recognize. From the outset, she approached research not simply as participation, but as scholarly inquiry, rapidly developing the analytical thinking and independence typically observed in graduate trainees. She is a kind, charismatic leader whose emotional intelligence makes her especially effective when working with research participants and mentoring peers.

Zeta Phi Eta Award

Awarded to a continuing graduate student, or to an outstanding junior or senior who will remain at Northwestern to pursue a master’s degree, who has demonstrated excellence in communication arts or sciences as well as strong scholarship, exemplary character, talent, and leadership ability exemplifying the organization’s motto, “Achieve! With Wisdom, Integrity, and Love”; presented by Zeta Phi Eta, a national professional fraternity in communication arts and sciences and the oldest national group of its kind, founded at Northwestern University in 1893

Isabella IsaacIsabella Isaac

Isabella Isaac is an extremely motivated, reliable, responsible, intelligent, and capable junior human communication sciences major. She demonstrates great initiative with her research goals and is an impressive contributor in our courses. She is a mature, empathetic, and interested student who goes to great lengths to further her academic, research, and career goals and who truly cares about improving the lives of individuals with communication challenges.

Lucia Wiant Award

Awarded to a student who has shown outstanding academic or artistic growth in the communication arts and sciences

Azalea Brown

Azalea Brown is a junior theatre major, powerful actor-dancer-singer, and gracious collaborator. She takes initiative outside of the classroom by choreographing student-run shows and displays strong and empathetic leadership as a peer mentor.

Marsha P. Johnson Award

Awarded to an undergraduate or graduate student who has shown leadership and/or advanced conversations around LGBTQ+ issues through their scholarly work, teaching, or research

Zoe KritzerZoe Kritzer

Zoe Kritzer is a junior radio/television/film major and a standout student: talented, thoughtful and hardworking. Zoe is a terrific and accomplished writer showing great promise in her scripts and related work. Zoe's care and attention to feedback is exemplary, and she will no doubt go far in whatever career she chooses.

Burton and Karol Lefkowitz Prize

Awarded to an undergraduate student who has demonstrated leadership capabilities through civic engagement, community service, or other projects designed to improve society or advance social change. One recipient chosen from each of the School’s three divisions: Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies; Communication Studies and RTVF; and Communication Sciences & Disorders.

(Division I)

Eliza FisherEliza Fisher

Eliza Fisher is a junior performance studies major who has demonstrated leadership in dance education, whether it be designing initiatives to educate her peers in dance history and culture; coordinating professional correspondence and scheduling for competitions, Big Ten halftime shows, and guest performances; and partnering with Chicago professionals to train in new styles. In other cocurricular work, she has helped shape Northwestern's arts and culture publishing community with generosity and care. She is open and empathetic and is an impressive research assistant.

(Division II)

Jesslyn ImJesslyn Im

Jesslyn Im is a junior communications studies major and an exceptionally focused and collaborative future marketer. Her work in the Creative Interfaces Research and Design Studio has been called invaluable, and her application of class materials to outside endeavors is what sets her apart as an analyst and interpreter of research data. Passionate and driven, Jesslyn is a strong ambassador for the communication studies major.

(Division III)

Maya PageMaya Page

Maya Page is a senior human communication sciences major with a strong commitment to research. She is a dedicated and diligent student who consistently seeks out new challenges and strives to go above and beyond in her work. Her interest in communication sciences and disorders and psychology is leading to her pursuit of prestigious research positions post-graduation. She is poised for success due to her hard work, intelligence, attention to detail, and strong motivation. She is a thoughtful leader and advocate for her research area and her fellow students.

Faculty Awards

Galbut Outstanding Faculty Award

Presented to a faculty member who has been outstanding in teaching and in efforts to engage students both inside and outside the classroom; selected from outstanding faculty members nominated by School of Communication students; established by the Galbut family

Laura Schellhardt

Laura Schellhardt

Laura Schellhardt is a professor of instruction in the Department of Theatre and an accomplished playwright and adaptor. She is an attentive, trusted mentor and the architect of Northwestern’s current playwriting program, overseeing the advanced playwriting sequence and the Agnes Nixon Playwriting Festival. Schellhardt has a knack for meeting students where they are: usually tired, often overbooked, but also endlessly creative—an insider’s edge honed perhaps when she herself was a Northwestern student. “The environment she cultivates is one of kindness, support, and bravery,” says one student. “If you have Laura Schellhardt as a mentor, you are one of the luckiest people on planet Earth…it is clear that she not only cares about your work, but your personal growth.” Schellhardt is skilled at giving clear, compassionate feedback and guiding her students toward doing the same. “I am grateful to call myself a better writer, collaborator, and educator on account of Laura’s attention and pedagogical prowess,” says one alum. She balances rigor and enthusiasm, tailoring her syllabi to reflect the skills and experience of each new cohort. “Before working with her, I had already read her stunningly crafted plays, which themselves serve as masterclasses in action, tone, and character development,” says one alum. “Even so, my experiences in her classroom surpassed already high expectations.” This alum adds: “In Laura Schellhardt we find the optimistic present and hopeful future of American theatre education.” Another student summed it up best: “Laura changed my life. And I know I speak for many others in saying that she is the reason I fell in love with playwriting and the reason I have grown exponentially as a playwright.”

Clarence Simon Awards for Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring

Annually recognizes outstanding School of Communication teachers and mentors—one in each of the school’s three divisions (division I, theatre and performance studies; division II, radio/ television/film and communication studies; and division III, communication sciences and disorders)— based on nominations by students and faculty; honors Clarence Simon, who served the school as an outstanding teacher and administrator for many years

(Division I)

Bimbola Akinbola

Bimbola Akinbola

Bimbola Akinbola is an assistant professor in the Department of Performance Studies and an artist and scholar whose work exists at the intersection of performance, visual culture, and postcolonial theory. Her research examines notions of belonging in African diasporic cultural production. As an educator, she encourages her students to learn through reflection, curiosity, and embodied experience—as well as a generative, supportive, and specific way in which students critique each other’s work. “I understand now that my role as critique-er is to help the artist clarify their vision and this requires asking more questions to understand what the artist wants to do and if that was accomplished,” says one student. “Thanks to Professor Akimbola, I leave discussions feeling like I have so many more ideas for where my piece can go and an even stronger idea of what I want to do with it.” Students report feeling deeply supported, on both an academic and personal level, and know that her class is a safe space for expression. She creates classroom experiences “that are welcoming and incentivize collaboration, all while leaving space for individuality, personality, and interpretation,” says one student. And says another graduate student, “(The) balance of attentive listening, care, and compassionate criticality characterizes her teaching.” Her mentorship is cited often, as she aptly demonstrates what it means to be an artist-scholar; she deftly marries theory and creativity in a way that is mutually sustaining, not oppositional. “She is innovative in her curriculum, she provides rigorous and useful feedback, and she is unwavering in her commitment to student growth,” says a student. “I am grateful to have learned from her.”

(Division II)

Michelle Shumate

Michelle Shumate

Michelle Shumate is the Delaney Family Research Professor in the School of Communication and the founding director of the Network for Nonprofit and Social Impact. Her research focuses on how to design interorganizational networks to make the most social impact, with recent research examining systems of care. She is deeply invested in her students and how they learn; she is intellectually challenging but takes great care to ensure everyone has their questions addressed and that the course material is thoroughly grasped. Grounded in real-world situations, Shumate’s teaching grabs and holds students’ attention, and her mentorship coaxes deep understanding of research and classroom topics. “She has had a profound impact on my undergraduate studies experience,” says one student, “not only by strengthening my analytical and communication skills, but by showing me what thoughtful, purpose-driven scholarship looks like in practice.” She takes care to align lab work with student talents and interest, and includes timely, topical reading material so students understand how communication and policy fit into our lives. “Through Professor Shumate’s mentorship, I have strengthened both my passions and my skills related to policy, nonprofit, and research,” says one student. “Her guidance has reaffirmed my interest in policy and public interest work, which I plan to continue pursuing after graduation.” Another student says, “Not one professor has even come close to pushing my ability to grow as a writer and thinker the way Professor Shumate has.” A student in her lab sums it up: “In everything I have worked on with her, I have taken away not just statistical knowledge but a whole framework for how to sit with something difficult and work through it. She creates spaces that push you past what you think you are capable of, because she already sees what you sometimes cannot yet see in yourself.”

(Division III)

Viorica Marian

Viorica Marian

Viorica Marian is the Ralph and Jean Sundin Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders and an internationally lauded expert on bilingualism/multilingualism’s effect on human cognition—research that bridges cognitive science, linguistics, psychology, and neuroscience. Viorica infuses passion into her courses, challenging students but also commanding their attention and interest. “Professor Marian’s lectures were intellectually rigorous and deeply engaging,” says one student. “Her course grappled with such a large topic—language and culture—but I left the course feeling like I had understood complex concepts with great clarity.” Marian fosters a warm and collaborative culture in her classroom and lab, offering her support and kindness in a field that can seem intimidating. Lab assistants have direct access to participants and sophisticated equipment and technology, which one student says, “reflects both (Marian’s) commitment to teaching and her belief in her students' potential.” Another praises her ability to make complex research: “By linking research to practice, she reshapes how I view my bilingual identity and how I approach bilingual clients professionally.” Her talents as a mentor were cited by many, with one saying “Professor Marian exemplifies what it means to be an educator whose impact transcends the classroom. She transforms students from passive recipients of knowledge into engaged thinkers and critical listeners.” One graduate student summarizes her influence powerfully: “As a fellow woman in science, I have deeply appreciated how Professor Marian leads with excellence and generosity. Her presence in our field has not only advanced scientific knowledge but has also created space for emerging scholars like myself to envision and pursue ambitious academic careers.”

Roxelyn and Richard Pepper Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders

Departmental Excellence Award for Undergraduate Students

  • Jeanine Abedelal
  • Nishat Ahmed
  • Lili Bannister
  • Ellen Darmstadter
  • Yijin Dong
  • Martine Fiore
  • Arielle Granston
  • Autumn Grieb
  • Aimee Heredia
  • Isabella Isaac
  • Corrina Jones
  • Kumi Long
  • Emma Miller
  • Elizabeth Nemeh
  • Maya Page
  • Mira Patel
  • Maddox Short
  • Brookelyn Slonaker
  • Lynette Suk
  • Nadia Ilse van den Berg
  • Kate Wieand

Departmental Book Award for Undergraduate Students

  • Kumi Long
  • Mira Patel

Lois L. Elliott Book Award

Presented to an undergraduate human communication sciences major who has demonstrated outstanding academic achievement; named in honor of former professor Lois L. Elliott, founder of the Human Communication Sciences Program, who died in 1995

  • Arielle Granston

Department Honors for Undergraduate Theses

  • Arielle Granston 
    The Effects of Anoxia on Learning and Spatial Memory in Neonatal Rats
  • Maya Page 
    Cross-Cultural Differences in Parent-Child Emotion Socialization and Gesture Use
  • Nadia Ilse van den Berg 
    Do Changes in Swallowing Physiology Correspond to Changes in Patient-Reported Physical Burden? A Within-Subject Analysis in Head and Neck Cancer Survivors

Department of Communication Studies

Departmental Excellence Award for Undergraduate Students

Presented to recognize exemplary academic performance, distinctive contributions to the department, and shining representation of the School of Communication

  • Wyatt Audler
  • Harper Barnowski
  • Alex Boyarski
  • Cydney Brown
  • Isabella Careccia-Johnson
  • Sebastian della Cava
  • Grace Demarest
  • Victoria Fang
  • Sophie Fuentecilla
  • Allison Gould
  • Cai He
  • Chloe Hsu
  • Rose Hunskor
  • Janice Kim
  • Jiaxu Liu
  • Bricín Mahoney
  • Melina Mehta
  • William Mirhashemi
  • Claire Moon
  • Aranza Noriega Blondet
  • Malka Pardo
  • Diya Sareen
  • Corey Schack
  • Sabeen Shariff
  • Maya Vaziri
  • Alexander Wang
  • Richard Wu
  • Julia Xia
  • Elise Yee

Department Honors for Undergraduate Theses

  • Kimberly Espinosa 
    Decoding Decisions: Folk Theories of Urgent Care Triage Algorithms from Koreatown (K-Town), Los Angeles 
  • Silvia Fang 
    From Interface to Infrastructure: Discovering Digital Norms and Their Portability Across Open Social Protocols 
  • Jay Jeon 
    Centralizing Search: How AI-Generated Summaries on Search Engine Results Pages Reshape User Engagement and Perception 
  • Claire Moon 
    The Effect of AI Disclosure and AI Generated Imagery on Source Credibility Judgments and Comprehension of Informed Consent Forms 

Mary Peterson Gilbert Prize

Awarded annually for excellence in speaking; established in 1955 by the husband of School of Communication alumna Mary Peterson Gilbert, who was praised by school founder Robert Cumnock as one of the most gifted readers in the country

  • Nicholas Massabni

George M. Sargent Awards

Presented to the first-year, second-year, junior, and senior students with the best records in their regular course of study; honors the memory of George M. Sargent, a member of the class of 1915

First-Year

  • Yoon Choi
  • Zachary Guo
  • Steven Xu
  • Angela Zhou

Second-Year

  • Claire Xiang
  • Jade Young

Junior

  • Hanna Schiciano
  • Hadley Timmermann

Senior

  • Muse Miao
  • Ashlyn Wang

Department of Radio/Television/Film

Departmental Excellence Award for Undergraduate Students

Awarded to recognize undergraduates who have produced exceptional work in the areas of production and scholarly writing

  • Hunter Bachrach 
  • Nora Barksdale 
  • Mia Bassett 
  • Paris Bozzuti 
  • Ian Castracane 
  • Nash Cook 
  • Maria DiBello 
  • David Diouf 
  • Henry Gutkin 
  • Jackson Heller 
  • Clare Keady 
  • Lily Kim 
  • Lily Ladson 
  • Elena Lu 
  • Ananya Paul 
  • Ashley Qiu 
  • Veronica Silvosa 
  • Savannah Spring 
  • Chloe Wang 
  • Sarah Yoo

Chuck Kleinhans Essay Prize

The Chuck Kleinhans Essay Prize is named for film scholar, artist, activist, and radical iconoclast Chuck Kleinhans (1942-2017), Associate Professor Emeritus of the department of Radio-Televison-Film at Northwestern University, in which he served for nearly thirty years. Professor Kleinhans was an exceptional teacher and scholar who championed the intersectional, interdisciplinary, and independent in filmmaking as well as film studies. He wrote and researched voraciously about a plethora of subjects including melodrama, the films of the L.A. Rebellion, working class Hollywood heroes, and the aesthetics and politics of pornography. He also made his own experimental and documentary films and co-founded the influential film studies journal JUMP CUT with his life partner Julia Lesage in 1974. By taking JUMP CUT to a free online format in 2001, Chuck and Julia served as pioneers of the contemporary open-access scholarship movement.

The Kleinhans Essay Prize, awarded to an outstanding work of undergraduate film scholarship, was established to honor and perpetuate Chuck’s legendary and boundless enthusiasm for the work of emerging scholars. As his colleagues Catherine Grant, Michael Renov, Brian Winston, and Patricia Zimmerman attested soon after his death in December 2017, Chuck “reveled in the brilliant new ideas” of young scholars and was a “remarkable and hugely influential mentor to many important scholars” in film and media studies.

  • Jovani Contreras

Bindley Film Production Award

Established by Bill (C84) and Scott (C88) Bindley to fund the annual production of student films

  • Sydney MacGilvray
  • Ariel Paul
  • Ignacio Toro

Max Saines Grant

Max Saines (RTVF 2013) was a beloved member of the Northwestern community and a proud Studio 22 alum. Max passed away in June of 2019 and is remembered by many for his work at Northwestern, Endeavor Content, and beyond. He fostered a spirit of collaboration by bringing people together to make their creative dreams a reality, and we hope to do the same with this grant. In his honor, this grant will be offered yearly to a writer/director team with a shared vision for a unique narrative short film. This grant is made possible by Emily Gerson Saines (SOC 1986) and Andy Saines, Max’s parents.

  • Luca Hirsch
  • Phoebe Wrycha

WNUR Willis L. Butler Leadership Award

Presented to a student who has shown strong leadership in furthering WNUR; sponsored by the WNUR alumni organization

  • Jon Myers
  • Ari Cooks

Department of Theatre

Department Honors for Undergraduate Theses

Liam Jeninga
Separation: The Human Chair (& The Nose)

Aashna Rai
Theatre as Refuge: Facilitating Identity, Agency, and Belonging through Youth Migration Narratives

Departmental Excellence Award for Undergraduate Students

Recognizes selected students from all four undergraduate classes with strong academic records and outstanding records in theatre production and design

  • Hannah Gill
  • Sophia Gleeson
  • Jordan Klein
  • Lucy Lewis
  • Sarah Novak
  • Orlagh Reardon
  • Dahlia Saffouri
  • Myah Shelton
  • Harrison Whitfill

Aurand Harris Award

Awarded to honor excellence in children’s theatre; established in 1998 to honor the late Aurand Harris (C39), who became the most decorated and produced children’s playwright in America

  • Laura Fajardo-Riascos

Agnes Nixon Playwriting Awards

Provides a cash award and a production to winners of the annual playwriting competition, underwritten by a trust fund established to help playwrights by Northwestern alumna Agnes Nixon, an extremely prolific television writer who created or served as head writer for numerous daytime serials

  • Haley Bart
  • Sarah Villamil Hurtado
  • Quinn Kennedy

Norrenbrock Design Award

Created to commemorate the life and work of Tony Norrenbrock, who died in 1989 and who, though his period of service with the theatre department was relatively brief, inspired countless students with his creativity and love of his craft

  • Grace Needlman

Susan Rae Anderson Vetrono and Clarke J. Vetrono Scholarship

Presented to an outstanding theatre student with an interest in children’s theatre

  • Andrew McCarthy

Winifred Ward Award

Presented by Zeta Phi Eta to a student interested in creative dramatics; honors the memory of Winifred Ward, a School of Communication faculty member from 1918 to 1950, who cofounded one of the first US children’s theatres and made creative dramatics a new discipline in American education

  • Madelyn Cantzler
  • Lily Ramras

John Woodbridge Williams Memorial Scholarship

Awarded to a talented design program graduate student, preferably a lighting designer; established in 1994 by family, friends, and colleagues of John Woodbridge Williams—a theatre professor from 1974 to 1992, talented lighting designer, gifted and inspiring teacher, and giving humanitarian—to honor his life and work

  • Isabella Castro

Dance Program

Departmental Excellence Award for Undergraduate Students

  • Sofia Sciacca

Department of Performance Studies

Departmental Book Award

Presented to majors who over the academic year or over the course of their time in the department have demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to performance practice and scholarship

  • Susan Cheng
  • Laurel Eith
  • Eliza Fisher
  • Cessa Lewis
  • Piper Miller

Robert S. and Gertrude B. Breen Memorial Award

This award honors the memory of Robert S. Breen, professor emeritus of performance studies, who died in 1991, and his wife Gertrude B. Breen, who died in 1992. Professor Breen obtained his bachelors masters and doctoral degrees from the School of Communication and served the faculty for more than three decades, from 1947-1978. Gertrude Breen obtained her bachelor’s degree from the school of Communication and was closely linked to the University throughout her life.

  • Marsae Mitchell

Dwight Conquergood Award for Excellence in Performance Pedagogy

Presented to a graduate student in performance studies who best upholds Conquergood’s commitment to critically engaged pedagogy

  • Daisy Matias

Frank J. Galati Prize for Undergraduate Essays in Performance Studies

Recognizes excellence in an undergraduate essay; celebrates the contributions of Frank Galati, who retired from the performance studies department in 2006 after more than three decades of teaching

  • JingXi Yap

Lilla A. Heston Award for Academic Excellence

Presented to a graduate student in performance studies; established in 1984 by Mrs. Chester L. Heston in memory of her daughter, Lilla Heston, an exemplary Northwestern student who became a highly respected and much-loved faculty member and chaired the department from 1979 until her death in 1984

  • Archita Arun

Martha Lavey Prize

Designated for outstanding upperclassmen in the Department of Performance Studies. The award is named in honor of SoC alumna Martha Lavey (Comm ’79, ’86, ’94 H ’10), former artistic director and ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theatre and longtime advocate of young playwrights, artists and community outreach

  • Susan Cheng

Charlotte Lee Award

Presented to recognize academic merit and excellence in performance; honors Charlotte Lee, a gifted interpreter of poetry, who became an instructor in interpretation at the school in 1945, founded an annual interpretation workshop, and made great contributions through her interaction with students

  • Cessa Lewis

Debate Society

Milton S. Florsheim Prize & John B. Kirk Awards

Presented for excellence in debate; established in 1922 by Northwestern trustee Milton S. Florsheim, founder and board chair of the Florsheim Shoe Company

Honors winners of the Kirk Oratorical Contest, an annual public-speaking competition—open to all Northwestern undergraduates—that was founded in the late1870s by Evanstonian John B. Kirk

  • Ari Arceo
  • Richard Arney
  • Nathan Heftman
  • Gavin Kung
  • Michael Lee
  • Sophie Leonard
  • Mike Li
  • Foster LippSmith
  • Annabeth Lundberg
  • Maryclare Nestor
  • Temilola Olorunsola
  • John Pacconi
  • Lucia Patterson
  • Nathan Peltier
  • Veronica Rubin
  • Antonio Souchet
  • Ahsan Tahirkheli
  • Sam Weisz

Lambda Pi Eta

Lambda Pi Eta is the national honor society for college and university students pursuing studies in communication-related disciplines and the official honor society recognized by the National Communication Association. The goals of Lambda Pi Eta are to recognize, foster, and reward outstanding scholastic achievement in the field of communication; stimulate interest in the field of communication; promote and encourage professional development among communication students; provide an opportunity to discuss and exchange ideas in the field of communication; establish and maintain closer relationships between faculty and students; and explore options for further education in the field of communication. 

The School of Communication founded Northwestern’s Pi Theta chapter in 2004. The chapter is devoted to fostering and supporting student-driven projects that build community within the school and that showcase communication students’ creative and academic work.

Undergraduate Students

  • Beatriz Aguiar Fonseca
  • MadisonElizabeth Anderson
  • Tiobsta Ewnetu Ayele
  • Soliana Ewnetu Ayele
  • Liliana Bannister
  • Harper Barnowski
  • Paris Bozzuti
  • Cydney Hope Brown
  • Eva K. Burkholder
  • Greyson Casey
  • Sydney Chan
  • Alex Choi
  • Vivian (Tzu-Yu) Chou
  • Ryan Scott Cooke
  • Kathryn Crane
  • Olivia Czyz
  • Rita Franca
  • Ethan Diaz
  • Kyra Doherty
  • Marcus Maguire Dowd
  • Sasha Durta
  • Lee Ekong
  • Hsuan-Ya (Silvia) Fang
  • Lizzie Ferrazza
  • Martine Fiore
  • Megan Gingrich
  • Inés Gómez
  • Allison Gould
  • Arielle Granston
  • Chloe Gronsbell
  • Elizabeth Jane Hare
  • Cai He
  • Alexander Heid
  • Luca Sebastien Savage Hirsch
  • Kylie Hu
  • Elisa Huang
  • Erin Jeon
  • Ani Kabillio
  • Michah Kier
  • Lily Haewon Kim
  • Sequina King
  • Liliana King
  • Marilena Kolokotsa
  • Nya Lee Ku
  • Nicholas Giap Lam
  • Matilda Le
  • Sabrina Jinseo Lee
  • Kyra Lesmerises
  • Mila Levit
  • Diane Danyang Li
  • Alexander Marvin Lopez
  • Elena Lu
  • Amber Lu
  • Caleb Mann
  • Jada Marsh
  • Zakariah-Hany Massoud
  • Audrey Michael
  • Anna Kimberly Miller
  • Emma Christina Miller
  • Claire Sion Moon
  • Jackson Moore
  • Alexander Edward Morgan
  • Lauren Nishi
  • Aranza Noriega Blondet
  • Mark O'Brien
  • Sophia Orlando
  • Maya Page
  • Amara Patel
  • Chelsea Peng
  • Aashna Rai
  • Angelina Randazzo
  • Jasmine Rao
  • Talia Reading
  • Alec Michael Rego
  • Isabel Restrepo
  • Lucy Sarah Rubin
  • Alyssa Rubin
  • Lucie Saint-Denis
  • Caroline Samuelsen
  • Sabrina Schmitt
  • Anna Selina
  • Charlie Sernovitz
  • Rowan Sharma
  • Serena Song
  • Asiana Spaw
  • Morgan Maria Sperry
  • Ellsworth Sullivan
  • Audrey Camille Colby Sy
  • Elisa Joyce Taylor
  • Spencer Thomas
  • Hadley Timmermann
  • Nghi Tran
  • Eleen Waffner
  • Benjamin Wajerski
  • Lindsay Wales
  • Brooke Walker
  • David Walker
  • Jaimie Walsh
  • Alexander Wang
  • Xintong (Ashlyn) Wang
  • Taylor Warne
  • Tanner Watson
  • Alec Westland-Hurwitz
  • Selina Xu
  • Ethan Zhou
  • Kathy Zhou