Congratulations to Amy Shirong Lu, associate professor of communication studies at CAMD and health sciences at Bouvé College of Health Sciences, for earning the Gerald M. Phillips Award for Distinguished Applied Communication Scholarship from the National Communication Association.

Lu has three key focuses at the intersection of communication and health: narrative as behavorial motivators, mediated characters in interactive media, and digital media use and neurobehavioral effects. You can read more about Lu’s research on her website.

The NCA has a mission of  “advancing communication scholarship, teaching and practice to foster a better world.”