Dr. Christopher Thomas received the Top Paper Award in the Rhetoric and Public Address Division for Eastern Communication Association.
Dr. Christopher Thomas, Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication, received the Top Paper Award in the Rhetoric and Public Address Division at the 113th Annual Eastern Communication Association Convention hosted in April 2022 in Philadelphia, PA.
The paper, entitled “More than Mere Child’s Play: Youth Activism, Ephebic Appeals, and Environmental Communication,” explores the role age plays in the public advocacies of young climate change activists like Greta Thunberg, Mari Copeny, and Autumn Peltier.