Speaker
Higher Ed Professor
Texas Tech Universiy
Lubbock, TX, United States
Media & Speech Communication
15+ Years of Experience
Doctoral or professional degree, School of Communication, Kent State University
Narissra Maria Punyanunt-Carter (Ph.D., Kent State University) is a full professor in the department of communication studies at Texas Tech University. She is an associate editor for the Journal of Intercultural Communication Research & Relationship Research News. She is co-author of Interpersonal Communication: A Mindful Approach to Relationships and co-editor of Communication Begins with Children: A Lifespan Communication Sourcebook as well as co-editor of The Impact of Social Media in Modern Romantic Relationships. Narissra teaches interpersonal communication, gender, nonverbal, and romantic relationships. She serves on the Leadership Development Committee, the vice chair of the human technology and communication division, the chair of the secondary and primary education section, served as the past chair of the Mass Communication Division, and past chair of the Family Communication Division of the National Communication Association. She is the proud award Recipient of YWCA's Women of Excellence in Education Award; National Communication Association's Thomas L. Veenendall Lambda Pi Eta Advisor of the Year Award; Texas Tech University President's Mid-Career Award, Texas Tech University's Honors College Faculty of the Year Award; Professing Excellence Award; Mortar Board's Outstanding Faculty Award, the James Mignery Collegiality Award, and the National Communication Association Presidential Citation for Service Award. She recently was awarded the 2022 Mentor Tech Lifetime Achievement Award and the 2022 Phenomenal Women of Texas Tech University Award.
She has been an advisor for over 5 different Texas Tech University student organizations and one national honor society. She was awarded Advisor of the Year 2013 by the (NSCS) National Society of Collegiate Scholars (honor society). She is the TTU advisor for the Delta Phi Omega sorority and the Delta Epsilon Psi fraternity (which is the first sorority and fraternity for Asian Americans respectively). She is the co-founder and advisor for the Communication Studies Society, which is the departmental student group. In 2015, The National Communication Association awarded her "Advisor of the Year" for her work with Lambda Pi Eta (the national honor society). In 2012, She received the YWCA Women of Excellence in Education Award. She has served as a mentor for Mentor Tech (for 17 years). She was inducted to the Teaching Academy for teaching excellence over 12 years ago and serves as an active member of the Teaching, Learning, Professional, and Developmental Center (TLPDC). In 2014, she was awarded by the Honors College as the “Faculty of the Year”! She is also a Texas Tech University Mid-Career Award Recipient. She recently won the National Communication Association 2021 Presidential Citation for Service Award.
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