Major Awards & Honors

Dr. Mary-Lou Galician
(The Original “Dr. FUN”)


  • Fellow (one of only 8 fellows selected in national competition), Journalism Leadership Institute for Diversity (JLID), Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication (AEJMC)/Association of Schools of Journalism & Mass Communication (ASJMC), 2005-2006.

  • Honoree , “Awards: Best of ASU/Best Professors—Dr. Mary-Lou Galician,” ASU Underground, February 2005. (Also: online with streaming video at: “Dr. Galician is Dr. FUN”)

  • Honoree (as Author), Sex, Love, & Romance in the Mass Media: Analysis & Criticism of Unrealistic Portrayals & Their Impact —selected as a Recommended Resource by the prestigious national Center for Media Literacy (2004)

  • Nominee , National 2004 Delta Gamma Foundation Faculty Award, December 2003. (nominated by Gamma Phi chapter at ASU)

  • Recipient , Certificate of Recognition for Significant Contributions to the Quality of Life for Students at Arizona State University, Vice President for Student Affairs, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, October 2003.

  • Recipient , Certificate of Recognition for Significant Contributions to the Quality of Life for Students at Arizona State University, Vice President for Student Affairs, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, October 2002.

  • Nominee , 2002 ICA Faculty and Staff Award, Arizona State University, September 2002.

  • Recipient , Outstanding Service Award, Vice President for Student Affairs, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, October 2001.

  • Honoree (1 of only 5), “East Valley's Brightest Blondes,” Tribune(AZ) newspapers, July 2001.

  • Faculty Fellow , National Science Foundation GEOS (Gender Equity Options in Science), Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 2001.

  • Subject, “Master Teachers: Models of Teaching Excellence,” presented by Ph.D. candidate in mass communication Paul Creasman, Regent University, Virginia Beach, Virginia, October 1998.
  • Recipient, Arizona State University College of Public Programs Dean's Incentive Grant, for the final phase of the study of the “Romanticization of Love in the Mass Media,” 1997–1998.
  • Awardee, “top four” research paper, Western Speech Communication Association Annual National Convention, February 1997.
  • Awardee (with Holly J. Rea), “top four” research paper, Western Speech Communication Association Annual National Convention, February 1997.
  • Recipient, Arizona State University College of Public Programs Dean’s Incentive Grant, for the “Phase III” study of the “Romanticization of Love in the Mass Media,” 1996–1997.
  • Recipient, Arizona State University College of Public Programs Dean’s Incentive Grant, for the “Phase II” study of the “Romanticization of Love in the Mass Media,” 1995–1996.
  • Recipient, Collaborative Service Award (5 years), Vice President for Student Affairs, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, October 1995.
  • Recipient, Certificate of Recognition for Significant Contributions to the Quality of Life for Students at Arizona State University, Vice President for Student Affairs, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 1995.
  • Recipient, Arizona State University College of Public Programs Dean’s Incentive Grant, for a pilot study of the “Romanticization of Love in the Mass Media,” 1994–1995.
  • Recipient, Certificate of Recognition for Significant Contributions to the Quality of Life for Students at Arizona State University, Vice President for Student Affairs, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 1994.
  • Honoree, Devils’ Advocates (for Outstanding Dedication to ASU and its Students), Arizona State University, April 1994.
  • Recipient, Certificate of Recognition for Significant Contributions to the Quality of Life for Students at Arizona State University, Vice President for Student Affairs, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 1993.
  • Awardee (with Donald G. Godfrey), second-prize award for outstanding research paper, Broadcast Journalism, Broadcast Education Association Annual National Convention, April 1991.
  • Recipient (with Donald G. Godfrey), Arizona State University College of Public Programs Dean's Incentive Grant, for an international study of radio and television news directors’ attitudes toward “Good/Bad News,” 1990.
  • Honoree, 1988–1989 Leg-of-the-Stool Faculty Award for Service, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Telecommunication, Arizona State University, April 1989.
  • Honoree, Volunteer Service Award, Valley of the Sun United Way (Phoenix, Arizona), January 1989.
  • Honoree, United Way Volunteer Leadership Award, Arizona State University, December 1988.
  • National Honoree, 1987–1988 Outstanding Adviser Award, National Board of Directors, WICI/Women in Communications, Inc., September 1988.
  • Co-Acceptor (as Faculty Adviser), 1987–1988 National Outstanding Campus Chapter of WICI/Women in Communications, Inc. Award to Arizona State University Campus Chapter, September 1988.
  • Honoree, 1987–1988 Leg-of-the-Stool Faculty Award for Service, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Telecommunication, Arizona State University, April 1988.
  • Awardee, Certificate of Achievement for Outstanding Scholarly Contribution at The Symposium for Mass Communication Paper Competition, Southwest Education Council for Journalism/Mass Communications, October 1987.
  • Co-Acceptor (as Faculty Adviser), 1986–1987 National Outstanding Campus Chapter of WICI/Women in Communications, Inc. Award to Arizona State University Campus Chapter, October 1987.
  • Far West Region Vice President and National Board of Directors Member, WICI/Women in Communications, Inc., 1987–1988.
  • Co-Recipient, Arizona State University College of Public Programs Dean’s Research Incentive Fund Grant, for a national study of newspaper editors’ attitudes toward legal issues, 1987.
  • Recipient, Arizona State University Faculty Grant-in-Aid, for a uses and gratifications study of the popular music audience for radio and music video, 1987.
  • Awardee, Certificate of Achievement for Outstanding Scholarly Contribution at The Symposium for Mass Communication Paper Competition, Southwest Education Council for Journalism/Mass Communications, October 1986.
  • National Honoree, 1985–1986 Outstanding Adviser Award, National Board of Directors, WICI/Women in Communications, Inc., September 1986.
  • Awardee, Certificate of Achievement for Outstanding Scholarly Contribution at The Symposium for Mass Communication Paper Competition (a “top-five” research paper), Southwest Education Council for Journalism/Mass Communications, October 1985.
  • One of only 40 communication professors selected nationwide to attend first Faculty Summer Workshop on Communications Policy, The Washington (D.C.) Program of the Annenberg Schools of Communications, 1985.
  • Recipient, Arizona State University College of Public Programs Dean’s Research Incentive Fund Grant, for a national study of television news directors’ attitudes toward “Good News/Bad News,” 1985.
  • Recipient, Arizona State University Faculty Grant-in-Aid, for an experimental study of the effects of “Good News/Bad News” on television viewers, 1985.
  • Recipient, Arizona State University College of Public Programs Dean’s Research Incentive Fund Grant, for a study of television viewers’ perceptions of “Good News/Bad News,” 1984.
  • Clinical Resident in Human Values and Medical Ethics (only nonphilosopher accepted), University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences, 1976–1977.
  • Woman of the Year” (Michigan) for “highest contributions to community, country, and profession,” Outstanding Americans Foundation, 1969.
  • Outstanding Young Woman of America,” Outstanding Americans Foundation, 1968.
  • University Fellow in Broadcasting (winner of TV-Radio department’s single All-University Fellowship), Graduate College, Syracuse University, 1966–1967.
  • Conolly College Scholar (four-year full academic scholarship), Liberal Arts, Long Island University, 1963–1966.
  • Early Admission to University (entered directly after completing only freshman and sophomore years of high school; completed four-year liberal arts curriculum in only 3-1/2 years — maintaining Dean’s List average every semester, holding extra-curricular offices, and working as a professional journalist), Long Island University, 1963.
 
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