Rhetoric and Communication Studies Professor Steve Duck inducted into Central States Communication Association’s Hall of Fame

Monday, March 9, 2015

Steve DuckUniversity of Iowa’s Steve Duck has recently been selected for inclusion to the Central States Communication Association’s Hall of Fame — the association’s highest honor.

Duck is a professor and the chair of the Department of Rhetoric, as well as a Daniel and Amy Starch Distinguished Research Chair in the Department of Communication Studies, both within the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. He has been involved with the Central States Communication Association since he arrived at the University in 1986. Since then he’s done numerous presentations, panels, and reviews for the group.

His scholarly work is focused on the field of personal relationships, and he has published over 50 books on the topic. He founded The Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, now in its 32nd year, and was formerly the president of the International Network on Personal Relationships.

Duck says he is honored to receive the award, and adds that it’s a timely boost for the new minor in Rhetoric and Persuasion now offered at the University of Iowa.

In order to be inducted into the Central States Communication Association Hall of Fame, inductees must have shown a strong pattern of dedicated and continued service to the association over time.

Sam Becker, Bruce Gronbeck and Doug Trank from Iowa preceded Duck in the Hall of Fame, who will be inducted at the annual convention in Madison, Wisconsin on April 17.

The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers about 70 majors across the humanities; fine, performing and literary arts; natural and mathematical sciences; social and behavioral sciences; and communication disciplines. About 15,000 undergraduate and nearly 2,000 graduate students study each year in the college’s 37 departments, led by faculty at the forefront of teaching and research in their disciplines. The college teaches all Iowa undergraduates through the college's general education program, CLAS CORE. About 80 percent of all Iowa undergraduates begin their academic journey in CLAS. The college confers about 60 percent of the university's bachelor's degrees each academic year.