Awards & Honors.
Donald H. Ecroyd Award for Outstanding Teaching in Higher Education
National Communication Association, 2023
Exemplary Teacher of the Year
Western States Communication Association, Curriculum & Instruction division, 2023
Student Accolades — Advisor
Back to back recipients, James L. Golden Outstanding Student Essay in Rhetoric Award, National Communication Association, 2016 & 2017
Only time in Golden award history a college or advisor mentored students who won the award two years in a row
John I. Sisco Excellence in Teaching Award
Southern States Communication Association, 2024
George Ball Award for Excellence in Advising
Whitman College, 2018
Nominee, Book of the Year
For Violent Subjects, Critical & Cultural Studies division, National Communication Association, 2016
Top Paper Award
Political Communication division, Southern States Communication Association conference, 2011
For “Assessing the Voice of College Voters in Election 2008: The Effect of Race and Sex on Perceptions of Candidate Credibility”
“Dr. Hayes is a superb teacher, scholar, and she is an even better person. It’s not just her talent at teaching and everything we learn by working with her that wins us over. It is her spirit, passion, and kindness that make her students and friends, all of us, love her.”
— Former student nomination letter, Donald H. Ecroyd Outstanding Teaching in Higher Education Award dossier, 2023
