The National Communication Association has awarded Dr. Tammy Afifi, who serves as department chair, the Mark L. Knapp Award in Interpersonal Communication. Her research focuses on how family members communicate with each other and its impact on personal, relational, physiological, and mental health, in particularly stressful situations such as within families that are undocumented, living in refugee camps, or coping with chronic illness, divorce, or elder caregiving. The Mark L. Knapp Award recognizes career contributions to the study of interpersonal communication, recognizing individuals with significant scholarly contributions, mentoring of students, active involvement in the discipline, and public service focused on interpersonal communication.