Arvind Singhal, a noted communication scholar, author and Ohio University professor, is the first recipient of the Everett M. Rogers Award for Achievement in Entertainment-Education. Administered by the Norman Lear Center, the award is given in memory of Everett M. Rogers, a former USC Annenberg associate dean and Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Communication. The Rogers award honors exceptional creativity in the practice of entertainment-education, and excellence in research on the use of entertainment to deliver pro-social messages aimed at improving the quality of life of audiences in the United States and abroad. "Everett Rogers was an exceptional scholar and teacher who shared Walter Annenberg’s vision that communication be used as a tool for public good," said Geoffrey Cowan, dean of the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. "Ev's work inspired a generation of communication scholars at USC and later at the University of New Mexico. We are delighted the first Rogers Award is being presented to one of his former students at USC Annenberg, Dr. Arvind Singhal, who is breaking new ground in the field of entertainment-education."
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