04/17/2025 12:13:07 PMJulia KitchenarticleDr. Brian Richardson, Dr. Joe McGlynn, and former COMM graduate student Jacinta Tran (BA, MA) recently received the Diamond Anniversary Award for Top Paper in the Organizational and Professional Communication Division at the Central States Communication Association’s annual conference. Their paper, titled “‘In the Grip of King Kong’: Making Sense of Whistleblower Retaliation Experiences Through Metaphor,” examines how organizational whistleblowers characterized the retaliation they encountered for reporting unethical behavior. Dr. Richardson accepted the award on behalf of the research team at the CSCA conference in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Brian Richardson at CSCA 2025 Jacinta Tran (BA, MA) Dr. Joe McGlynn