Texas Tech University associate professor Miglena Sternadori has won the 2023 Diversity in Journalism History Research Award for her conference submission, “The Last Invisible Minority: Tropes and Stigma in News Coverage of Intersex People Since 1752.”

Presented by the History Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), the Diversity Award recognizes the outstanding paper in journalism or mass communication history submitted to the annual paper competition that addresses issues of inclusion and the study of marginalized groups and topics. Sternadori will receive a cash prize during the division’s awards gala on Aug. 6 at the AEJMC National Convention in Washington, D.C.

The judges for the History Division’s Diversity Award competition were impressed by the scope of the paper’s analysis and its focus on a group and identity about which there is very little research.

“In a group of extremely competitive papers offering important insights into several areas of diversity scholarship, Dr. Sternadori’s work offers an insightful and extensive analysis of an understudied area, an area deserving of, and requiring, more representation in the field of media history,” the division’s Professional Freedom and Responsibility Chair Melissa Greene-Blye said.