<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/_dev-testing/2026-08-21/faculty-research/gardner-wins-award-child-worker-research.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>12/09/2021</pubDate><title>Gardner Wins Award for Child Worker Research</title><excerpt>Elizabeth Gardner, Westmont assistant professor of communication studies, won a Top Paper award in the Public Address Division at the National Communication Association Conference in November at Seattle. The paper, “Child Workers Redefining a Bolivian Childhood in the Código Niña, Niño y Adolescente,” describes strategies the young speakers used to campaign for their rights.</excerpt><author>Scott Craig</author><image>
            
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