Student Ethics Essay Award

The Student Ethics Essay Award (SEEA) competition was sunsetted in June 2023 and is no longer active—we are broadening our ethics education initiatives to reach a wider audience. More information will be provided in 2024.

Thank you for your participation in and support of the SEEA program for so many years! See the SEEA Award Recipients webpage to view previous winners and read their winning essays.

What Was The SEEA Program?

The SEEA program was conducted as part of ASHA's efforts to enhance ethics education activities. The goal of the program was to encourage students to think about ethical decision making and create greater awareness of situations that could pose ethical dilemmas as they prepare to start careers in audiology, speech-language pathology, or speech, language, and hearing sciences.

The essay competition was open to students who are enrolled in any undergraduate, post baccalaureate, or entry-level graduate program (U.S. only) in communication sciences and disorders (CSD). Former and current members of ASHA's Board of Ethics reviewed the essays and selected three winning authors. SEEA winners received the following:

One student registration to the ASHA Convention (first-place winner only)
Monetary prizes ($1,000, $750, and $500 for first, second, and third place, respectively)
Certificates of achievement
A 1-year membership to National NSSLHA

Award Eligibility

Students considered eligible to participate in the SEEA competition, were

enrolled in any undergraduate, post baccalaureate, or entry-level graduate program (U.S. only) in CSD, and
enrolled part-time or full-time during an academic year.