Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Intercultural Accommodation: Accommodating Communication to People of Different Groups, Marcus M. Gruwell
Invisible Pain: Looking at Women’s Fibromyalgia Disclosure in the Workplace through the Lens of Communication Privacy Management Theory, Robert D. Hall
“I Did N’t Even Think of This ”: Examining the Influence of Student Disability Accommodation Training on Basic Course Instructor Attitudes and Self-Efficacy, Jillian A. Joyce
"I Knew College Was in the Cards for Me: "a Thematic Analysis of the Communicative Messages Foster Youth Receive about Post -secondary Education, LaShawnda Kilgore
"You Know, Words Do Matter": Self-Presentation and Media Framing of the Rhetoric of Male vs. Female Politicians in the 2008 Clinton-Obama Presidential Debates, Lindsey N. Kraus
Communicating Consent: an Investigation of Predictors of College Student Sexual Consent Communication, Erin L. Link
"but She's Snow White, She Would N't Hurt Anybody": a Critical Analysis of Gender and Power in Once upon a Time, Mackenzie Mahler
The Influence of Political Ideology and a Politician’s Vocal Gender Typicality on Voter Perceptions and Vote Choice, Melanie Bibiane Michaud
Mythology of the Angry Black Man: an Analysis of Cornelius Eady’s Brutal Imagination as a Rhetorical Counter-Narrative, Junior Ocasio
Altered Perceptions: Impact of Historical and Cultural Discourse on Japanese American Identity Formation, Chelsea H. Oshita
Representation of Identity of Individuals with Mental Illness in Movies, Olivia R. Smith
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Strengthening Nonprofit Leadership by Recognizing Its Differentness from Forprofit Leadership through Nonverbal Immediacy, Credibility, and Organizational Climate, Sabrina Ann Burkiewicz
Mass Media’s Cultivation Effect on Islamic, Muslim, and Qur’anic Prejudice, Shanna J. Carlson
Words Apart: a Study of Attitudes towards Varieties of South African Accents in a United States Employment Scenario, Sean Goatley-Soan
“Fired up about Education: ” a Quantitative Exploration of Positive and Negative Slang, Richard Heyne
Beyond the Millennium Development Goals: an Evaluation of the War on Hiv / Aids in Kenya, Robert G. Nyaga
Catcalling as a"Double Edged Sword": Midwestern Women, Their Experiences, and the Implications of Men's Catcalling Behaviors, Colleen O'Leary
Financial Conflict Messages and Marital Satisfaction: the Mediating Role of Financial Communication Satisfaction, Samantha Josephine Shebib
Analyzing the Leadership Skills of Nurses through Mentoring Relationships, Barbara Jean Siwula
Macro and Micro Levels of University Identification: Using Social Network Sites To Reactivate Latent Social Identities within College Alumni, Eric James Varney
Hillman College Is a Different World from Where You Come from: a Thematic Analysis of Relationships in a Different World, Natilie Williams
Casual Sex: Implications, Motivations, and Emotions, Callie Justine Winter
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Measuring Predictors of Groupthink: Instrument Development and Validation, Richard Walter Baptist
God's Eye News: the Use of Drones in Journalism, a Documentary Film, Robert Lance Carroll
Living in and between"Two Different Worlds": Arab American Women, Identity, and Their Interethnic Romantic Relationships, Samar Dababneh
When Lovers Become Friends: Rules of Post-dissolutional Friendships, Annelise Nicole Ewing
Raising the Standard: an Assessment of Peer Collaboration as an Enhancer of Speech Evaluation Fidelity, Terrell Kody Frey
Caution, Traffick Ahead: Determining Message Design Features from Anti-human Trafficking Non-profit Organizations, Elayne Goldman
An Emotional Spark: Exploring the Role of Emotions in Organizational Training Programs and Beyond, Olivia Loren Hook
Shift Happens: Enactment of Third-Shift Work and Gendered Identity Negotiation of Working Mothers, Caitlin Brooke Landsman
A Prescription for Better Health: the Role of on-Line Research in Doctor-Nurse-Patient Communication, Julie Anne Maio
Interpersonal Leadership: the Role of Perceived Motivation for Self-Disclosure and Self-Disclosure Appropriateness in Employee Affect for Supervisor, Caleb Barrett Malik
"It's Tribal, Not Racist": Exposing Hegemonic and Subaltern Ideologies in' Orange Is the New Black', Taylor Warren McDonald
Mexican / Mexican American Foodways as Communication of Cultural Identity, Charity Jo Mendoza
Watch and Learn: a Documentary Exploring the Effects of Video-Based Pedagogy, Chris Matthew Noel
"Do You Even Lift Bro? "an Investigation of the Male Viewer's Response to Idealized Body Images in Competitive Reality Television., Caitlin Marie Shaffer
The Goals of Communicative Responses to Short-Term Worrisome Events in Close Relationships, Pamela Jane Steskal
Success from the Sideline: How Communicative Processes of Coaches' Decision-Making Styles Relate to Rugby Team Success, Kelley Sullivan
"for a Long Time I Thought Being Gay Made Me More White": a Qualitative Analysis of the Communicative Identity Negotiation of Latino Men Who Have Sex with Men, Michael Tristano
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Political Third Parties' Representation in"the Big Three": 24-Hour Cable News Networks' Ideological Construction of the American Political Duopoly, William Breault
Surf's up: Communicative Aspects of Online Trust-Building via Reducing Uncertainty Online in Couchsurfing, Maura Rae Cherney
When Can We Meet for Coffee? : Strategies in Online Dating To Build Liking When Exchanging Mediated Messages, Jacob I. Hazzard
Advocating for Advocacy: How Academia Affects Students' Civic and Political Engagement Outcomes, Chandler S. Johnson
My One Week, Two Month, Three Year Stand: Identifying the Sexual Script of the Booty Call Relationship, Kayla Marie Lucht
Acceptance, Rejection, or Somewhere in-between: Family Communication Regarding Interracial Relationships, Lisa Martin
Hegemonic Resistance in Hip-Hop Music: a Gramscian Rhetorical Criticism of Tupac Shakur, Scott Andrew Mitchell
Crime and Poverty in Detroit: a Cross-Referential Critical Analysis of Ideographs and Framing, Jacob Jerome Nickell
Doctor Who and the Creation of a Non-gendered Hero Archetype, Alessandra J. Pelusi
Fashioning a Rhetoric of Style: a Rhetorical Analysis of Urban Street Style Representations in New York City, Amber Pineda
Olympian Sponsorship Roles: Sports Identification, Credibility, and Intent To Purchase, Amy Alexis Rothblum
To Thine Own Self Be Cruel: an Analysis of the Use of Self-Deprecating Humor as a Rhetorical Strategy by Figures in Positions of Authority, Brian Sorenson
Gettin' Weird Together: the Performance of Identity and Community through Cultural Artifacts of Electronic Dance Music Culture, Andrew Matthew Wagner
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Second Screen: a Qualitative Exploration of New Television Multitasking Behaviors, Erica Roehm