Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Short Episodes but Fast Friends: Examining the Effects of Parasocial Relationship Quality on Mediated Intergenerational Contact in Grace and Frankie, Alysse C. Baker
A Test of the Extended Theoretical Model of Communal Coping among Graduate Students: Investigating the Influence of Communal Coping on Graduate Students’ Psychological Well-Being, Rebekah M. Chiasson
Taking the Red Pill: A Content Analysis of Ambivalent Sexism and Precarious Manhood in Alpha Male Podcasts, Madalen Lea Fields
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
A Test of the Control Value Theory of Achievement Emotions in an Instructional Communication Context, Katherine E. Armstrong
Testing the Theory of Resilience and Relational Load in the Context of Empty Nesters, Lauren E. Fellers
The Truth-Default, Diagnostic Utility, and the Value of Contextual Knowledge in Deceptive Interactions, Heath A. Howard
Relational Turbulence and Identity Gaps Amongst Committed Consensually Non-Monogamous Partners, R. E. Purtell
A Neo-Aristotelian criticism of Trump’s “Save America Speech” utilizing the five canons of rhetoric, Jade Ruggieri
Organizing (Eternal) Identity and Identification: An Upward Glance into Religious Institutions, Casey M. Stratton
Source Credibility and Trust of Media Information Based on Gender of Reporter, Madison R. Urse
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
COVID-19 vaccine rollout: Examining COVID-19 vaccination perceptions and intention among nurses, Emilee T. Austin
Standby Lovers: A Typology and Theoretical Investigation of Back Burner Relational Maintenance, Dana Borzea
“Geeks and She-eks”: The Relationship Between Younger Women’s Experiences in Popular Geek Culture and Their Interest in STEM Fields, Madeleine D. Butcher
Pandemic Pedagogy: A Zoom Teaching Experiment Using Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning Principles of Multimedia Design, Kevin C. Knoster
Language Choice on Psychological Reactance in Instructor/Student Email Exchanges, Christiana Robey
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
The Effects of Instructor Self-Disclosure on Students’ Cognitive Learning: A Live Lecture Experiment, Stephen Michael Kromka
Interpersonal Influences on Interpretation of Workplace Sexual Harassment, Rachael E. Purtell
The dark tetrad, social dominance orientation, and online political discussion, Cory D. Taylor
It’s All Fun and Games until Somebody Dies: Grief, Mortality Salience, and Coping in Meaningful Permadeath, Mckay Steven West
Addiction or Disorder? Using the BIAS Map Model to Explain the Stigmatizing Effects of News Media Labels for Opioid Use Disorder, Kylie J. Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Choose Your Own Lecture: Students’ Motivational Resources as a Consequence of Autonomy-Supportive Instruction, James P. Baker
Student-Instructor Out-of-Class Communication: A Media Multiplexity Approach, Cathlin V. Clark-Gordon
The Role of Communication Accommodation in Mother-in-Law/Daughter-in-Law Relationships, Erin Claire Shelton
Henosis Experience in Gaming: A Metric for Adjustments to Global Schema and Appraised Meaning, Evan Robert Watts
Character morality, enjoyment, and appreciation: A replication of Eden, Daalmans, and Johnson (2017), Koji Yoshimura
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
“To Meet Her, that Changed Everything”: Adult Adoptees’ Discursive Construction of the Meaning of “Parent” Following Birth Parent Contact, Christine K Anzur
Investigating the Relationships Between Family Communication Patterns, Academic Resilience, and Students’ Classroom Communication Behaviors, Jordan Atkinson
The Effect of Superiors' Mentoring on Subordinates' Organizational Identification and Workplace Outcomes, Molly S. Eickholt
Presence in a Persuasive Drinking and Driving Message, Jennifer M Knight
Communicated Sex Roles and Gender Identity Gaps., Janelle Vickers
Examining the Co-Occurrence of Engagement and Self-Referencing in the Context of Narrative Persuasion, Julia K Weiss
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Peer-To-Peer Support Responses to LGBT Suicidal Ideations in an Online Community, Kayla McCormick
Fit to be Tied: Social Network Structures and Evaluation Apprehension, Andrew L. Nicholson
Identity Gaps and Perceived Racial Prejudice in the Grandparent-Grandchild Relationship, Matthew J. Thomas
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Diversity Outreach in Major League Baseball: A Stakeholder Approach, Shaun M. Anderson
Applying Psychological Reactance Theory to Communication between Adult Child Caregivers and their Older Adult Parents, Hannah Ball
Young Adult Daughters and their Parents: Communication about WorkCareer and Family, Rita Daniels
Music videos as meaningful entertainment? Psychological responses to audio-visual presentations of song narratives, Lea Margarete Schlue
Using the Instructional Beliefs Model to Examine Instructional Feedback in the Classroom, Melissa F. Tindage
Board out of Your Mind: Mapping Players' Mental Models of Game Systems and Potentials for Systems-Thinking Instruction, Joe A. Wasserman
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Exploring the Anticipatory Socialization Stage of Division I Student-Athletes: The Content, Characteristics, and Functions of Memorable Messages, Gregory A. Cranmer
The Persuasive Effects of Entertainment-Education Programming in Nonfictional Television and Its Impact on the Efficacy of Breast Cancer Screening Messages, Jennifer Maria Knight
Persuasion, Police, and Public Safety: Message Framing, Compliance, and Perceptions of Law Enforcement, Alexander L. Lancaster
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Desired leadership styles in classroom and court: Comparing ideal coaching and teaching styles of collegiate student-athletes, Elzbieta Klein
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Alternative Breaks: The impact of student-to-student connections in non-classroom service-learning experiences, Zac D. Johnson
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Color-blind: The Effects of a Reporter's Race on Framing, Gregory A. Cranmer
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Using Mentoring Enactment Theory to Explore the Doctoral Student-Faculty Member Mentoring Relationship, Daniel H. Mansson
Father-Son Family Communication Patterns and Gender Ideologies: A Modeling and Compensation Analysis, Kelly G. Odenweller
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Adult children of alcoholics' perceptions of communicative exchanges with family members and outsiders, Kerry Byrnes
Communicative facework in marital dissolution and post-dissolution processes, Brandi N. Frisby
Students' perceptions of classroom justice and their use of politeness strategies, Charles K. Rudick
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Understanding the expression and implications of deceptive affectionate messages, Sean M. Horan
When two become one: Marital couples' public performances and couple identity, Carrie D. Kennedy-Lightsey
The development of technological management model: A conceptualization of computer technology in the workplace, Paul E. Madlock
Stay or leave? The effects of communicative infidelity on relationship outcomes, Colleen C. Malachowski
The dating game: Cultivation effects on relational investment, Thomas L. Meade
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Student nagging behavior in the college classroom, Katie Neary Dunleavy
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
The development of a typology for interracial relationships, Juan M. D'Brot
Communication organizational orientations in an instructional setting, David Tibbles
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Communication patterns following the acquisition of a sexually transmitted infection, Courtney Vail Fletcher
A candidate's use of aggressive communication and the electorates' response: Predicting presidential election outcomes, Matthew Luke Sutton
Gossip as an interpersonal communication phenomenon, Elycia M. Taylor
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Stereotypical perceptions of the communication behaviors of gay males, Daniel W. Brewster
Application of turning point theory to communication following an acquired disability, Katie Neary Dunleavy
Adolescents' perceptions of interparental conflict and the impact on their aggressive communication traits, Christine E. Kunkle
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
Instructors' message variables and students' learning orientation/grade orientation and affective learning, Leeanne M. Bell
Fraternity and sorority member perceptions of homophily, supportive communication, and group behavior as a function of control expectancies, Andrew D. Dohanos
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
Emotion-based personality traits and associations with conflict tactics and relationship satisfaction in romantic relationships, Christine A. Rudnicki
Interpersonal conflict within the context of the organization, Jodi Lynn Sauders
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
Status and status differential as predictors of student learning, teacher evaluation, teacher socio-communicative style and teacher credibility, Boris Hellmann
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Opportunities that exist for communication experts in the field of communication consulting, Dale Eugene Shriver II
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Verbal aggression in sibling relationships, Shannon Marie Brogan