Theses/Dissertations from 2026
LEGAL PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT: AN EXPLORATION OF THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL PROCESSES BY WHICH LAW STUDENTS TRANSITION FROM NOVICES TO PROFESSIONALS, David Hall Abney II
“YOU DON’T HAVE TO CARRY THIS ALONE”: A MULTI-PHASE, THEORY-DRIVEN MENTAL HEALTH INTERVENTION FOR INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE STUDENT‑PARENTS, Anne A. Amissah
CAN LOVE BLOOM ON A BATTLEFIELD: AN ANALYSIS OF QUEER MILITARISTIC FANFICTION, Brandon Bost
STUDENTS AS INFORMATION RESPONDERS – EXTENDING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF STUDENTS AT A PWI, Anyiah S. Chambers
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN HETEROSEXUAL ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS: A COGNITIVE DISSONANCE PERSPECTIVE, Benjamin Grissom
Memorable Messages Asexual Women Receive about Childbearing, Abigail E. Heuton
CULTURALLY TARGETED HEALTH MESSAGES: PROMOTING ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE PREVENTION THROUGH MESSAGE DESIGN, Yolanda L. Jackson
“WE DO THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENT EXACTLY AS YOU'D EXPECT HERE...": EGOCENTRIC NETWORK STRUCTURES AS PREDICTORS OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE TYPE, Ray Celeste S. Tanner
EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELF-ESTEEM AND COMMUNICATION AMONG EQUESTRIANS IN FACEBOOK GROUPS, Jenna Young
Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Virtual Speeches, Real Fears: Public Speaking Anxiety in the Online Communication Classroom, Timothy J. Bill
CYBERSECURITY TRAINING AS RISK COMMUNICATION: A THEORY-INFORMED MODEL OF EMPLOYEE LEARNING AND BEHAVIOR CHANGE, Daniel Chaney
Design a Message & Activate a Network: Integrating Network Cognition, Multiple Goals, and Diabetes Management, Maxwell Groznik
Going Inside a Church Staff Group: A Qualitative Case Analysis of Team Characteristics, Decision-Making, and Identity, Hillary Rose Hamilton
Examining Physicians' Opioid-Related Risk Communication, Eleanor C. Hudd
Player 2 Has Entered the Culture War: Discourse, Ideology, and Narrative in GamerGate 2.0, Ashley C. McCann
The Information Practices of Undergraduates Encountering Material Objects as Information Resources in Classroom Learning Tasks, Christopher A. Miller
Addressing the "Hidden Crisis" in Doctoral Education: Identifying the (De)Motivating Effects of Memorable Messages from a Self-Determination Theory Perspective, Alexis A. Murphy
"The LGBTQ Community, That's My New Church": An Examination of LGBTQ+ Former Church Members' Experiences of Religious Exit, Samantha N. Pfeiffer
AI IN NEWSROOMS: ASSESSING PERCEPTION, CHALLENGES AND POSSIBILITIES IN BANGLADESH’S MEDIA LANDSCAPE, Nadia Rahman
BLACK LOVE, MEDIA PORTRAYALS, AND SOCIAL IDENTITY, Nigel M. Taylor
“WE JUST WANNA READ THE SCROLLS!” COLLABORATION AND COMPETITION IN THE VESUVIUS CHALLENGE— A STUDY OF VESUVIUS CHALLENGE DISCORD CHATS, Christy Yarbrough Chapman
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
The Effects of Controlling Language and Source Social Group Membership on Resistance to Persuasion, Zane A. Dayton
EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF RESTORATIVE NARRATIVES ON PROSOCIAL BEHAVIORAL INTENTIONS: A SEM ANALYSIS, Mehroz Sajjad
