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
MAKING SENSE OF MEMBERSHIP: ORGANIZATIONAL SOCIALIZATION OF AFRICAN IMMIGRANT EMPLOYEES IN U.S. WORKPLACES, Ikeola J. Bodunde
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
THE ROLE OF FANDOM ON PERCEIVED RACIAL STEREOTYPES PRESENTED BY THE MEDIA’S COVERAGE OF SPORT AND CRIME, Christopher F. Clements
THE POWER OF A PICTURE: BUILDING VISUAL DEPICTIONS OF THE EPPM BOLSTERING SUNSCREEN APPLICATION MOTIVATION, Ansley M. George
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
RESPONSE EFFICACY AND DISCRETE EMOTIONS IN MESSAGE DESIGN: TESTING EMOTIONAL PATHWAYS TO HELP-SEEKING INTENTIONS AND ENGAGEMENT, Marian Jaitto-Jeffrey
PATIENT-CENTERED COMMUNICATION IN TELEHEALTH: A RHETORICAL-RELATIONAL GOALS AND DESIGN PERSPECTIVE, Joshua Edward Santiago
NORMATIVE INFLUENCE ON SPORTS BETTING AMONG YOUNG MEN IN GHANA: AN EXPLORATORY SEQUENTIAL MIXED-METHODS COMMUNICATION STUDY, Fidelis Y. Sesenu
Shifting Faculty Perspectives on Generative AI: An ADDIE Training Model Aimed at Technology Acceptance, Leslie A. Sweeney
“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
Technology-Facilitated Violence and Abuse: Portrayals and Perceptions, Christina S. Walker
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
