Theses/Dissertations from 2019
“I WANT TO FEEL WHAT THEY FEEL”: EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EMOTIONAL FLOW IN NARRATIVE HEALTH BLOGS, Sarah Elizabeth Sheff
EMERGING FROM THE ASHES: AN EVALUATION OF THE POSTCRISIS COMMUNICATION FOLLOWING THE 2008 TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY COAL ASH SPILL, Nicole Catherine Staricek
INSTRUCTOR-STUDENT RAPPORT AS A PSYCHOLOGICAL NEED FOR STUDENTS, Nicholas T. Tatum
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
KEEPING IT ALL TOGETHER: THE CHALLENGE OF COMPLEXITY, REPUTATION, AND SUPPLY CHAIN CRISES, Kathleen L. Ambrose
QUITTING TOGETHER: FORMATIVE RESEARCH TO DEVELOP A SOCIAL MARKETING PLAN FOR SMOKING CESSATION AMONG WOMEN IN A RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE RECOVERY, August D. Anderson
ACCULTURATIVE STRESS AND IDENTITY NEGOTIATION: A DYADIC EXPERIENCE, Ana X. de la Serna
MOM TO MOM: ONLINE BREASTFEEDING ADVICE, Jennifer D. Furkin
THE EFFECT OF ADMISSIONS VIEWBOOKS ON STUDENTS’ EXPECTANCIES AND ENGAGEMENT, Hayley C. Hoffman
INSTRUCTOR CARING: USING SELF-DETERMINATION THEORY TO UNDERSTAND PERCEPTIONS, MEASUREMENT, AND IMPACT OF INSTRUCTOR CARING ON MOTIVATION AND LEARNING IN ONLINE CONTEXTS, Amanda J. Lawrence
NOT YOUR GRANDMA’S IUD: IDENTIFYING MEMORABLE MESSAGES ABOUT LARCS, Carina Mazariegos Zelaya
EXEMPLIFICATION EFFECTS THROUGHOUT DISASTER STAGES IN SOCIAL MEDIA, Robert George Rice
BUDWEISER IN THE 2017 SUPER BOWL: DIALECTIC VALUES ADVOCACY AND THE RHETORICAL STAKEHOLDER, Benjamin P. Windholz
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Managing Multiple Goals in Opioid Prescription Communication: Perspectives from Trauma Physicians, Elizabeth T. Adams
I CAN’T BELIEVE MY INSTRUCTOR DID THAT?! MIDDLE EASTERN STUDENTS’ EXPECTATIONS OF INSTURCTORS’ VERBAL AND NONVERBAL IMMEDIACY BEHAVIORS, Mariam Alabdali
BLACK WOMEN’S PERSPECTIVES ON BREAST CANCER DETECTION MESSAGING, Denise M. Damron
Face Threat Mitigation in Feedback: An Examination of Student Apprehension, Self-Efficacy, and Perceived Emotional Support, Alexis A. Hadden
A MULTIPLE GOALS THEORETICAL APPROACH TO SEXTING: MESSAGE CONTENT AND SCALE DEVELOPMENT, Christina Harris
Exploring the Influence of Students' Perceptions of Instructional Message Content Relevance and Experienced Cognitive Load on Students' Cognitive Learning, Benson T. Sexton
A Beacon of Hope: Inoculating Against Relapse, Allison F. Thieneman
USING SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY TO UNDERSTAND CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRISTS’ DISCUSSIONS OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE WITH THEIR PATIENTS, Kevin A. Wombacher
The Outsiders: Understanding How Activists Use Issues Management to Challenge Corporate Behavior, Chelsea Lane Woods
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Sticking to the Script: Sexual Scripts in the Slasher Sub-Genre, Jennifer L. Clay
DO BLACK LIVES MATTER IN AMERICAN MAINSTREAM NEWS MEDIA? TWO CASE STUDIES OF POLICE-INVOLVED SHOOTINGS OF BLACK MEN EXPLAINING A RACIST MEDIA ENVIRONMENT, Alfred J. Cotton III