Thesis Titles (students A - G)
Adcock, Christine M.: “La Leche League International’s Liberatory Promise Renders Lactating Bodies ‘Docile’” - May 2002 - Chair, Robert Brookey
Andersen, Tiffany N.: “The Stress Associated with Caregiving: Strategies for Reducing Uncertainty When a Parent Has Alzheimer’s Disease” – August 2006 – Chair, Kory Floyd
Baker, Joyce M.: “Privacy Regulation Mechanisms in Japan and the United States” - May 1989
Barnes, Debra P.: “Communication in the Art World: A Cultural Approach” - May 1991
Bean, Sundae R.: “Exploring Tourist-Host Encounters Through Communication, Culture, and Identity" -
August 2006 – Chair, Sarah Tracy
Berke, Jason M.: “Structuring Socialization: ambiguity and Pretense Behavior on the Sales Floor” - August 1997 - Chair, Sandra Petronio
Book, Patricia L.: “Implications of Effective Listening Responses for Interaction with Alzheimer Patients” - August 1996 - Chair, William E. Arnold
Booth, Ewan: “Enacting a Dual Rhetorical Strategy: Communicating Transsexual Gay Male Identity” – August 2007 – Chair, Daniel C. Brouwuer
Bower, Carol Lynn: “Winning Thread: The Political Message and Communication Style in Arizona’s 1998 Gubernatorial Election” - July 2001 - Chair, A. Cheree Carlson
Broadfoot, Kirsten J.: “Theory of a Faceted Cultural Self: The Role of Communication" -December 1995 - Chair, M. Cristina Gonzalez
Buerkle, C. Wesley: “The Drama of (Hetero-) Masculinity: A Burkean Analysis of the “Sissy” in Two American Films” - May 2000 - Chair, Thomas K. Nakayama
Butler, Ruth Leon White: “Double-Voice in the Rhetoric of African American Women” - August 1994 - Chair, A. Cheree Carlson
Calafell, Bernadette M.: “More Than a Latin Lover: Ricky Martin and the Politics of Disidentification” - May 2000 - Chair, Olga I. Davis
Cantrell, Kimberly N.: “The Language of Power: The Tensions of Cultural Identity, Power,and Language Negotiation Onboard a Multicultural Cruise Ship” - June 2003 - Chair Sarah J. Tracy
Carleton, Jill M.: “Resignifying Gender: A Feminist Intervention in Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida” - May 1994
Carver, Mary Heather: “Forgotten Bodies: A Feminist Narrative Criticism of HIV Education Videos” - August 1994
Cherry, Pamela J.: “Diffusing Innovations: Frontline Managers’ and Supervisors’ Responses to Organizational and Environmental Sources of Change” - May 1997 - Chair, William E. Arnold
Chia, Sue-Ann Y.: “Effects of Acculturation Modes and Language Ability on International Students’ Adjustment” - May 2004 - Chair, Judith Martin
Cole, Mark A.: “Relational Distance and Personality Influence on Conflict Communication Styles" - May 1989
Colp-Hansbury, Christina: “Remembering the Other: A Rhetorical Examination of Public Memory and Identity in the Limits" – December 2004 – Chair, Daniel Brouwer
Conrad, Karin E.: “Dialogues with Others: Narratives, Agency and Change” - May 2003 - Chair, Kristin Valentine
Cordischi, Maria L.:“Youth Anger: When Youth Access Space To Speak” - April 2002 - Chair, Laura Guerrero
Cornelius, Sharon C.: “The Effect of Social Class Differences on Union Officials’ Conflict Management Styles” - August 1992
Davis, Wade S.: “Starving for Freedom: A Rhetorical Analysis of the 1981 Irish HungerStrike” - August 1996 - Thomas K. Nakayama
DeFrancesco, JoRita: “Effects of Information Shared on Group Decision Quality” – May 2006 – Chair, Robert McPhee
Derk, Ian: “A Public Face of Islam: IKHWANWEB.COM, Social Movements, and Counterpublicity” – January 2008 – Chair, Kelly M. McDonald
Dicochea, Perlita R.: “Salsera Heterosexualities: Chicana/Latina Agency and the Feminist Politics of Mestizaje” - May 1999 - Chair, Frederick C. Corey
Donaghy, Ryan: “The Red Crystal: A Case Study in Intractable Conflict” – May 2007 – Chair, Bud Goodall
Donnerstein, Carolyn H: “Parentally Bereaved Sibling and Coping Strategies as Related to Health Outcomes” – August 2005 – Chair, Kory Floyd
Driscoll, Gillian: “Teasing in Marriage: A Discourse Analysis of Naturally Occurring Conversation” - December 1992
Drzewiecka, Jolanta A.: “Ethnic Jokes and Intercultural Interactions” - May 1995 - Chair, Judith N. Martin
Edmonds, Leonard M.: “Double Duty: The Discourse of a War in Vietnam and a Battle with Cancer” - May 2002 - Chair, Kristin Valentine
Eleff, Leanne S. Ralya: “A Bird Takes Flight: How One Feminist Mother and Her Children Co-Create Gender Identity” – August 2005 – Chair, Angela Trethewey
Elizondo, Timothy S.: “Not All Men Are Created Equal: The Ideology of Hegemonic Masculinity within the World Wrestling Federation” - December 2000 - Chair, Thomas K. Nakayama
Elsey, Lauren L.: “Unity in Diversity: A Study of the Communicative Functions of Food in Religious Identity of Hindu Americans in Metropolitan Phoenix” - May 2004 - Chair, Nemi Jain
Farinelli, Lisa J: “Perceptions of Resource Allocation: An Examination of Inequality and the Effects on the Adult Sibling Relationship” – December 2004 – Chair, Susan Messman
Feldman, Alice E.: “Cultural Communication in an Institutional Society: The Re-Presentation of Native American Cultures by Non-Native Museums” - December 1992
Fenske, Mindy E.: “‘Very Stylish Very Youish Very Duckadoolish’: A Postmodern Perspective of English Usage in Japanese” - May 1995 - Chair, Thomas K. Nakayama
Fields, Patricia A.: “Exploring the Communication Dynamics of Writing and Performing Personal Narrative Within the Native Images Group” - December 1993
Gaffney, Cynthia M.: “Sleeping among Thorns and Blossoms: The Narrative Weave of Sexuality, Voice, and Action” - December 1998 - Chair, Angela Trethewey
Gavin, Erin: “Breaking Through the Class Ceiling: Women Helping Women Climb the Corporate Ladder” – May 2007 – Chair, Angela Trethewey
Genette, John: “Emerging From the “Dark Night of the Soul”: Mindfulness, Performance and Personal Transformation” – August 2005 – Chair, Frederick Corey
Girard, Eric P.: “A Study of the Relationship Between Individualism-Collectivism and Verbal Aggressiveness Among Students” - May 1996 - Chair, Nemi C. Jain
Golden, Douglas: “An Exploration of Jewish Identity in Secular Jewish Families” - August 1997 - Chair, Michael L. Hecht
Gomez, Jessica: “The Semiotics of Racial Vision: Negotiating the Value of Diversity Within University Spaces” – December 2006 – Chair, Jacqueline Martinez
Gorman, Sharon E.: “Communication Effectiveness, Adjustment, and Commitment of Employees in the Multicultural Organization” - August 1991
Granato, Christina M.: “‘Wonder If Anything Good’s on TV Tonight?’: An Exploration of Maintenance in Couples’ Television Watching” - August 2000 - Chair, Jess K. Alberts
Gunter, Jeanne: “Multicultural Education and Racial Discourse: A Case Study at High Pointe High” - May 1998 - Co-Chairs: Judith N. Martin, Lisa A. Flores
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