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2. Framing Animal-Rights Activism: An Analysis of Grant Morrison’s Animal Man

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Author:
Blankfield, Bryan Boyd
Title:
Framing Animal-Rights Activism: An Analysis of Grant Morrison’s Animal Man
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
animal rights
framing
comic book
Grant Morrison
Animal Man
File:
Download Blankfield_Thesis_POST_DEFENSE.2.1.pdf
Committee Members:
Christopher Lyle Johnstone, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Lyle Johnstone, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

3. CONSTITUTING THE IDEAL AMERICAN: JESSE OWENS AND THE RHETORIC OF ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENT

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Author:
Sierlecki, Bonnie J
Title:
CONSTITUTING THE IDEAL AMERICAN: JESSE OWENS AND THE RHETORIC OF ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENT
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
presidential rhetoric
Jesse Owens
sport
American Dream rhetoric
American ideals
nationalism
autobiography
Jesse Owens Museum
File:
Download Bonnie_Sierlecki_MA_Thesis_2008.pdf
Committee Members:
Jeremy Engels, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeremy Engels, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

4. DRAWING EMOTION FROM RHETORICAL APPEALS TO NATURE: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF CORPORATE GREEN ADVERTISEMENTS

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Author:
Toutain, Christopher
Title:
DRAWING EMOTION FROM RHETORICAL APPEALS TO NATURE: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF CORPORATE GREEN ADVERTISEMENTS
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
depictions of nature
green advertising
environmental rhetoric
File:
Download ThesisFinalChristopherToutain.pdf
Committee Members:
Stephen Howard Browne, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Howard Browne, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

8. One Way Street: A Case Study of The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Philadelphia Daily News coverage concerning the 2009 Septa Strike

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Author:
Smith, Jeremy Paul
Title:
One Way Street: A Case Study of The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Philadelphia Daily News coverage concerning the 2009 Septa Strike
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
organized labor
media
communications
File:
Download One_Way_Street_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Ronald V Bettig, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

9. The Rhetoric of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001: History, Economics, and Coercion

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Author:
Hlavacik, Mark Joseph
Title:
The Rhetoric of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001: History, Economics, and Coercion
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
education policy
Rhetoric
coercion
statutory rhetoric
File:
Download Mark_Hlavacik_Masters_Thesis_11_11_2009_eTD_Draft.pdf
Committee Members:
Thomas Walter Benson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Walter Benson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

11. TRIUMPH OVER ADVERSITY: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF NARRATIVE, COPING AND EXPERIENCE IN INDIVIDUALS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER

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Author:
Subnis, Utkarsh
Title:
TRIUMPH OVER ADVERSITY: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF NARRATIVE, COPING AND EXPERIENCE IN INDIVIDUALS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
cancer
narrative
qualitative
coping
experience
File:
Download Subnis_Utkarsh_Thesis_CA_Narratives_finalETD.pdf
Committee Members:
Roxanne Louise Parrott, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roxanne Louise Parrott, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michelle E Day, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

12. Bereaved Daughters: Social Support, Turning Points, and Maintaining a Connection in Computer-mediated Communication

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Author:
Gibson, Toni Lynn
Title:
Bereaved Daughters: Social Support, Turning Points, and Maintaining a Connection in Computer-mediated Communication
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
Bereavement
Mother-daughter
Social Support
Turning Points
Maintaining a Connection
Computer-Mediated Communication
File:
Download Toni_Lynn_Gibson_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Michelle E Day, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

13. A Model of Community-based Collaboration in Human Trafficking Prevention Interventions: A Case Study in Thailand and the Philippines.

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Author:
Thainiyom, Prawit
Title:
A Model of Community-based Collaboration in Human Trafficking Prevention Interventions: A Case Study in Thailand and the Philippines.
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
Human trafficking
community-based collaboration
collaboration
anti-trafficking interventions
health campaigns
File:
Download Anti-trafficking_thesis_Wit_final_080612.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael L Hecht, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

15. Persuasion in Farm Bill messages: A language expectancy theory examination of gender and language intensity

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Author:
Worthington, Amber Kelly
Title:
Persuasion in Farm Bill messages: A language expectancy theory examination of gender and language intensity
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
Farm Bill
Language Expectancy Theory
File:
Download Worthington_Thesis_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Roxanne Louise Parrott, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jon F Nussbaum, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

18. The Influence of Familial Obligation and Social Support Motives in Decisions to Disclose Genetic Test Results

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Author:
Greenberg, Marisa Samantha
Title:
The Influence of Familial Obligation and Social Support Motives in Decisions to Disclose Genetic Test Results
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
disclosure
decision-making
familial obligation
genetics
motives
File:
Download Final_THESIS_Greenberg_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Rachel Annette Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

22. From “Lumbee” to “Tuscarora”: Varieties of Citizenship Claims in Robeson County, North Carolina

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Author:
Manthey, Dominic Joseph
Title:
From “Lumbee” to “Tuscarora”: Varieties of Citizenship Claims in Robeson County, North Carolina
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
Social Movements
Rhetoric of Resistance
Indigenous Studies
Civil Rights
File:
Download THESIS_ETD_6.19.15.pdf
Committee Members:
Stephen Howard Browne, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kirtley Hasketh Wilson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Walter Benson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

24. Chilean National Identity: The Various Iterations of Chilean Identity in the Miners' Accident of 2010

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Author:
Yunis, Bernardita Maria
Title:
Chilean National Identity: The Various Iterations of Chilean Identity in the Miners' Accident of 2010
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
Chile
Miners
San Jose Mine
Identity
Chilean Identity
Testimonio
Media Analysis
Chilean Miners
Miners Accident 2010
File:
Download Yunis_Varas_-_MA_Thesis_-_Summer_2015_-_FINAL_SUBMISSION.pdf
Committee Members:
Kirtley Hasketh Wilson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

25. Investigating the Communication of Weight Stigmatization to Obese People: Classes of Stigmatization and their Predictors

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Author:
Quesnell, Madisen Nicole
Title:
Investigating the Communication of Weight Stigmatization to Obese People: Classes of Stigmatization and their Predictors
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
Weight stigma
Latent class analysis
Teasing
Advice
Aggression
Avoid
File:
Download Quesnell_Final_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Rachel Annette Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

27. Constructions of Guilt and Logics of Punishment: American Narratives of German Guilt After World War II

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Author:
Niebauer, Allison Kate
Title:
Constructions of Guilt and Logics of Punishment: American Narratives of German Guilt After World War II
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
Rhetoric
World War II
Holocaust
Nuremberg Trials
Narrative
Transitional Justice
Communication
Henry Stimson
Henry Morgenthau
Robert Jackson
File:
Download A._Niebauer_Master_s_Thesis-_Constructions_of_Guilt_and_Logics_of_Punishment_Final_Draft.pdf
Committee Members:
Stephen Browne, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Benson, Committee Member
Michele Kennerly, Committee Member

29. Utopian Rhetorics: Space and Time in the United Nations' Pursuit of Cosmopolitan Progress

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Author:
Schneider, Haley Elizabeth
Title:
Utopian Rhetorics: Space and Time in the United Nations' Pursuit of Cosmopolitan Progress
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
temporality
memory
international politics
political ideology
File:
Download Schneider_Utopian_Rhetorics_.pdf
Committee Members:
Rosa A Eberly, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bradford James Vivian, Committee Member
Stephen Howard Browne, Committee Member

30. Rhetoric of Identity and Citizenship in European Policy Discourse Surrounding the Crisis of Multiculturalism in Europe

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Author:
Mumtaz, Mehr
Title:
Rhetoric of Identity and Citizenship in European Policy Discourse Surrounding the Crisis of Multiculturalism in Europe
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
Multiculturalism
Intercultural Dialogue
Islamophobia
Rhetoric of Identity and Citizenship
European Nativist Political Discourse
Council of Europe
File:
Download FINAL_THESIS.pdf
Committee Members:
Bradford James Vivian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kirtley Hasketh Wilson, Committee Member
Anne T Demo, Committee Member
Jeremy Engels, Committee Member

31. SWEET TALK: A SURVEY OF PERSUASIVE MESSAGING FROM TEN SUGAR-SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAXATION REFERENDA

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Author:
Marriott, Robert Windsor
Title:
SWEET TALK: A SURVEY OF PERSUASIVE MESSAGING FROM TEN SUGAR-SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAXATION REFERENDA
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
Communication
Referendum
Persuasion
Campaign
Sugar Tax
File:
Download Robert_Marriott_thesis_2017.pdf
Committee Members:
James Dillard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rachel Annette Smith, Committee Member
John W Gastil, Committee Member

35. The Things I Won't Tell You: Privycy, A Rhetorical Strategy

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Author:
Lehman, Marguerite Nguyen
Title:
The Things I Won't Tell You: Privycy, A Rhetorical Strategy
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
privy
privacy
publicity
transgender
MeToo
disclosure
rhetoric
queer theory
File:
Download Thesis_final_draft_after_format_review.pdf
Committee Members:
Anne T Demo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michele Jean Kennerly, Committee Member
Pamela Ruth Vanhaitsma, Committee Member

36. The Influences of Advice Argumentation on Advice Evaluations and Outcomes: A Construal Level Perspective

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Author:
Li, Yuwei
Title:
The Influences of Advice Argumentation on Advice Evaluations and Outcomes: A Construal Level Perspective
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
Advice response theory
Construal level theory
Temporal distance
Interpersonal communication
Advice
File:
Download YLi_MA_Thesis_Summer19.pdf
Committee Members:
Erina Lynne Macgeorge, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Denise Haunani Solomon, Committee Member
James Dillard, Committee Member

37. Remembering Jimmy Carter: The Rhetorical Evocations of Presidential Memories

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Author:
Johnson, Brandon
Title:
Remembering Jimmy Carter: The Rhetorical Evocations of Presidential Memories
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
presidential rhetoric
memory
jimmy carter
collective memory
character
iran hostage crisis
U.S. presidency
File:
Download Brandon_Johnson_Final_MA_Thesis_Submission_Remembering_Jimmy_Carter_The_Rhetorical_Evocations_of_Presidential_Memories.pdf
Committee Members:
Mary Elizabeth Stuckey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Howard Browne, Committee Member
Michael Steudeman, Committee Member
Denise Haunani Solomon, Program Head/Chair

38. Tourhettorics: Visions of Disorderly Rhetorics

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Author:
Maier, Caleb Renwick
Title:
Tourhettorics: Visions of Disorderly Rhetorics
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
Rhetoric
Tourhettorics
Tourette's
Tourettes
Tourette
Tourette syndrome
tics
disability studies
disability rhetoric
disorderliness
disorder
mental disorder
disordered
rhetorical agency
meaning
disability narrative
disability memoir
memoir
visual rhetoric
disability
eugenics
Lloyd Bitzer
Melanie Yergeau
pathologized speech
pathologized texts
chronotope
Bakhtin
Touretteshero
Communication studies
disorderly rhetorics
Oliver Sacks
Lowell Handler
Jessica Thom
File:
Download Sophia_Thesis_spring_2019_FINAL_v7.pdf
Committee Members:
Rosa Eberly, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anne Demo, Committee Member
Kirt Wilson, Committee Member
Denise Haunani Solomon, Program Head/Chair

39. "I Definitely Want to Thank My Psychiatrist: Digital Mental Health Disclosures in Professional Sports

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Author:
Delayo, Michael
Title:
"I Definitely Want to Thank My Psychiatrist: Digital Mental Health Disclosures in Professional Sports
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
persona
disclosure
digital media
sports
mental health
File:
Download DelayoFinalThesisSubmission.pdf
Committee Members:
Rosa A Eberly, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michele Jean Kennerly, Committee Member
Abraham Iqbal Khan, Committee Member
Denise Haunani Solomon, Program Head/Chair

40. Mental Health Stigma and Supportive Communication: An Extension of the Paradox of Support Seeking in Close Relationships

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Author:
Bishop, Rachael
Title:
Mental Health Stigma and Supportive Communication: An Extension of the Paradox of Support Seeking in Close Relationships
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
supportive communication
stigma
decision-making
identity
File:
Download Bishop_Final_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Andrew High, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Denise Haunani Solomon, Program Head/Chair
Denise Haunani Solomon, Committee Member
Rachel A. Smith, Committee Member

41. Rhetoric, Gender, and Myth in the Age of the Technoapocalypse

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Author:
Buchan, Jennifer
Title:
Rhetoric, Gender, and Myth in the Age of the Technoapocalypse
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
artificial intelligence
gender
rhetoric
communication
myth
File:
Download Buchan_FinalThesisMay2021.pdf
Committee Members:
Michele Jean Kennerly, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Howard Browne, Committee Member
Ekaterina Haskins, Committee Member
Denise Haunani Solomon, Program Head/Chair