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2. Depression in the Workplace: An Examination of Exemplar Messages for Internal Communications

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Open Access
Author:
Gessner, Julia Nicole
Title:
Depression in the Workplace: An Examination of Exemplar Messages for Internal Communications
Graduate Program:
Media Studies
Keywords:
social cognitive theory
exemplification theory
employee-employer relationship
organizational public relationship
two-way symmetrical communication
File:
Download Gessner_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Denise Bortree, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jessica Myrick, Committee Member
Frank Dardis, Committee Member

3. Neighborhoods and Educational Expectations: How Youth Come to Embody Their Neighborhoods

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Open Access
Author:
Evans, Megan
Title:
Neighborhoods and Educational Expectations: How Youth Come to Embody Their Neighborhoods
Graduate Program:
Sociology
Keywords:
Neighborhood Effects
Educational Expectations
Extralocal Neighborhood
Urban/Rural Divide
File:
Download Evans_MT_V4.pdf
Committee Members:
Stephen Augustus Matthews, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barrett Alan Lee, Committee Member
Katerina Bodovski, Committee Member

4. REVISITING THE POWER OF POSITIVE EMOTIONS: THE EFFECTS OF AWE ON INFORMATION PROCESSING AND INFORMATION RECALL

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Open Access
Author:
Chai, Yiting
Title:
REVISITING THE POWER OF POSITIVE EMOTIONS: THE EFFECTS OF AWE ON INFORMATION PROCESSING AND INFORMATION RECALL
Graduate Program:
Media Studies
Keywords:
Awe
Happiness
Emotion and Cognition
Elaboration Likelihood Model
Information Processing
Information Recall
Discrete Emotion
File:
Download Yiting_Chai_-_Thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael Grant Schmierbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member
Jessica Gall Myrick, Committee Member

7. Because It Was There: Influence and Intertextuality in the Music of Michael Hedges

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Open Access
Author:
Crosson, Dylan
Title:
Because It Was There: Influence and Intertextuality in the Music of Michael Hedges
Graduate Program:
Musicology
Keywords:
Michael Hedges
Fibonacci Series
Fingerstyle guitar
Bartók
Minimalism
Steve Reich
Philip Glass
Terry Riley
Composition
New Age Music
New Age
Michael Manring
Windham Hill
File:
Download Thesis_-_Full.pdf
Committee Members:
Charles Dowell Youmans, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

9. UNDERSTANDING THE PROMOTION OF BIBLE LITERACY CLASSES IN U.S. PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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Open Access
Author:
Norris, Thomas
Title:
UNDERSTANDING THE PROMOTION OF BIBLE LITERACY CLASSES IN U.S. PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Graduate Program:
Educational Theory and Policy
Keywords:
Project Blitz
Bible Literacy Act
Bible literacy classes
qualitative study
Project Blitz
Bible Literacy Act
Bible literacy classes
qualitative study
File:
Download Norris_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Mindy Kornhaber, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Post, Committee Member

11. Deconstructing cognitive bias of the Latino electoral public opinion in the U.S. and its relationship with media during the Post-Truth era

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Author:
Iglesias Monsalve, Luis Eduardo
Title:
Deconstructing cognitive bias of the Latino electoral public opinion in the U.S. and its relationship with media during the Post-Truth era
Graduate Program:
Communications
Keywords:
strategic misinformation
post-truth
bias
propaganda
social media
Latinos
ideology
politics
audience
public opinion.
cognitive bias
public opinion
truth
File:
Download Thesis_-_Luis_Iglesias_Monsalve.pdf
Committee Members:
Nakho Kim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Jones Kareithi, Committee Member
Catherine Anne Rios, Committee Member

13. Intergenerational Transmission of Religious Conservatism

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Open Access
Author:
Smith, Jesse
Title:
Intergenerational Transmission of Religious Conservatism
Graduate Program:
Sociology
Keywords:
Religion
Religious conservatism
Intergenerational transmission
Millennial
Cohort
Moral absolutism
Transcendent authority
File:
Download Smith_Jesse_Thesis_Submission.pdf
Committee Members:
Valarie Elizabeth King, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roger Finke, Committee Member
Gary J Adler Jr., Committee Member
Eric P Baumer, Program Head/Chair

14. IS REUNIFICATION A REALITY OR A FORSAKEN DREAM? : A CLOSER LOOK AT PERMANENCY OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN IN OUT OF HOME PLACEMENTS DUE TO PARENTAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE

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Author:
Honardoost, Mitra
Title:
IS REUNIFICATION A REALITY OR A FORSAKEN DREAM? : A CLOSER LOOK AT PERMANENCY OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN IN OUT OF HOME PLACEMENTS DUE TO PARENTAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Graduate Program:
Criminal Justice
Keywords:
Permanency Outcomes
Juvenile Dependency Court
Out of Home Placements
Reason for Placement
Substance Abuse
File:
Download Thesis_Formal_Outline_-_04.01.19_FINAL_w._Correction.pdf
Committee Members:
Eileen M. Ahlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donald C. Hummer II, Committee Member
Daniel A. Howard, Committee Member

16. FAMILY BACKGROUND, PARENTAL EXPECTATION, AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF EIGHTH-GRADE STUDENTS UNDER MAINLAND CHINA’S RURAL-URBAN DIVIDE

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Open Access
Author:
Zhao, Jiehui
Title:
FAMILY BACKGROUND, PARENTAL EXPECTATION, AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF EIGHTH-GRADE STUDENTS UNDER MAINLAND CHINA’S RURAL-URBAN DIVIDE
Graduate Program:
Educational Theory and Policy
Keywords:
Academic achievement
Family background
Parental expectation
China
File:
Download Jiehui_Zhao_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Katerina Bodovski, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mindy L Kornhaber, Committee Member
Kevin Kinser, Committee Member

18. PHOTOGRAPHY USE IN NONPROFIT COMMUNICATION: CONSIDERING EMOTIONAL CHARGE IN RELATION TO THE MANAGEMENT OF STAKEHOLDER-NONPROFIT RELATIONSHIPS

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Author:
Buckley, Christen
Title:
PHOTOGRAPHY USE IN NONPROFIT COMMUNICATION: CONSIDERING EMOTIONAL CHARGE IN RELATION TO THE MANAGEMENT OF STAKEHOLDER-NONPROFIT RELATIONSHIPS
Graduate Program:
Media Studies
Keywords:
relationship management theory
photography
emotion
nonprofit
exploitation
visual communication theory
online communication
File:
Download Thesis_Buckley_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Denise Sevick Bortree, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Lee Plaisance, Committee Member
Stephanie Madden, Committee Member