1. “THE DIOCESE’S DARKEST CHAPTER”: CONSTRUCTING CULTURAL TRAUMA IN THE ALTOONA-JOHNSTOWN CATHOLIC DICOESE Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Niebauer, Allison Kate Title: “THE DIOCESE’S DARKEST CHAPTER”: CONSTRUCTING CULTURAL TRAUMA IN THE ALTOONA-JOHNSTOWN CATHOLIC DICOESE Graduate Program: Communication Arts and Sciences Keywords: Cultural traumaRhetorical CriticismCatholicChild AbuseCommunal ConflictSocial Change File: Login to Download Committee Members: Sarah Miller, Outside Unit & Field MemberBradford Vivian, Major Field MemberStephen Browne, Chair & Dissertation AdvisorDenise Solomon, Program Head/ChairTimothy Worley, Major Field Member