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Author:

Balakrishnan, Bimal

Title:

EVALUATING IMPACT OF NAVIGABILITY AFFORDANCES AND NARRATIVE TRANSPORTATION ON SPATIAL PRESENCE

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

virtual reality
narratives
navigability
spatial presence
HCI
affordances

File:

Download Balakrishnan_eTD_2008.pdf

Committee Members:

S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member
Loukas N Kalisperis, Committee Member
Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Committee Member

Author:

Hopfer, Suellen

Title:

Culture-centric narratives as health message design strategy: Developing an HPV vaccine intervention for college-aged women

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

communication
narratives
HPV vaccine

File:

Download Hopfer_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael L Hecht, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael L Hecht, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michelle E Day, Committee Member
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Member
Eva Sharon Lefkowitz, Committee Member

Author:

Xu, Xingren

Title:

EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF AGING THROUGH TRANSITIVITY: A SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL APPROACH TO CHINESE ELDERS’ NARRATIVES

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics

Keywords:

narratives
Chinese
transitivity
aging

File:

Download XingrenXuDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sinfree Bullock Makoni, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sinfree Bullock Makoni, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sandra J. Savignon, Committee Member
Xiaofei Lu, Committee Member
Xiaoye You, Committee Member

Author:

Baker, Michelle Kerry

Title:

The role of positive character appraisal in narrative messages designed to reduce social distance: An experiment in genetic stigmatization reduction

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

stigmatization
stigma reduction
genetic stigma
alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
narratives
positive character appraisal

File:

Download Baker_Final_Version_Dis.pdf

Committee Members:

Fuyuan Shen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member
George Anghelcev, Committee Member
Rachel Annette Smith, Committee Member

Author:

Iarmolenko, Svitlana

Title:

Bridging tourism and migration mobilities: Diaspora tourism as a coping strategy.

Graduate Program:

Recreation, Park and Tourism Management

Keywords:

tourism
immigration
mobilities
diaspora
Ukraine
narratives

File:

Download Iarmolenko_dissertation_revised.pdf

Committee Members:

Deborah Lee Kerstetter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Garry Chick, Committee Member
Carter A Hunt, Committee Member
Fuyuan Shen, Committee Member

Author:

Cronin, Neil

Title:

Safety Nets, Safety Valves, and True Alternatives: How Competing Discourses Shape Leaders’ Understandings of Alternative Education

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

alternative education
discourse
narratives
beliefs
leadership
safety valves
safety nets
innovation
counter-narrative
complex meanings

File:

Download N.Cronin_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Deborah Lynn Schussler, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Deborah Lynn Schussler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Roger Shouse, Committee Member
Marsha Elizabeth Modeste, Committee Member
Dana Lynn Stuchul, Outside Member

Author:

Smith, Michael Forrest

Title:

Examining the role of narratives in policy agenda setting amid a "manufactured crisis"

Graduate Program:

Public Administration

Keywords:

public policy
narratives
agenda setting
crisis
legitimacy
Narrative Policy Framework
Multiple Streams Framework

File:

Download mfsmith_-_Dissertation_-_FINAL_-_100920.pdf

Committee Members:

Bing Ran, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bing Ran, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Beverly Ann Cigler, Committee Member
Younhee Kim, Committee Member
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Outside Member
Steven Ames Peterson, Committee Member
Bing Ran, Program Head/Chair