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1. The Production and Reception of Verbal Person-centered Social Support in Face-to-face and Computer-mediated Dyadic Conversations

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Author:
High, Andrew Charles
Title:
The Production and Reception of Verbal Person-centered Social Support in Face-to-face and Computer-mediated Dyadic Conversations
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
gender differences
computer-mediated communication
Social support
comfort
Hyperpersonal perspective
File:
Download Final_dissertation_for_defense_formatted.pdf
Committee Members:
Denise Haunani Solomon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Denise Haunani Solomon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Dillard, Committee Member
Jon F Nussbaum, Committee Member
Dr Chip Gerfen, Committee Member

3. BALANCING FLUX AND STABILITY: URSULA K. LE GUIN’S THE DISPOSSESSED

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Author:
Jones, Hillary A
Title:
BALANCING FLUX AND STABILITY: URSULA K. LE GUIN’S THE DISPOSSESSED
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
Kropotkin
The Dispossessed
Rhetoric
Anarchism
Feminism
Taoism
Le Guin
File:
Download Jones_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Thomas Walter Benson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Paul Mcallister, Committee Member
Nancy A Tuana, Committee Member
Rosa A Eberly, Committee Member
Stephen Howard Browne, Committee Member
Thomas Walter Benson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

4. For the Good of "The Family": The Rhetoric of Family Values in U.S. National Policymaking

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Author:
Weber, Jill Mary
Title:
For the Good of "The Family": The Rhetoric of Family Values in U.S. National Policymaking
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
policymaking
rhetoric
family
family values
File:
Download Weber_diss_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Thomas Walter Benson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Deborah Frances Atwater, Committee Member
Thomas Walter Benson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeremy Engels, Committee Member
Michael Paul Johnson, Committee Member

5. STEPFAMILY WORLDS: ETHNOGRAPHIC CASE STUDIES OF STEPFATHER-STEPSON COMMUNICATION

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Author:
Pettigrew, Jonathan
Title:
STEPFAMILY WORLDS: ETHNOGRAPHIC CASE STUDIES OF STEPFATHER-STEPSON COMMUNICATION
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
Stepfamilies
Social Support
Fathers
Adolescents
Ethnography
Case Study
File:
Download Pettigrew_Stepfamily_Worlds.pdf
Committee Members:
Michelle E Day, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michelle E Day, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael L Hecht, Committee Member
Jon F Nussbaum, Committee Member
J Doug Coatsworth, Committee Member

6. Coping and Relational Infidelity Across the Lifespan: The Role of Commitment During Relational Distress

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Author:
Lara, Ladori Rise
Title:
Coping and Relational Infidelity Across the Lifespan: The Role of Commitment During Relational Distress
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
Infidelity
Interpersonal Communication
Coping
Commitment
File:
Download FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Jon F Nussbaum, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jon F Nussbaum, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michelle E Day, Committee Member
Denise Haunani Solomon, Committee Member
Michael Paul Johnson, Committee Member

7. THE LONG TWILIGHT STRUGGLE: PRESIDENTIAL RHETORIC AND NATIONAL SECURITY IN THE COLD WAR, 1945-1974

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Author:
Drury, Sara Ann Mehltretter
Title:
THE LONG TWILIGHT STRUGGLE: PRESIDENTIAL RHETORIC AND NATIONAL SECURITY IN THE COLD WAR, 1945-1974
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
presidential rhetoric
national security
Cold War
rhetorical criticism
foreign policy
File:
Download SaraAMDrury_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
James Hogan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Hogan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Walter Benson, Committee Member
Jeremy Engels, Committee Member
John Philip Jenkins, Committee Member

8. 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

9. BUILDING AN EMPIRE, DEFINING A NATION: THE RHETORIC OF U.S. EXPANSION AT THE TURN OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

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Author:
Kimokeo-Goes, Una Haunani
Title:
BUILDING AN EMPIRE, DEFINING A NATION: THE RHETORIC OF U.S. EXPANSION AT THE TURN OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
U.S. Foreign Policy
U.S. Expansion
Samoa
Hawaii’s Annexation
Progressive Era
Imperialism
Rhetoric
American Identity
File:
Download kimokeo_dissertation_10.25.11.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr J Michael Hogan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Hogan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Walter Benson, Committee Member
Stephen Howard Browne, Committee Member
Cheryl Jean Glenn, Committee Member