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Author:

Lucas, Alysa Ann

Title:

THE ROLE OF FRIENDSHIP SUPPORT IN EMERGING ADULTS’ RISKY SEXUAL DECISION-MAKING: A TEST OF THE REGRET REGULATION THEORY

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

regret regulation theory
support
friendship
sexual decision-making

File:

Download ALucasDISS-FINAL_EDITS_with_ACK_1_.pdf

Committee Members:

Jon F Nussbaum, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jon F Nussbaum, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis Stephen Gouran, Committee Member
Denise Haunani Solomon, Committee Member
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member

Author:

Goodwin, Amanda

Title:

Identity Uncertainty, Communication, and Subjective Well-being during the Transition to College

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

identity
friendship
college students
interpersonal communication
well-being

File:

Download Goodwin_Dissertation_7.2.09.pdf

Committee Members:

Denise Haunani Solomon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Denise Haunani Solomon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jon F Nussbaum, Committee Member
Michelle E Day, Committee Member
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member

Author:

Kam, Jennifer A.

Title:

DISENTANGLING THE EFFECTS OF CULTURAL BROKERING AMONG MEXICAN-HERITAGE YOUTH

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

Mexican-heritage youth
academic performance
cultural brokering
language brokering
parentification
general strain theory
substance use

File:

Download JKam_Diss_5-17-09.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael L Hecht, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael L Hecht, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jon F Nussbaum, Committee Member
Michelle E Day, Committee Member
Pui Wa Lei, Committee Member

Author:

Volkman, Julie Elizabeth

Title:

DISENTANGLING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF NARRATIVES COMPRISING EVIDENCE: OUTCOMES OF OSTEOPOROSIS NARRATIVE EVIDENCE FOR YOUNG WOMEN

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

emotion
health communication
narrative evidence
processing
osteoporosis

File:

Download Volkman_Dissertation_7.17.09_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Roxanne Louise Parrott, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roxanne Louise Parrott, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jon F Nussbaum, Committee Member
Michael L Hecht, Committee Member
Marianne Messersmith Hillemeier, Committee Member
Sharon Nickols Richardson, Committee Member

Author:

Johnson, Jennifer Susan

Title:

The Illocutionary Force of Hurt and Support in Young Adult Romantic Relationships: Message Feature Ratings, Message Perceptions, and Physiological stress

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

Support
Hurt
Message Features
Physiological Stress

File:

Download Johnson_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Denise Haunani Solomon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roxanne Louise Parrott, Committee Member
Jon F Nussbaum, Committee Member
Sonia Angele Cavigelli, Committee Member
Denise Haunani Solomon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Biedendorf, Jennifer

Title:

Memory Beyond Borders? Cosmopolitanism and the International Criminal Court

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

rhetoric
memory
transnationalism
cosmopolitanism
International Criminal Court
human rights
nation-state
conservative
women’s rights
U.S. foreign policy
Darfur
genocide

File:

Download Biedendorf_Jennifer_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen Howard Browne, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Howard Browne, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Walter Benson, Committee Member
James Hogan, Committee Member
John Philip Christman, Committee Member
Janet Wynne Lyon, Committee Member

Author:

Weber, Kirsten Marie

Title:

MAKING A TREATMENT DECISION FOR BREAST CANCER: ASSOCIATIONS AMONG MARITAL QUALITIES, COUPLE COMMUNICATION, AND BREAST CANCER TREATMENT DECISION OUTCOMES

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

Couple
Communication
Breast cancer
Treatment decision
Uncertainty
Interference

File:

Download full_diss_7-6-09_PDF.pdf

Committee Members:

Denise Haunani Solomon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Denise Haunani Solomon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis Stephen Gouran, Committee Member
Jon F Nussbaum, Committee Member
Bonnie J Meyer, Committee Member

Author:

Steuber, Keli Ryan

Title:

Infertility Information Management: Factors Affecting Individual Disclosures and Discrepancies between Husbands and Wives

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

infertility
marital quality
privacy management
social networks

File:

Download STEUBER_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Denise Haunani Solomon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Denise Haunani Solomon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jon F Nussbaum, Committee Member
Rachel Annette Smith, Committee Member
Alan Booth, Committee Member

Author:

Haman, Mary Kathryn

Title:

Wild Women of the Progressive Era: Rhetoric, Gender, and Agitation in the Age of Reform

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

Social Movement Rhetoric

File:

Download Mary_Haman_Final_Dissertation.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
Daniel L Letwin, Committee Member

Author:

Matsunaga, Masaki

Title:

BULLIED VICTIMS' COPING VIA DISCLOSURE: A PERSPECTIVE ON COMMUNICATION AND INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

structural equation mixture modeling
Japan-U.S. comparison
family and interpersonal relationships
communication of coping
bullying
latent class/profile analysis

File:

Download Matsunaga_Dissertation_Draft_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael L Hecht, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael L Hecht, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Dillard, Committee Member
Denise Haunani Solomon, Committee Member
Pui Wa Lei, Committee Member

Author:

Tumolo, Michael Warren

Title:

Just Remembering: The Experience of Rhetoric and Public Memory

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

National Holocaust Memorial Museum
Committee on Conscience
Hannah Arendt
public memory
rhetoric

File:

Download Tumolo_Just_Remembering_The_Experience_of_Rhetoric_and_Public_Memory___ETD.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen Howard Browne, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Walter Benson, Committee Member
Rosa A Eberly, Committee Member
James Hogan, Committee Member
Christopher P Long, Committee Member

Author:

Thomas, Nicholas A.

Title:

THE JOY OF RHETORIC: TURNS IN RHETORIC AND ONTOLOGY THAT ORIENT BEING IN AESTHETIC HABITUATION

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

habit
aesthetics
ontology
rhetoric
tropos

File:

Download Dissertation--Dec_08.pdf

Committee Members:

Rosa A Eberly, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Howard Browne, Committee Member
Thomas Walter Benson, Committee Member
Christopher P Long, Committee Member

Author:

McLaren, Rachel

Title:

INTEGRATING THE RELATIONAL TURBULENCE MODEL AND RELATIONAL COMMUNICATION TO EXPLAIN REACTIONS TO HURTFUL MESSAGES IN PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

hurtful messages
relational turbulence
hurt
relational communication

File:

Download Rachel_McLaren_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Denise Haunani Solomon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Dillard, Committee Member
Jon F Nussbaum, Committee Member
Michael Wenger, Committee Member

Author:

Cacciotti Sherburne, Susan Ruth

Title:

College Athletes' Perceptions about Relational Development, Communication and Interpersonal Competence

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

interpersonal competence
relational development
college athlete
communication competence

File:

Download Sherburne_Dissertation_4-21-09.pdf

Committee Members:

Michelle E Day, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Denise Haunani Solomon, Committee Member
Jon F Nussbaum, Committee Member
Michelle E Day, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis Edward Heitzmann, 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:

McManus, Tara G

Title:

AMBIGUITY IN PARENTS’ DIVORCE-RELATED DISCLOSURES: EFFECTS OF SUPPORT EXPECTATIONS AND STRATEGIC AMBIGUITY ON PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING, RELATIONAL QUALITY, AND COMMUNICATION SATISFACTION

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

adjustment
parent-child communication
divorce
disclosure
stress
strategic ambiguity

File:

Download Tara_McManus_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jon F Nussbaum, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michelle E Day, Committee Member
Denise Haunani Solomon, Committee Member
Paul Amato, Committee Member