Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Davis, Benjamin Lee, Friendly, but Not Friends: Forensics Competitors' Relational Framing of Compliments from Opponents
Okeke, Dennis Ekwemnachukwu, A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF UWM STUDENTS’ AWARENESS, SATISFACTION, AND TRUST IN CAMPUS SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS
Schemenauer, Jillian, Richardson, Ridley, and Tatís Jr. Versus The Public: A Rhetorical Analysis of Athlete Self-Defense Rhetoric and Public Response
Straight, Brandon, IS IT THE PLAYER OR THE GAME: A METANALYTIC STUDY OF VIDEO GAMES AND AGGRESSION
Willenborg, Jacki, “When They Say, ‘I Hear You,’ They Truly Hear Me”: An Application of Theories of Resilience to Occupational Trauma Exposure
Zinia, Jannatul Ferdous, BANGLADESHI WORKING MOTHERS’ WORK-LIFE EXPERIENCE
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Gabryelczyk, Katy, “Having One Child Is Selfish?”: an Analysis of Only-Child Discourse on Facebook
Godager, Emily A., Making Sense of New Parents' Working Parent Identities and Boundary-Setting Enactments During Resocialization into the Workplace Following Parental Leave
Hayden, Allyson K., Toward Truth and Reconciliation: Public Memory, Philosophical Pairs, and the Edmund Pettus Bridge
Jones, Carrie Melissa, Comparing Approaches to Virtual Team Onboarding: the Influence of Synchrony and Cues on Impressions of Leaders During Encounter Phase Organizational Socialization
Kane, Sierra Renee, The Trials and Tribulations of Informal Diversity Workers and How Leadership Can Help: A Qualitative Analysis
Medina, Marissa D., The Browning of a White Passing, Mixed-Race Latina: A Critical Autoethnographic Exploration of the Mixed-Race Experience in Rural Wisconsin
Romo, Danielle C., “‘in 20 Years, We Won't Be Like This’”: the Communicative Resilience of Emerging Adults from Divorced Single Parent Households
Simpson II, Dathan Nathaniel, “Being Straight in the Army Is Pretty Easy, Being Gay Is Not”: The Communicative Resilience of Lesbian and Gay Military Service Members
Wagel, Kristin, Rhetoric-Remembrance-Race-Region: Contemporary Stories of Abolition and the Making of Race in the Upper Midwest
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Coker, Michael Cody, Communicative Constitutions of Identity and Emotions Within a Virtual Support Group for Disenfranchised Bereaved Individuals
Gerlikovski, Emily, Sex Talks Between LGBTQ+ Parents and Children
Lawler McDonough, Marnie, Seeking Justice and Effecting Organizational Change: Kategoria as a Form of Rhetorical Leadership
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Davis, Alisa, Voices of the Say Her Name Campaign: Theorizing an Activist Rhetoric of Blame
Kahlow, Jessica A., Improving Neurodiverse Relationships: Comparing Relational Quality and Maintenance Channels in Individuals with and Without ADHD
Richards, Riley, To Disclose or Not Disclose: the Proposition and Test of the Sexual Self-Disclosure Decision Model (SS-DDM)
Sepúlveda, Samentha Emily, An Internatural Communication Study of Identity Within Nonprofit Animal Shelters
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Adebayo, Comfort Tosin, Maternal Healthcare Experiences of African American Women in Milwaukee : A Relational Dialectics Perspective
Fuller, Sabrina A., Image, Industry, and Ink: Communication of Tattoo Policies By Human Resource Professionals
Hemschemeyer, Nicholas, Beyond the Game: an Exploratory Study of Virtual Communication, Self-disclosure, and Social Support on Live Streaming Platforms
Orcholski, Megan, 'Would You Say You Had Sex If...' Rhetorical Meaning-Making Within Intimate Encounters and Their Discourses at the Macro, Meso, and Micro Levels
Peck, Brittnie Star, Parent-Child Sexual Communication and Sexual Risk: A Meta-Analytic Review
Pu, Zhixin, Serendipitous News Discovery Increases News Consumption in News Recommender Systems
Victor, Angela, Communicating About Routine Childhood Vaccines: Meta-Analysis of Parental Attitudes, Behaviors, & Vaccine Hesitancy
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Dellinger, Jonathan Bryce, Cohesive Conflict: Task Cohesion as a Moderator of Conflict and Group Outcomes
Jagiello, Kristy, "It Can Never Be Just One Thing": Constructing a Grounded Theory of Coming Out
Kelpinski, Lindsay Faith, We Can Go the Distance: Communicating Through Conflicts in Long-distance Friendships
Klecka, Hanna Christine, Conformity Among College Students: The Effect of Gender on Sexually Violent Beliefs
Ko, Youngjee, How Do Social Comparison and Self-efficacy Influence Diabetic Patients’ Motivation Toward a Nutrition Regimen?
Mueller, Emily Anne, Comparing Self-disclosures and Disclosures of Co-Owned Private Relationship Information (COPRI) in the Workplace: Comfort, Frequencies, and Motivations for Disclosing
Willenborg, Jacki Paige, To Meme, or Not to Meme: Applying the Theory of Motivated Information Management to the Provision of Support After Depressed Individuals Share Suicidal Memes
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Adolphson, Jeremy Vincent, "We'll Get Through This Together": Fan Cultures and Mediated Social Support on AMC's Talking Dead
Awah-Manga, Jennifer Akwi, Old World, New Experiences: an Investigation of the Cognitive Complexity of Older Adults in an Online Dating Environment
Cherney, Maura R., Continuing to Advance Warranting Theory: Weight, Time, and Testing the Warranting Value Scale
Dantzler, Mary Chris, What Should Be Said or Silenced: Opinions of Necessary and Inappropriate End-of-life Communication Between the Living and the Dying
Fisher, Valerie, Understanding the Discourses of Traumatic Birth and the Transition to Motherhood Using Relational Dialectics Theory
Miller, Joshua Holman, Rhetorics of Opacity, Social Change, and Communal Cultivation: Case Studies of GLBTQ Christian Advocacy During the 1960s and Early 1970s
Quinn, Samantha F., Computer-mediation Communication and Changing Expectations of Romantic Couples
Rasmussen Lenox, Terra, The Great War and Motherhood: Possibilities for Agency Within Motherhood Rhetoric 1915-1920
Willes, Karina L., Lesbian Patients Using Online Video Profiles to Find Doctors: How Cues Inform the Decision-making Process
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Ahn, Seokhoon, What Motivates International Students to Acculturate? Exploring Acculturative Beliefs Using the Theory of Planned Behavior as Framework
Baker, Benjamin Michael Alex, Exploring the Discourses of Marriage, Family, and Fatherhood in Married Gay Parents' Relational Talk
Benedict, Bailey Carolanne, An Exploration of Coworker Dismissal: Uncertainty, Message Characteristics, and Information Seeking
Bunton, Thomas E., Agility Within Higher Education It Organizations: a Loosely Coupled Systems Perspective
Choi, Chang shik, Uncertainty Appraisal in First Career Employment Information Seeking
Draeger Jr, Richard A., Non-Native Foreign Language Instructors’ Teaching Expectations Concerning Intercultural Communication Competence: Communicative Practices in the Classroom.
Fetherston, Michelle Andrea, College Students and Career Information Seeking: Applying the Comprehensive Model of Information Seeking to Career Preparation
Harness, Lindsey Marie, Enacting a Path from Despair to Happiness: A Critical Analysis of the It Gets Betters Project
Motel, Laura Lynn, Cross Cultural Meta-analysis of Personality and Leadership Effectiveness and Evaluation of Changes Over Time
Rasmussen, Hilary Ann, Amplifying Lgbtqia+ Presence Through Queer Legal Worldmaking: the Role of Affect in Renegotiating Value Hierarchies in Political Argument
Samens, Jessica Marie, How Individuals Disclose Health Information: a Study Examining the Choices Made When Sharing Health Information
Sparrow, Danielle, Parenting a Child with a Developmental Disability: An Autoethnographic Approach to Sensemaking
Stoll, Arrington, Bidding on a “biddie”: Social Exchange and Online Dating
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Blight, Michael G., Relationships to Video Game Streamers: Examining Gratifications, Parasocial Relationships, Fandom, and Community Affiliation Online
Gross, Clare M., The Dangerous Side of Social Media: Manipulating Bystander Aggression and Support to Cyberbullying Victims Through an Application of Side
Johnsen, Lauren Jean, Taboo Topics in Close Relationships: An Update
Lambertz-Berndt, Megan Mary, Communicating Identity in the Workplace and Affinity Groups Spaces
Nicolini, Kristine, Navigating the Noise: an Examination of the Relationship Between Introversion, Family Communication Patterns, Family Satisfaction, and Social Self-efficacy
Salek, Thomas Archie, The Rhetorical Ties That Bind (or Divide): President Barack Obama's Attitude of Tolerance in an Age of Ultra-partisanship
Vining, James William, Theology, Logic, and Rhetoric: the Rhetorical Practices of Theology in Political Action Speeches of Contemporary American Clergy
Werner, Jansen Blake, Two Strivings: Uplift and Identity in African American Rhetorical Culture, 1900-1943
Zmyslinski-Seelig, Anne Nicole, “To Each Their Own”: Comparing Satisfaction, Money Management, and Financial Communication Across Couple Types
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Beerman, Ruth J., Containing Fatness: Bodies, Motherhood, and Civic Identity in Contemporary U.S. Culture
Davidson, Rachel Diana, Rhetorical Lessons in Advocacy and Shared Responsibility: Family Metaphors and Definitions of Crisis and Care in Unpaid Family Caregiving Advocacy Rhetoric
Hawkins, Jennifer Lynne Morey, Understanding the Nature and Impact of Early Pregnancy Loss Through Women's Stories
Heindel, Kristopher, Relationship-Based Care: a Test of the Quality Caring Model's Association with Nurses' Perceptions of Work and Patient Relationships
Joosten, Tanya, Thinking Systemically: a Study of Course Communication and Social Processes in Face-to-Face and Online Courses
Olson, Michele Kathryn, Motivational Interviewing in Primary Care and General Health Care Settings: a Meta-Analysis
Priddis, DeAnne, Family Connections: The Impact of Self-disclosure, Solidarity, and Stereotyping on Relational Satisfaction in Grandparent-adult Grandchild Dyads
Rafferty, Katherine Ann, "Everything Remains Uncertain": Theorizing Parents' Communication About Uncertainty, Hope, and Hopelessness While Managing Complex Pediatric Chronic Conditions
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Cole, Andrew William, College Student Lay Health Information Mediary Behavior: an Examination of eHealth Literacy and Unrequested Health Advice
Cramer, Emily M., Health Information Behavior and Paternal Involvement of Low-Income Expectant and Recent Fathers
DeCloedt Pinçon, Deborah, A Qualitative Exploration of the Japanese Public's Response to the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
Dellinger, Jonathan Bryce, Promotive and Preventive Health Practice and Self-construal
Dilbeck, Keith Edward, Vicarious and Source Credibility: A Cross Cultural Explanation
Drent, Adam, The Newest Vital Sign's Impact on Provider Communication
Mascarenhas, Mridula, A Rhetorical Analysis of Catholic Feminism: Understanding Prophetic and Deliberative Responses to the Institutional Catholic Church
Miyawaki, Kaori, Constructing Loyalty, Citizenship, and Identity: a Rhetorical History of the Japanese American Incarceration
Mullane, Rebecca Rae, Student's Perception of Teacher Immediacy Behaviors on Student Success and Retention
Omachinski, Kim, The Transition to College: an Acculturation Comparison of Domestic and International Students
Smith, Kimberly, Balancing Work and Life in a Virtual World: the Impact of Boundary Management, Virtuality, and Climate on Organizational Identification
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Gattoni, Alice Leigh, Breaking the Silence: The Role of Online Community in the Transition to Motherhood
Herrman, Anna, Encouraging Healthy Body-Image: Are Parents Sending Effective Messages to Children?
Jackl, Jennifer Anne, Parent-Child Communication About Marriage and the Displacement of Marital Myths
Kartch, Falon F., Nonresidential Parenting: Parental Roles and Parent/child Relationships
Kulovitz, Kimberly L., Cyberbullying in 'Left 4 Dead 2': a Study in Collaborative Play
Stache, Lara C., The Rhetorical Construction of Female Empowerment: The Avenging-Woman Narrative in Popular Television and Film
Stoll, Arrington, Be Honest with Me: An Exploration of Lies in Relationships
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Ahn, Seokhoon, Exploring Alcohol Expectancies in Korea and America Using the Holism Theory
Grimes, Denis, An Anaylsis of Patient-Physician Discourse: Comparing Physician Diagnostic Scripts to Patient Social Script Expectations
Theses/Dissertations from 1992
Okano, Yoshiko, Newspaper Coverage and Cultural Values: American and Japanese News Coverage of the Tokyo Summit Meeting