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1997

Ph.Ds

Tomas Klvana, "Ironies of the Iron Lady: Rhetorical Analysis of Margaret Thatcher's Foreign Policy Persona"
Adviser: Robert L. Scott

Gary Larson, "Resisting Convention--Affirming Subjectivity: A Fantasy Theme Analysis of Racialized Discourse on Internet Relay Chat"
Adviser: David L. Rarick

Shelley Smith, "Issues and Strategies for Negotiating Intercultural Identity: Case Studies in Communication Competence in Reentry"
Advisers: Donald R. Browne & R. Michael Paige

Nathan Stormer, "Body of Abortion's Memory: It Is Done!"
Adviser: Karlyn Kohrs Campbell

Kathleen Torrens, "Dress Reform in The Sibyl, 1856-1864"
Adviser: Karlyn Kohrs Campbell

Phillip Voight, "Comic Media-Style in U.S. Political Campaigns"
Adviser: Karlyn Kohrs Campbell

M.A.s

Lisa Jackman
Adviser: Rosita Albert

Jennifer Stromer-Galley, "Political Communication Online: A Case Study of Bob Dole's Website"
Adviser: Karlyn Kohrs Campbell

William Wittkopf
Adviser: Dean Hewes

1998

Ph.Ds

Robert A. Brookey, "Re-inventing the Male Homosexual: The Rhetoric and Power of the 'Gay Gene'"
Advisers: Karlyn Kohrs Campbell and Jacquelyn Zita

Randall Ferguson, "The Anti-Revolutionary Rhetoric of Thomas Chandler, Myles Cooper, Charles Inglis, and Samuel Seabury: An Analysis of Metaphor"
Adviser: Edward Schiappa

In Ah Ha, "Culture and Communication: Styles of Handling Interpersonal Conflict Among Koreans and Americans"
Adviser: Rosita Albert

Barbara Kappler, "Refining Intercultural Perspective-Taking"
Advisers: Donald R. Browne and Michael Paige

Sangchul Lee, "Republic of Korea President Kim Young-Sam's Rhetoric in the 1992 Campaign and the First year in Office: An Institutional Study of Presidential Rhetoric in Democratization"
Adviser: Karlyn Kohrs Campbell

Tammy Swenson Lepper, "Using Cognitive Maps to Assess Ethical Sensitivity for Ethical Issues Related to Organizational Communication"
Adviser: David Rarick

Rick Malleus, "Student Stereotypes of Southern African Business Persons: An Intercultural Study"
Adviser: Rosita Albert

Amy Matten, "Close Relationship Dialectics: Young Adult Friends' Perceptions and Interaction Patterns"
Advisers: David Rarick and Becky Omdahl

Jennifer McGee, "Net of a Million Lies: Rhetoric and Community on Three Usenet Newsgroups"
Adviser: Karlyn Kohrs Campbell

Lisa Millhous, "Organizational Structures in Russian-American Collaborations: The Role of Intercultural Communication and Technology"
Adviser: Rosita Albert

Danny Molden, "Seven Miles From Independence: The War Internee Identity and the Manzanar Internment Camp"
Adviser: Robert L. Scott

Duane Olson, "The Ritual Creation of a Symbol: A Rhetorical Analysis of Japanese Emperor Akihito's Accession Rites"
Advisers: J. Vernon Jensen and Robert L. Scott

Catherine Orr, "Representing Women/Disciplinary Feminism: Activism, Professionalism, and Women's Studies"
Adviser: Karlyn Kohrs Campbell

M.A.s

Karyl Daughters
Adviser: Becky Omdahl

Joshua Gunn, "The Rhetoric of Gothic Subculture"
Adviser: Robert L. Scott

Les Opatz, "The Persuasive Power of 'Special Rights' Rhetoric In Anti-Gay Campaigns"
Adviser: Karlyn Kohrs Campbell

Marj Schneider
Adviser: Edward Schiappa

Susan Wildermuth
Adviser: Becky Omdahl

1999

Ph.Ds

Naomi Rockler, "Beyond 'It's Just Entertainment': Therapeutic Discourse and Resistance to Popular Culture Criticism in the United States"
Adviser: Karlyn Kohrs Campbell

Bryan Seyfarth, "Schemas as Structures: A Structurational and Cognitive Approach to Organizational Decision Processes"
Advisers: Marshall S. Poole and Dean E. Hewes

M.A.s

Melanie Hohertz, "Punk Rock and the  Struggle for Collective Identity"
Adviser: Edward Schiappa

Paul Michael Mackey, "Moments in the Rhetoric of the Mexican Feminist Movement"
Adviser: Karlyn Kohrs Campbell

Julie Mactaggart, "Engaging the Opposition: The Rhetoric of the Militant English Suffragettes"
Adviser: Karlyn Kohrs Campbell

Christopher Swift, "Herbert Marcuse and the Aesthetic Power of the New Left"
Adviser: Edward Schiappa

Anna White, "Madame Secretary:  Putting the Two Together"
Adviser: Robert L. Scott

2000

Ph.Ds

Katherine Johnson, "Advertising the Global Economy: Facilitating the Conditions of Reproduction"
Advisers: David Rarick and Janice Peck

Lin-Lee Lee, "The First Taiwanese Presidential Election of 1996:  An Analysis of the Campaign Rhetoric"
Adviser: Karlyn Kohrs Campbell

Brent Whitmore, "From Barthes to Bart Simpson: Semio-Rhetoric, Commercial Intertextuality, and Popular Culture"
Adviser: Edward Schiappa

M.A.s

Nanda Bognar
Adviser: Rosita Albert

Katie Delmore, "The Rhetoric of Elizabeth Hanford Dole's 2000 Presidential Campaign."
Adviser: Karlyn Kohrs Campbell

Kristen Eis
Adviser: Dean Hewes

Douglas Holcombe
Adviser: David Rarick

Linda Kay Moeller
Adviser: Robert L. Scott

Heather Thomton, "Sexual Harassment: Perceptually Unique"
Adviser: Terry Kinney

Sara Wolff
Adviser: Edward Schiappa

2001

Ph.Ds

Sheila Bray, "Son's Remembered Communication Experiences With Their Mothers: A Fantasy Theme Analysis and Q-Sort Investigation"
Adviser: Robert L. Scott

Badri Nahvi Johnson, "An Iranian Experience: A Narrative of Culture and Transformation."
Adviser: Edward Schiappa

Daniel Lintin, "From First Lady to Dragonlady: A Rhetorical Study of Madame Chiang's Public Personae Before and During Her 1943 U.S. Tour"
Adviser: Karlyn Kohrs Campbell

Angela Ray, "Pupils, Spectators, Citizens: Representations of U.S. Public Culture in the Nineteenth-Century Lyceum"
Adviser: Karlyn Kohrs Campbell

Susan Wildermuth, "Loners, Lovers, Freaks, and Geeks: The Impact of Perceived Stigma on the Quality of online Close Relationships"
Adviser: Dean Hewes

M.A.s

Jennifer Charpentier, "Categories and Effects of Teasing Messages"
Adviser: Terry Kinney

Michael Fox
Adviser: Edward Schiappa

Christopher Paul, "Using the Past to Construct Rhetorical Appeals: The Feminist Journals The American Suffragette, Women's World, and Brillo"
Adviser: Karlyn Kohrs Campbell

Adam Tyma
Adviser: Edward Schiappa

2002

Ph.Ds

Wendy Bjorklund, "The Recursive Relationship Between Relational Frames and Preventive Facework During Negotiations in Organizational Settings"
Advisers: Dean Hewes and Marshall Scott Poole

Christine Garlough, "The Rhetoric of Culture: Shaping Indian-American Identities Through Grassroots Community Education"
Adviser: Edward Schiappa

Joshua Gunn, "Rhetorics of Darkness: Modern Occultism and the Popular Imaginary"
Adviser: Robert L. Scott

Shannon Skarphol Kaml, "Talking Back:  The Rhetoric of Billboard Liberation"
Adviser: Edward Schiappa

Michael Netzley, "Persuasion Theory's Pedagogical Turn in Ranked MBA Programs"
Adviser: Edward Schiappa

Corey Schlosser-Hall, "From Exile to Exodus: Rhetoric and the Re-Constitution of Community Following One Congregation's Crisis in Leadership"
Adviser: Robert L. Scott

Elizabeth Weber, "Therapy for Aliens: How John Gray Saves the World by Rescuing the Individual"
Adviser: Karlyn Kohrs Campbell

M.A.s

Dianne Blake 
Adviser: Karlyn Kohrs Campbell

Jurene Fremstad
Adviser: Edward Schiappa

Peter Gregg, "The Creation of a Critical Media Literacy Video"
Adviser: Edward Schiappa

Martin Lang, "Hard, Wired: Representations of Masculinity in Internet Pornography"
Adviser: Mary Vavrus

Kristin Naumann Mannix
Adviser: Edward Schiappa

2003

Ph.Ds

Pamela Cox-Otto, "Adolescent's Use and Gratification of the Internet and the Interplay of Involvement and Gratification Matching"
Adviser: David Rarick

Basma Ibrahim DeVries, "Communications Strategies Used By Egyptian-Americans When Balancing Competing Value Systems"
Adviser: Donald R. Browne

Julie Mactaggart, "Chameleon: Individual and Community Ethos on the Internet"
Advisers: Donald R. Browne and David Rarrick

M.A.

Elizabeth Marie Ellis Widup
Advisers: Edward Schiappa and Kirt H. Wilson

Meghan Krause
Advisers: Mary Douglas Vavrus and Edward Schiappa

2004

Ph.Ds

Kristen Eis Cvancara, "Social Influence in Interpersonal Relationships: An Examination of Parents', Peers', and Mass Media's Ability to Instill Antisocial Communication"
Advisers: Edward Schiappa and Terry Kinney

Nanda Dimitrov, "Values Versus Behavior: Cultural Adaptation of Russian Immigrants in the United States"
Adviser: Rosita Albert

Manako Fujiwara, "Friendship Communication in Japan and the United States: Cultural - and Individual-Label Analyses"
Adviser: Dean Hewes

Laura Jacobi, "Psychological Protective Factors and Social Skills: An Examination of Spirituality and Prosocial Behavior"
Advisers: David Rarick and Terry Kinney

Peggy Kendall, "Expertise and Patient-Centeredness: Examining the Doctor-Patient Interaction"
Adviser: Dean Hewes

Michael Kramer, "President Carter's Moral Rhetoric: Panama, Zimbabwe, and Human Rights"
Adviser: Karlyn Kohrs Campbell

M.A.s

Patrick Carpenter, "Stasis in Dwight Eisenhower's Early Foreign Policy Speaking"
Adviser: Kirt Wilson

Maiknue Moua, "An Examination of Hmong Student's Values and Beliefs Regarding Higher Education"
Adviser: Terry Kinney

Diane Odash
Adviser: Edward Schiappa

Elizabeth Owen
Adviser: Edward Schiappa

2005

Ph.Ds

Kristine Bruss, "The Ethopoet's Art: Characterization in Contemporary Speechwriting"
Adviser: Karlyn Kohrs Campbell

Jin Bong Choi, "Framing North Korea: A Comparative Analysis of North Korea as an ‘Axis of Evil'"
Adviser: Mary Vavrus

Karyl Daughters, "Creative, Communication and Relationship Satisfaction: The Form and Function of Creativity in Close Romantic Relationships"
Adviser: Dean Hewes

Peter Gregg, " Parasocial Relationships' Similarities to Interpersonal Relationships: Factor Analyses of the Dimension of Parasocial Interaction"
Adviser: Edward Schiappa

Colleen Klatt, "Using Social Influence Messages to Examine the Effects of Matching"
Advisers: David Rarick and Terry Kinney

Michael Kramer, "President Carter's Moral Rhetoric: Panama, Zimbabwe and Human Rights"
Adviser: Karlyn Kohrs Campbell

Martin Lang, "Conspicuous Absence, Quiet Presence: Representations of American Indians and Gaming in Minnesota's Mainstream and Indian-produced Newspapers"
Advisers: Donald R. Browne and Mary Vavrus

Christopher Paul, "A Rhetorical Web: Developing Critical Methods for Analysis of the World Wide Web"
Adviser: Karlyn Kohrs Campbell

Annalisa Wirth, "Women and Leadership: Overcoming Old Obstacles, Exploring New Opportunities:
Adviser: Edward Schiappa

Naida Zukic, "Islamic Voices: Al Kawthar's Lesbian Narratives in Cyberspace"
Adviser: Ronald Greene

M.A.s

Jane DeRonne
Adviser: Mary Vavrus

Sean Larson
Adviser: Edward Schiappa

Randall Schafer
Adviser: Edward Schiappa

John Wirtz
Adviser: Terry Kinney

2006

Ph.Ds

Jennifer Charpentier, "Teasing in Adult Peer Relationships: Using Lazarus' Model of Stress and Coping To Understand the Effects of Teasing"
Advisers: David Rarick and Terry Kinney

Aric Putnam, "'Black Belt Millennium': Rhetorical Movements in Black Anti-colonialism During the Great Depression"
Adviser: Kirt Wilson

Kristin Ann (Brown) Swenson, "Affecting Rhetoric: Work, Sex, and Childhood in the Age of Lifestyle Drugs"
Adviser: Ronald Greene

M.A.s

Thomas Johnson, "Relationships Between Televised Sports Viewing Habits and Attitudes About Masculinity"
Adviser: Edward Schiappa

Laura Maki, "Family Matters: The Influence of Family Communication Patterns on Perceived Social Support, Self-Esteem, and Loneliness"
Adviser: Ascan Koerner

Emanuelle Wessels, "A Textual and Audience Analysis of the ‘Zombie' Film Genre"
Adviser: Edward Schiappa