Communication Theses
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Images of Change: Language and Power in the Works of Toni Morrison, Laura L. Taylor
You Never Lived the Life You Remember, Ashlei Woelk
A Face That Looks Like Yours, Sam Woelk
From Modern Prometheus To Modern Persephone: The Evolution Of Archetypal Myth From Mary Shelley To Virginia Woolf, Wanda L. Zimmerman
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
SMSU Graduate Student Handbook, Heather Barbre
Telling the Truth: How Journalists Believe a Story is Told Truthfully, Missy Belote
Waves of Cement, Jeremy Beussink
Captured Image: Creating Textual Images of First Peoples, Jeriel E. Bingham
A Comparative Analysis of the Role of Communication Studies in the Freshman Seminar Course, Teri D. Buell
The Politics of Language and Writing: Multiculturalism and Other Socially Constructed Issues in the College Composition Classroom, Cynthia K. Fletcher
Dialectics in Intercultural Communication: a Study of Interactions Between Latinos and Anglos in Southwest Missouri, Allison R. Gleghorn
Speculative Economic Ideology and Dramatic Strategies in Susanna Centlivre's the Basset Table and the Busy Body, Heather Hicks
When Saints Speak: Stories of Spirituality From Senior Southern Baptists, Chad T. Johnston
The Online College & University Staff Handbook: A Comprehensive Style Guide, Jonathon Kitchin
Tom Stoppard and the Modern Shakespeare: Constructing Modernist Meanings, Sheri L. McCord
Laughing in the Void: Comic Elements in Joseph Conrad's Tragic Vision, Matthew E. Oliver
Collaboration in the Writing Classroom: a Study of Thai University Students, Piyawadee Piyarutchanunt
Communicating Culture: the Termination and Restoration of the Klamath Tribes, Robyn A. Rowe
Retouching History, Paul C. Schreiber
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
Cultivating One Woman's Personal Narratives: Harvests From the Heart, Sherry Coberley
Fiction Free Form, Brook Katona
Holes and Other Stories, Marcia Kinzalow
An Examination of the Metaphorical Structure of Writing Centers: One Metaphor to Bring Them All to Understanding and Define Them, Sara McCorkendale
Sexual Orientation In The Workplace: Examining Human Resources Conceptions Of Diversity, Michele Nelson
Jungian and Post-Jungian Literary Criticism, 1980-2000, Marcia Nichols
The Center For Dispute Resolution: Needs Assessment Thesis, Stephanie Orman
Shielded by Athena: Mythical and Biblical Allusions and the Aesthetic Sensibilities of Louise Gluck's Poetry, Tracey Parker
Evolution Of Prairie Myths And Metaphors: An Ecocritical Approach To Americans' Relationship With The Prairie, Kathleen Starnes
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
What Should You do if--: Information & Inspiration for Parents Dealing with Autism or Asperger's Syndrome, Lisa Boushehri
The Personal Essay As a Self Portrait, Evelyn Cannon
The Utmost Careful Way, Susan Dunn
The school of George Herbert: The temple's devotional mode in seventeenth century religious poetry, LaDonna Joy Friesen
Prayers For the Wild At Heart: Personal Essays, Michael Lewis Frizell
Moving Beyond Theory To Practice: Workshopping 101: A Program For Your Classroom, Melanie Hoftyzer
Collection, Grier Huffman
Under the River, Dale Miles
River City Stories: A Short Fiction Collection, Aaron Morgan
Expressing Loneliness: The Importance Of Form In Lorrie Moore's Early Experimental Fiction, Trisa Moss
An Anthology: The Connectedness Of Life Happenings, Eleanor Widmer
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Black Snakes and Lone Pines: Personal Essays and Reflections on the Genre, Carla Anderson
Constraints of Language, Creative Communication, and Perceptions of Creativity, Joshua Atkinson
Creating An Introductory-Level, Online Technical Report Writing Course For A Two-Year Community College, Latonia Bailey
Vision and Re-Vision of the Dreamchild: Artistic Representations of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll, Sir John Tenniel, and Arthur Rackham, Angelia M. Blair
Kaddish: Allen Ginsberg's American Elegy, John M. Carey
I-25 @ Exit 128, Mike Eiler
A Framework For Developing a Single-Sourced Online Help System For Multiple Products, Andre Evans
Remembering Rose Macaulay: Exploring Dangerous Ages and the World My Wilderness, Amber Dawn Hainline
Special Care Units: a Practical Guide to Establishing and Maintaining a Therapeutic Environment For Those Affected By Alzheimer's and Other Dementing Diseases, Bessie Ann Howard
Behind the Mask: Katherine Anne Porter's Reportage of the Female Experience, Jimmie D. Huffman
Eminent Domain, Kay Lawson
The Relationship Between Couple Type and the Social Environment: a New Approach to Measuring Marital Satisfaction, Gina Lynne Miller
God In The Looking Glass: Theme, Structure, And Authorial Intent In C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles Of Narnia And Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials, David C. Morgan
The Technical Writing Skills of Josiah Flynt and Ida Tarbell, Diann Elizabeth Olvis Brown
Empire of Want, Amanda Platter
A Contextual Analysis of Female Education and Discursive Power in Margaret Cavendish's Dramas, the Female Academy and Youths Glory and Deaths Banquet, Rhonda R. Powers
Where Light Falls, Holly S. Schindler
Where the Sky Never Ends: a Screenplay, John J. Steen
Cornucopia: Food as Signifier in Literature For the Young, Susan Louise Stewart
Separate Spheres Collide: The Economic Influence Of Slavery On Sarah Josepha Hale's Northwood (1827 And 1852), Marquita R. Walker
Voices From the Bottom: a Rhetorical Analysis of Critical Race Theory Narratives, Heather L. Walters
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: the Trapped 'Other', Lisa Wellinghoff
The Responsibility of Technical Communicators to Disabled Computer Users: an Analysis of Technology, Processes, and Trends, David Edward Wesley
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
An Interpretive Understanding of Newlyweds' Perceptions of Their Premarital Instruction Experience, Alicia Lynn Alexander
Patriots Underground, Online: a Rhetorical Study of the Militia Movement's Use of the American Revolution, LeAnn M. Brazeal
Virtual Students/Virtual Teachers: the Reality of Student Responsibility in Education, Keri Franklin-Matkowski
A Feminist Analysis of the Implications of Darwin's Theory of Sexual Selection on English Literature, Jennifer A. Graham
The Simple Life and Other Essays, Simon J. Hand
The Development of Romantic Relationships Through Computer-Mediated Communication: Synchronous Vs. Asynchronous Interaction, Pamela Dianne King
Relationship Building and Relational Control in the Academic Advising Session, Taleyna Morris
Bones From the Mind Dog, C. Patrick Neagle
Examining Relational Communication: Exploring the Minister/Sick Person Relationship, Nancy Pace-Miller
Collaboration and Communication in the College Composition Classroom, Heidi Ann Skurat
The Problem Of Human Rhetoric In C.S. Lewis' Space Trilogy, Rod C. Taylor
Personality Types of Female Technical Communicators: Is There a Recurring Type and Does Type Affect Job Environment, Success, and Satisfaction?, Connie Connie Thompson
Orality and Literacy in High School Beginning Composition, Steven A. Ward
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
Cultural Resources in the United States: What Messages Are We Sending, Rachelle D. Brown
Recollections of Miss Virginia: a Memorial Scrapbook of Dr. Virginia Craig (1878-1976), Ginger Aleen Casebeer
Mis/Reading the Hero: a Case For Aaron in Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, Bill Clem
Assigning Myself: an Action Research Investigation Into the Making of Writing Assignments, Melissa Gail Everett
"Speaking To The Eye": Phrenology And The Writings Of Lydia Maria Child And Catherine [I.E. Catharine] Maria Sedgwick, Shelley Rene Hamilton
Traumatic Brain Injury and the Family: the Influence of Family Communication Style, Perception of Uncertainty and Social Support on Effective Coping Abilities, Barbara Rae Hanson
The Armpit Sage V. the Golden Barbarian: Zhen Luan's Response to the Taoist Conversion Narrative, Paul Hood
Vietnam Voices: a Comparative Analysis of Vietnam Veteran Narratives, Daniel R. Kneeshaw
Do I Have Any Choice?: Prostitution in Thailand, Kulavadee Prungvanichsiri
The Campfire's Glow, Shelby Lynn Rosiak
Laughing and Learning Through David Quammen's Natural Acts, Laura Lee Sapp
Ruby's Eyes, a Novel Excerpt, Sandra Schaeffer
The Live Action Role-Playing Game the Masquerade as an Organizational Culture: an Ethnographic Study of the Game's Organizational Symbolism, Margarita V. Sevcik
An Investigation of International Students' Self-Esteem and Public Self-Consciousness on Classroom Communication Apprehension, Akemi Takano
Understanding the Role of Personality Type Theory in the High School Composition Class, Tamera S. Vickers
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Similarity and Satisfaction in Newlywed Relationships, Joanna D. Bumpus
Faculty Talk: Metaphors and Communication Patterns of Faculty Developing Interdisciplinary General Education Courses, Deborah Craig
Personal Essays and Short Stories: With an Introduction Exploring the Difference Between the Two Genres, Price T. Flanagan
A Postmodern Reading of the Liggett & Myers Settlement: Finding the Unique Past the Modern Corporate Identity Model, Curt Gilstrap
You Can Go Home, But Only to Visit: Nostalgia and the Personal Essay, Jack Andrew Gilstrap
Crossing the Chasm: a Qualitative Analysis of Cross-Sex Friendship, Carla S. Kissee
Establishing Technical Writers As Communication Advisors: An Evaluation Of Internal Communications Using Audience Analysis For Cox Health Systems Of Springfield, Missouri, Lynn Michele Lansdown
The National Organization For Women: Building Community in the Face of Diversity, Bethany Ann Maben
Fears and Reflections: Discovering Yourself Through the Personal Essay, Elizabeth Ann Mitchell
