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Theses/Dissertations from 1997

Is There Really a Fine Line Between Sexual Harassment and Flirtation?: an Exploratory Study, Jill M. Ratermann

Carnisaurs and Capital: Assertion and Preservation of Hegemony in the Novels of Michael Crichton, William Christopher Sewell

The Serpent of Friendship, James Louis Waigand

Theses/Dissertations from 1996

The Comical History of Don Quixote, Part 1: a Critical Edition, Nancy Mohrlock Bunker

Our Father Who Art in Heaven: an Exploration of Prayer Using Grounded Theory, Kelly L. Dobbs

The Interaction and Impact on Revision of Peer and Teacher Feedback in an Esl Classroom, Mark Richard Frank

Brutus' Ignoble Mind: a Cognitive Approach to the Tragedy of Julius Caesar, David A. Gann

Hakuna Matata! Do Gender Roles Really Matter?: a Feminist Rhetorical Analysis of Walt Disney Cartoons, Jan M. Hovden

The Goddess and Guinevere, Paula Jarrett

Superior-Subordinate Relationships: Communication Style, Leader-Member Exchange Status, and Communication Satisfaction, Catherine Anne Novacek

The Philosophy Of Aesthetic Bliss: A Marxist Reading Of Nabakov's Lolita, Dustin Coppock Pascoe

Beyond the Influences of Television: the New World of Home Video Games, Tamyra A. Plank

The Communication of Conversion and the Christian Patriot Movement: Proselytization Within the Far Right, Terry Robertson

Turnkey, Bruce Daiquiri Temen

Theses/Dissertations from 1995

Compliance-Gaining in Multicultural Groups: an Exploratory Study, Shannah R. Alloway

Communication Processes of Dual-Career Couples in the Transition to Parenthood, Melinda E. Arnold

Home Alone: Home-Based Business People and Their Communication Needs, Jeanne A. Austin

Changing the Paradigm: a Theory of Human Development Based on the Emergence of Nonduality, David A. Cook

Talk Show Viewing Motives: an Exploratory Perspective, Stacy L. Cress

The Whole Blown Universe, Kenneth Michael Gillam

Employing the English Major, Mitzi Lynn Harris

The Human-Canine Bond: Differential Effects of Pet Presence on Family Communication, Jennifer Sak Jackson

Good Sentences And Well Pronounc'd: Female Rhetoric In The Merchant Of Venice And The Proclamation Of 1579., Rebecca Ann Lape

Archetypes, Rhetoric, and the American Reader: Explaining the Success of Susanna Rowson's Charlotte Temple, Sally Ann Lemons

The Stories Ministers Tell: an Analysis of Stories Communicated in the Assemblies of God Organization, Scott Lee Ping

Essays in the History of the Masque: Essence and Echoes, Jane Ellen Robison

Arab in Texas: a Creative Project on Intercultural Communication, Kamal Yousef Saieh

The Relationship Between Superintendents and Boards of Education: the Effect of Communicator Style, S. Angie Smith

The Sleeper Effect: an Alternative Direction For Investigation, Patrick Kevin Wilds

The School On Cemetery Road, Sharon Williams

Theses/Dissertations from 1994

Light In Rivers, Kathryn Buckstaff

Individuation in Text and Life: a Jungian Interpretation of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Matilda, Laura Ann Cuebas

Self-Structure and the Rhetorics of Social Discourse in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Brett Patrick Desnoyer

Bill Hybels and the Willow Creek Community Church: a Study in Audience Analysis and Adaptation, Gregory B. Hafer

The Representation of Natives in Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Mekonnen Haile

Communication Apprehension and Organizational Effectiveness in a Customer Service Environment, Lynn Marie Harter

Elizabeth Inchbald's Role in Eighteenth-Century Dialogic: the Complex of Utterances in I'Ll Tell You What! and Everyone Has His Fault, Lora D. Head

The Biography of Dr. Terry Winkler, Suzanne Buffington Lennard

Rhetorical Perspectivism: an Epistemologically Meaningful Response to Incommensurability, Brett A. Miller

Beyond Jungle Fever: an Exploratory Study of Interracial Couples' Communication Patterns, Jean Michelle Rebollo

Theses/Dissertations from 1993

Analyzing Political Party Affiliation Versus Issue Orientation and Investigating Correlates of Party Affiliation, Stephen Wayne Braden

A Feminist-Psychoanalysis of Measure For Measure's Isabella and Hamlet's Title Character: Their Nontraditional Travels Between Stoicism and Skepticism, Terry L. Brown

Turning the Cylinder, Terry Louis Compton

The Evolving American Landscape in Edgar Lee Masters's [Sic] Spoon River Anthology, Lea Ann Flanagan

Into the Fold, C. Joy Grogan

Critical Symmetry: William Blake's Influence on the Critical Theories of Northrop Frye, Dean A. Hinnen

Where the Girls Aren't: Television Influence on Gender Role Schemata, Joanne M. Lisosky

An Investigation of Original Research on Argument Field Theory, B. Scott Titsworth

Social Interaction and Perceived Racism on Collegiate Football Teams, Kelli R. Toops

Theses/Dissertations from 1992

The Use of Non-Verbals in Print Advertising: a Comparative Study Across Ten Publication Years, Jenni D. Borsellino

Spalding Gray's Life As Art Story: Toward A Critical Perspective Of The Autoperformance, Karen Colton

Understanding the Communication of the Homeless: Meanings and Account Analysis of Life on the "Monkey Trail", David Scott Haedike

Family Communication of Social Support During Health-Related Crises: a Hispanic Perspective, Kimberly A. Kennedy

An Examination of the Knowledge and Perceptions Toward Communication Graduates With an Emphasis in Organizational Communication, Timothy L. Lorraine

The Healer: a Fantasy Novel, Ronda L. Peck

Emily Dickinson's Typic Mother From Personal Relationship To Spiritual Metaphor, Barbara Radford-Kapp

Through the Gnostic Threshold: Analogical Space in Swedenborg and Blake, Andrew William Smith

Over the Thrill Or Raging Against Aging: Persuasive Appeals in Advertising Messages Targeted to the Baby-Boom Generation, Sue Ellen Templeman

On Little Cat Feet, Kyle Tucker

Theses/Dissertations from 1991

Charles Brockden Brown: a Redefinition of the Gothic Novel, Janice Ann Broyles

James and Jude: a Rhetorical Dramatistic and Metaphoric Analysis, Jimmy R. Coleman

Perceptions of Self-Disclosure and Family Communication: a Study of Gay Parents and Their Children, Deborah L. Larson

We Are the World: an Exploratory Study of Communication in Families Who Adopt Cross Culturally, Lynn K. McClintock-Borich

The Relationship of Writing Preference and Personality Type, Michele L. Radio

Malory's Lancelot: the Conflicts of Chivalry Based on a Source Study of Malory's Morte D'Arthur, Jane L. Renner

One Hundred Jests of Afanti, Zongqi Yu

Theses/Dissertations from 1990

Communication Behavior and Marital Satisfaction Among Newlywed Couples, Rebecca Sue Anderson

Quality Circles and the Communication Satisfaction of Participants, Thomas Ward Lynch

Student Retention and Student Perceived Effectiveness Resulting From Electronically Mediated Versus Non-Electronically Mediated Teaching Strategies in the College Classroom, Timothy L. Noland

An Examination of Junior High and Middle School Speech Education Programs in the United States, Jay Stubbs

Perceived Effectiveness of Teaching Techniques in the Basic Interpersonal Communication Course: a Comparison Between the Traditional and Nontraditional Student, Regina Waters

Theses/Dissertations from 1989

Media Images of Sub-Saharan African Countries on the Three U.S. Television News Networks (Abc, Cbs, and Nbc) From January 1980 to September 1988: a Content Analysis, Callistus C. Anyaeto

Mary, Don't You Weep Martha, Don't You Moan: A Collection Of Three Short Stories, Mary DeCarlo Faucett

47 Via Ricasoli, Florence, an English Translation of the Novel By Thierry Laget, Janet Smith Furr

Communication Factors and Associates' Longevity Among Assemblies of God Ministers, Robert Joseph Lecocq

An Analysis of the Use of the Electronic Media For Christian Evangelism: a Case Study of the Assemblies of God, Robert Philip McGlasson

Producing and Viewer-Testing a Non-Broadcast Video Production: Stewardship Beyond a Lifetime, Donald E. Piper

Theses/Dissertations from 1988

A Study to Test Visualization as an Effective Classroom Method For Reducing Communication Apprehension of High School Students, Russell Ernest Brock

A Profile of Selected Lay Representatives Who Perform Public Relations Functions For a Missionary Organization, Edward William Brye

Association of Open Communication, Perceived Trust, and Relational Satisfaction Among Married Couples, Pamela Rochelle McWherter

Geeks & Fools, Jim McWilliams

Theses/Dissertations from 1987

An Operations Manual For the Audio, Video Editing Suite Located in Room 319, Craig Hall, Tony Edwin Bishop

An Application of Proactive Organizational Communication in Support of an Institutional Objective Regarding Student Retention At Southwest Missouri State University, Charles M. Busby

An Application of Proactive Organizational Communication in Support of an Institutional Objective: Increasing Enrollment At Springfield Catholic High School, Stephen D. Eiffert

Jim Jones: an Analysis of a Persuader, Richard William Stengel

Theses/Dissertations from 1986

Battle For the Bible: a Rhetorical Analysis of the Inerrancy Movement in the Southern Baptist Convention, 1979-1985, Michael Douglas Chute

The Lana Lawrence Story, Deborah Potenza

Theses/Dissertations from 1985

Survivors: a Collection of Stories, Gale E. Crain

Analysis of a Project Designed to Modernize the Communications Efficiency of the United Methodist Church, Clyde Frank Gilmore

Palimpsest, Pamela Dilmore Hadsall

Stop the Organization, I Want to Get On! an Introduction to Organizational Communication, Robert H. Morrow

High School Forensics Services and Recruitment: a Study of High School Faculty Opinion, Terry Lee West

Theses/Dissertations from 1984

Legend, and Other Stories, Craig D. Albin

A Rhetorical Evaluation of Claiborne Fox Jackson's Speeches on Slavery and States' Rights, 1847-1861, Joseph A. Igel

A Study of the Missouri Veterans Foundation and Their Attempt to Build the Missouri Unified Veterans Memorial, Patty Morris

Hunting: Creative Thesis, Larry D. Parker

A Creative Project of a Video Production of an Annual Report, Kevin Edward Randall

Theses/Dissertations from 1981

A Statistical Analysis of the Impact of Cable Television on the Use of Competing Media, Paul Muir Gaither

Theses/Dissertations from 1980

An Empirical Assessment of the Relative Need For a Reformulation of Intercollegiate Debate Coaching Objectives, Frank J. Macke

Huck Finn's Literary Dialect, Ann C. Reed