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Graduate Advising
As major professor
Dawn Berry (M.A., Communication, projected graduation in 2016). Spreadable media.
Emily Bublitz (M.S., Communication, projected graduation in 2016). Instructor immediacy in interactions with students.
Kyle Vareberg (M.A., Communication, projected graduation in 2016). Teachers’ perceptions of instructional technology in rural school contexts.
Justin Motto (Ph.D., Communication, projected graduation in 2016). Sexual identity in mediated spaces.
Kayley Erlandson (M.A., Communication, 2014). Adults’ Perceptions of Their Childhood Media Role Models.
Emily Plummer (M.A., Communication, 2014). Are Values Void in American Public High School?
Christopher Mattix (M.A., Communication, 2011). Branding, Communication, and Millennials: A Look at the Communication Habits of the Largest Generation in History.
Amber Rasche (M.A., Communication, 2011). Self-Perceived Effects of Internet Pornography Consumption Among Female College Students.
As examining committee member
Whitney Anderson (Ph.D., Communication, projected graduation in 2016). Communication in in-law relationships.
Renee Bourdeaux (Ph.D., Communication, projected graduation in 2016). Communication in married relationships.
Brianne Carlsrud (M.A., Communication, projected graduation in 2016). Organizational assimilation and identification.
Kelli Chromey (Ph.D., Communication, projected graduation in 2017). Imposter syndrome.
Jennifer Hanson (M.S., Communication, projected graduation in 2016). Phatic communication use in employment interviews: Liking, intimacy, and communication satisfaction.
Jillene Krause (Ph.D., Communication, projected graduation in 2016). Sexual harassment and radio station culture.
Bethany Lutovsky (M.A., Communication, projected graduation in 2016). Social Media Norms in Romantic Relationships.
Jacqueline Pleggenkuhle (M.A., projected graduation in 2016). Risk Communication.
Katherine Ralstad (M.A., projected graduation in 2016). Relational Aggression.
Dina Zavala-Petherbridge (Ph.D., Education, projected graduation in 2016). Third World Feminist Movements in Rural Honduras: A Testimonio on the Process of Conscientization and Self-Directed Learning.
Noor Ghazal Aswad (M.A., Communication, 2015). Climate Change Communication.
Tara Freed (M.A., Communication, 2013). Adapt or Perish: How Long-term Unemployment Impacts Vocational Socialization and Professional Identification.
Jessica Rick (M.A., Communication, 2013). Once a Member, Always a Member: Identification Inducement Messages in National Sorority Magazines.
Ruoxu Wang (M.S., Communication, 2013). Connecting with Instructors on Facebook: Why and Why Not?
Sarah Adams (M.A., Communication, 2012). Hell Hath No Fury Like a Scorned Soap Fan: A Case Study of Soap Opera Fan Activism.
Nigel Haarstad (M.A., Communication, 2012). The Perception of Risk Messages through Facebook during Severe Weather Events.
Kai Janovsky Western (Ph.D., Communication, 2012). Are You Buying What They’re Selling?: Ethnographically Exploring Organizational Identification Through Employee’s Everyday Talk.
Pamela Osterfeld (M.A., Communication, 2012). Rising Above Relational Aggression: A Research-Based Coaches’ Guide to Identifying and Coping with Relational Aggression.
Nathan Sand (M.A., Communication, 2012). Communication Accommodation in Context: An Analysis of Convergence and Divergence in Action.
Neil Schloesser (M.A., Communication, 2012). Growing Up Gay: The Experiences of Rural Youth in North Dakota and Minnesota.
Lindsay Bergenheier (M.S., Sociology, 2011). Downtown Fargo: Stakeholder Struggles and the Crisis of Identity.
Dennis Frohlich (M.S., Communication, 2011). Uses and Gratifications of Amputees’ Online Social Networks.
Jude Geiger (M.A., Communication, 2011). Presidential Rhetoric for Second Modernity: Three Cases from the Discourse of Barack Obama.
Angella Napakol (M.S., Communication, 2011). An Examination of the Coverage of HIV/AIDS in Uganda’s Top Newspapers.
Alicia Phillips (M.A., Communication, 2011). Purchasing For A Cause: Millennials’ Perceptions of the Cause-Related Marketing Campaigns of Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
Andrea Weber (M.S., Communication, 2011). A Content Analysis of Culture in Crisis Communication Research Methodologies.
Becky DeGreeff (Ph.D., Communication, 2010). An Exploration of Communication Influencing Role Perception and Stepfamily Identity of Stepgrandparents.
Ashley M. Fandrich (M.A., Communication, 2010). Powerful and Powerless Language in Health Media: An Examination of the Effects of Biological Sex and Topic Focus on Language Styles.
Laura Farrell (M.S., Communication, 2010). The Role of Cyber and Face-to-Face Verbal Bullying on Adolescent Victims.
Erienne Fawcett (M.A., Communication, 2010). Military Marriages: A Look at Dialectical Tensions, Deployment, and Military Life Through Navy Wives’ Eyes.
Whitney Frahm (M.A., Communication, 2010). Long-distance Romantic Relationships: Connections Among Conflict, Uncertainty, Maintenance, and Mediated Communication Use.
Najla Ghazi Amundson (Ph.D., Communication, 2010). Prophet vs. Profit: Perspective by Incongruity and Mary Kay Ash’s Corporate Religion.
Kathryn Hedberg (M.S., Communication, 2010). Corporate Communication on Facebook: A Multi-Method Approach to Corporate Use and Stakeholder Perceptions of Social Media.
Kara Smith (M.A, English, 2010). Enculturating Gender: Examining Bestselling Children’s Picture Books.
Kristina Wenzel (M.A., Communication, 2010). Learning the Ropes of Emotion Labor: How Are Certified Nursing Assistants Socialized to Manage Emotion?
Steven R. Hammer (M.A., Communication, 2009). Female Clergy: Voice and Agency Under “God the Father.”
Pamela Leino-Mills (M.A., Communication, 2009). Preventing and Managing Type II Diabetes in Midwest Native American Communities: Initial Exploration of Communication Strategies.
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