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Ph.D. Graduates, Dissertation Titles, and Current Positions

 
Graduate
Dissertation Title
Advisor
Current Position
Allyson Adrian "Fuzzy Models of the Relationships among Communication Satisfaction Factors and Organizational Commitment in Three Australian Organizations," 1997 R.L. Falcione Adjunct Assistant Professor, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Marin Allen "The Guest-Host Archetype as a Rhetorical Constraint on the Modern American Presidency," 1985 K.H. Jamieson Chief, Office of Health Communication and Public Liaison, Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Jeanine Barr "Perceived and Received Support in a Therapeutic Situation," 1994 V.S. Freimuth Deceased
David S. Birdsell "A Coordinated Approach to the Master Tropes," 1986 K.H. Jamieson Professor and Executive Director of Academic Programs, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College, City University of New York
Walton Bishop "Cognitive Cybernetics and Human Communication: The Regulatory Effects of Prior Knowledge," 1990 E.L. Fink Deceased
Jason Black "Jacksonian Rhetoric, American Nationalism, andthe Construction of American Indian Identity" S.J. Parry-Giles University of Alabama University
Diane Blair "Performing the First Lady: The Rhetoric of Eleanor Roosevelt, 1933-1945," 2000 S.J. Parry-Giles/M.M. Watson Associate Professor, Department of Communication, California State University, Fresno, CA
Shannon Bowen "A Theory of Ethical Issues Management: Contributions of Deontology to Public Relations Ethics and Decision Making," 2000 L.A. Grunig Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, University of Maryland
Gwen Brown "Transformation of Identity in Presidential Inaugural Addresses," 1985 A.D. Wolvin Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Radford University, Radford, VA
Daniel O. Buehler "Ideograph and Controversy: A Rhetorical History on the Negotiation of the National Park Concept," 1999 M.M. Watson Social Studies Coordinator, Sky Vista Middle School; Honorarium Faculty Member, University of Colorado, Denver
Brenda Burchett "Transforming Eva Perón, from Eva Maria Ibarguren to Santa Evita: A Burkean Perspective," 1985 A.D. Wolvin Unknown
Lisa Burns "First Ladies as Political Women: Press Framing of Presidential Wives, 1900-2001," 2004 S.J. Parry-Giles Assistant Professor, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT
Cecilia Cabanero-Verzosa "Determinants of Behavioral Intention in Developing Country Organizations," 2002 D.A. Cai Senior Development Communication and Capacity-building Officer, World Bank
Shih-Shin Chen "A Convergence Model of Communication and Organizational Climate: A Galileo Study," 1993 E.L. Fink Associate Professor, Department of Health Care Management at National Taipei College of Nursing; Senior Partner, Galileo International Consultant
Yi-Ru Regina Chen "Effective Government Affairs in an Era of Marketization: Issues Management, Business Lobbying, and the Management of Government Relations in China" L.A. Grunig Assistant Professor, University of Macao
Sungeun Chung "The Cognitive Dynamics of Beliefs: The Role of Discrepancy, Credibility, and Involvement on Microprocesses of Judgment," 2004 E.L. Fink Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Maryland
Maura Clancey "The Political Knowledge, Participation, and Opinions of C-Span Viewers: An Exploratory Assessment of Mass Media Impact," 1990 K.H. Jamieson Director of Client Services, Statistical Research, Inc., Westfield, NJ
Nathaniel I. Cordova "Turning Political: Constituting the Puerto Rican Jibaro as a Political Actor, 1938-1940," 2002 J.F. Klumpp Assistant Professor, Willamette University, Salem, OR
Diana Corley "The Relationship of Channel and Message to Concepts in Multidimensional Space," 1986 A.D. Wolvin Adjunct Professor, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO
Theresa Croy "Cultural Memory and the Responseds to the Town Hall Meeting in the 1992 Presidential Debates," 1999 J.F. Klumpp Colorado School Liaison, SchoolStart, Ft. Collins, CO
Kevin Dean "A Rhetorical Biography of Jonathan Edwards: Beyond the Fiery Pits of Hell," 1989 J.F. Klumpp Professor, Department of Communication Studies, West Chester University, West Chester, PA
Madeline Derbyshire "Living, Energetic Beings': The Rhetorical Constitution of Woman's Rights Advocates," 1997 M.M. Watson Associate Professor & Chair, Department of Communication Studies, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
Jean DeWitt "A Description of Functionally Based English as a Second Language Textbooks: Speech Act, Speech Event, and Speech Situation," 1987 V.S. Freimuth Associate Professor, Department of Arts and Humanities, University of Houston-Downtown Center, TX
Leslie Dinauer "Attitude and Belief Change in Explicit and Implicit Concept Hierarchies: A Comparison of Two Models of Inter-Attitudinal Structure," 2003 E.L. Fink Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Maryland University College
Wendy Zababa Ford "Analysis of the Cashier-Customer Interaction, Predictors and Outcomes: Evaluation of Alternative Structural Equation Models," 1992 R.L. Falcione Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Walter Gerson "An Historical Analysis of a Social Marketing Program: The Communications in the Adoption of Seat Belt Usage Law," 1987 V.S. Freimuth Adjunct Professor, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA
Lisa Gring-Pemble "Constructing Welfare as We Know It: A Rhetorical Analysis of the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act," 2000 S.J. Parry-Giles/M.M. Watson Associate Professor, New Century College, George Mason University, VA
Linda Hagan "Strategic Public Relations, Relationships, and Reputation: A Case Study of the Audi 5000 Safety Recall in the United States," 2003 L.A. Grunig Visiting Assistant Professor, Michigan State University
Sharon Hammond "Issue Involvement and the Elaboration Likelihood Model: A Field Experiment Using Environmental Risk Messages," 1990 E.L. Fink/V.S. Freimuth Retired
Amy Heyse "Teachers of the Lost Cause: The United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Rhetoric of Their Catechisms" J.F. Klumpp Assistant Professor, California State University, Long Beach
Lucy Lind Hogan "The Overthrow of the Monopoly of the Pulpit: A Longitudinal Case Study of the Cultural Conversation Advocating the Preaching and Ordination of Women in American Methodism 1859-1924," 1995 M.M. Watson Professor, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DC
Chun-ju Flora Hung "The Interplays of Relationship Types, Relationship Cultivation, and Relationship Outcomes: How Multinational and Taiwanese Companies Practice Public Relations and Organization Public Relationship Management in China," 2002 J.E. Grunig Assistant Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University
Susan McGreevey Hubbard "Cognitive Oscillation During the Social Inference Process: The Roles of Cognition and Motivation," 1996 E.L. Fink Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Maryland
Kathy Jankowski "The Battle of Ideologies: A Struggle for Ownership in the Deaf Community," 1992 J.F. Klumpp Dean, Clerc Center, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC
Laura Janusik "Researching Listening from the Inside Out: The Relationship between Conversational Listening Span and Perceived Communicative Competence," 2004 A.D. Wolvin Assistant Professor, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO
Anna Karavanov "Social Factors Affecting Entrapment Bias: Face Concerns and Personal Networks D.A. Cai AJR, Inc.
Camilla Kari "Rhetorical Trajectory: The Emerging Public Nature of the Joint Pastoral Letters of the American Catholic Bishops, " 2002 R.N. Gaines Assistant Professor, Penn State University at Schuylkill
Jeong-Nam Kim "Communicant Activeness, Cognitive Entrepreneurship, and a Situational Theory of Problem Solving" J.E. Grunig Assistant Professor, Department of Communication & Arts, Xavier University
James J. Kimble "Mobilizing the Home Front: War Bonds, Morale, and the U.S. Treasury's Domestic Propaganda Campaigh, 1942-1945." 2001 S.J. Parry-Giles Assistant Professor, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ
Cynthia P. King "History Writing as Social Resistance in the Rhetoric of Nineteenth Century African Americans: Arguments and Depictions in the Historical Narratives of William Wells Brown, and George Washington Williams," 2002 R.N. Gaines Assistant Professor, American University, Washington, DC
E. Joseph Lamp "Predicting Levels of Satisfaction as a Consequence of Innovation Adoption," 1985 V.S. Freimuth Professor, Department of Communications, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD
Richard Leeman "The Rhetoric of Counter-Terrorism: A Strategy of Response," 1990 J.F. Klumpp Professor and Chair, Department of Communication Studies, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Shuming Lu "Intercultural Small Talk: An Ethnographic Analysis of Interactions among Chinese and Americans," 1997 R.N. Gaines Associate Professor, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY
Anders R. Lunt "The Reinvention of Preaching: A Study of Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century English Preaching Theories," 1998 R.N. Gaines Senior Pastor, Glen Mar United Methodist Church, Ellicott City, MD
John McGrath "Situational Theory and the Formation of Publics as an Effect of Health Communication Campaigns: An Exploratory Study," 1999 J.E. Grunig Branch Chief,
Public Information & Communications Branch,
Office of Science Policy, Analysis & Communication,
National Institute of Child Health & Human Development,
National Institutes of Health
Shirley W. Maase "Multidimensional Scaling Applied to the Cognitive Response to Humor," 1986 E.L. Fink Professor of Speech, Chesapeake College
Noemi Marin "Rhetorical Readins on Exile and Identity in Eastern and Central Europe: Konrad, Codrescu, and Drakulic." 1999 J.F. Klumpp Assistant Professor, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida
Theresa Marron-Grodsky "The Euclidean Character of Cognitive Space," 1985 E.L. Fink Associate Chair, General Management, and Program Director, Marketing Management, and Associate Professor, University of Maryland University College, Graduate School of Management and Technology, College Park, MD
Holly A. Massett "The Effects of Culture and Other-Orientation on Personal Communication
Networks and Behavioral Intentions: A Comparison Between the United States and Mexico," 1999
E.L. Fink Chief, Operations Research Office, National Cancer Institute, NIH
Jean Miller "The Melting Pot Metaphor: Immigration and Identity in Early Twentieth Century American Discourse." 2000 J.F. Klumpp Assistant Professor, George Washington University, Washington, DC
Lan Ni "Exploring the Value of Public Relations in Strategy Implementation: Employee Relations in the Globalization Process" J.E. Grunig Assistant Professor, University of Houston
Lisa Anne Perry "Legal Rhetoric Books in England, 1600-1700," 1998 R.N. Gaines Legal Consultant, Raleigh, NC
John Patrick Philbin, II "Strategic Decision-Making, Group Behavior, and Public Relations Strategies," 2005 J.E.Grunig Anteon Company, Fairfax, VA
Joseph David Pincus "The Impact of Communication Satisfaction on Job Satisfaction and Job Performance: A Field Study of Hospital Nurses," 1984 R.L. Falcione Adjunct Research Professor, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Yunna Rhee "Confucian Culture and Excellent Public Relations: A Study of Generic Principles and Specific Applications in South Korean Public Relations Practice," 2004 J.E. Grunig Assistant Professor, California State University-Sacramento
Leah E. Ritchie "Supporting Organizational Learning Through Communication Behaviors: The Effects of Superior/Subordinate Communication Satisfaction and Organizational Defensive Routines on Perceived Support for Double-Loop Learning," 1999 D.A. Cai Assistant Professor, Salem State College, Salem, MA
Joseph Ross "Child's Play: An Investigation of Father to Son Messages and the World of Youth Athletics," 1997 A.D. Wolvin Lecturer and the Director of the Program in Organizational
Leadership & Communication, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Kitty Saylor "Understanding the Nature of High-Risk Organizations: Application of a Qualitative Model of Organizational Structure, Technology, and Environment," 1992 R.L. Falcione Unknown
Gary S. Selby "Apocalyptic and Rhetoric in the Epistles of the New Testament," 1996 R.N. Gaines Associate Professor, George Washington University, Washington, DC
Shelly Stein "Uncovering Listening Strategies: Protocol Analysis as a Means to Investigate Student Listening in the Basic Communication Course," 1999 A.D. Wolvin Adjunct Faculty Member, University of Maryland-University College
Paul B. Stewart "Early American Petitioning (1789-1828), Public Life and the Public Sphere," 2001 J.F. Klumpp Assistant Professor, Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, NY
Robert Sullivan "Isocrates and the Forms of Rhetorical Discourse," 2001 R.N. Gaines Assistant Professor, Ithaca College, NY
Minjung Sung "Toward a Model of Strategic Management of Public Relations: Scenario Building from a Public Relations Perspective," 2004 L.A. Grunig Assistant Professor, Baruch College, CUNY, New York, NY
Brecken Swartz "Media Flavor: A Grounded Analysis of Communication Values Across Cultures" D.A. Cai Handreach Organization
Mary Anne Trasciatti "Arguing Americanization: The Rhetoric of Native-Born Americans and Italian Immigrants, 1990-1930", 1999 E.L. Fink/M.M. Watson Associate Professor, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
Leah Simone Tuite "Public Relations in a Jolted Political Environment: An Exploratory Study of Boundary-Spanning Government Relations Professionals in Maryland" L.A. Grunig Adjunct Professor, UMUC & Marist College
Mary Lynn Umberger "The Buffalo Commons: An Ethnographic Case Study of Proposed Change." 1999 J.F. Klumpp Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, NE
Mei-Ling Wang "The Cognitive Effects of Stereotype Modification," 1993 E.L. Fink Associate Professor, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Carol K. Winkler "Argumentative Topoi in Presidential Responses to Hostage Situations: Truman to Reagan," 1987 K.H. Jamieson Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Communication, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

 

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