Theses from 2024
From Screen to Classroom: The Role of Televised Narratives in Enhancing Educational Belongingness for Black American Students, Feyi Oshinyemi
Theses from 2023
U.S Fans’ Identification with La Liga Teams, Pilar Barrio Sánchez
Distinctly Average: Analysis of the Musician Celebrity's Persona Shift, Cole J. Belcher
A Non-Profit as a Branded House: Douglas-Hart Nature Center and Foundation Branding Alignment, Skylar Fushi
The Toolkit for Social Support and Social Anxiety: S*A*S*S*, Cynthia E. Kmety
Personal Branding, Reality Television, and Social Media: How Former Big Brother Contestants Create, Maintain, and Alter Their Public Image, Justin L. Richards
Theses from 2022
Q/A: A Semiotic Deconstruction of Narrative Transportation on Episodic Television, Josh Grube
More Than Just Sticks and Stones: Effects of Interpersonal Interactions on Liminality and The Negotiation of Identity, Conlon Muhr
Theses from 2021
Faith Down the Rabbit Hole: A Critical Rhetorical Interrogation of Q-Anon and Parasitic Christianity, Nate Carlson
Branding Small Businesses in Small Communities, Lacey Jenkins
Theses from 2020
Representations of Africa in US Media: A Semiotic Analysis of Ebola: The Doctor’s Story and Body Team 12, Olubusola Akinpelu
Using Sport Identification & Rhetorical Strategy: Evaluating an NCAA D1 Collegiate Football Team’s Social Media Presence, Maria Baldwin
Boutique Branding: Televisually Signifying the Feminine Business-Owner, Payton Blakney
Narrativizing the Holidays: Event Branding through Commodity Narrative Campaigns, Peighton Hinote
Creative Thesis Project: Handbook for Developing Trust with Gender and Sexual Minority Students in a Campus Health Care Clinic, Anne E. Pettit
Theses from 2019
A Journey of Cross-Cultural Adaptation: An Autoethnography of a Vietnamese Graduate Student in The American Classroom, Tram Nguyen
"Mystery Meat" and "Bulldyke": Disciplining Gender and Silencing Women Sports Reporters on Reddit, Kayla J. Peterson
Obtaining and Retaining Engagement in Nonprofit Organizations, Sierra Price
Using Digital Storytelling to Create Intercultural Awareness at Eastern Illinois University, Toluwalase Solomon
(Dis)Respect in the Classroom: A Gendered Perspective of Academia, Abriana Nichole Vesconte
Theses from 2018
Re-Presenting Black People Through OTT Television, Bradley C. Chatman
Promoting a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Changes in Promotional Strategies Seen in Star Wars Marketing Campaigns, Michael Fenton
Building a Blog/Building a Brand: Public Relations Campaign for "Goodwill Hunting" Fashion Blog, Yanik Gene Flowers
Student-Instructor Negotiations of Vulnerability in Higher Education, Kelli A. Halfman
Race, Identity, and Communication: Experiences of College Students from Underrepresented Groups, Raya D. Petty
Only in It for the News: Satire Television Pilot Critiquing the Structure of Television News, Dakota Pruemer
A Guide to Patient-Provider Interactions in Women's Healthcare, Emma Welton
Theses from 2017
Service Standards in Higher Education: Lasswell's Communication Model as a Training Tool, Crystal R. Alston
New Year, New Look: Communicating an Organizational Identity for the EIU Women's Basketball Team, Nathan Bryant
Framing Gun Violence: Agenda-Setting on NBC's Meet the Press, Daniel A. Douglas
On Solid Ground I Stand: Narratives on Disclosure, Resilience, and Faith Amidst Recognition of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Wade Rhodes Dundee
Support for Friends and Family Members of Incarcerated Individuals, Brandon M. Goodman
Steven Avery, A Case Study: Making a Murderer or Making an Identity, Allison Grussing
"My Tattoos Make Me, Me": Constructing Personal Identities through Tattoos, Ryan Howard
A Long Strange Trip through the Evolution of Fan Production, Fan-Branding, and Historical Representation in the Grateful Dead Online Archive, Anna Richardson
Of Music and Media: A Producer Study of Promotional Encoding on Social Media Through the Lenses of Paratext and Medium Theory, Connor D. Wilcox
Theses from 2016
Shame on You: An Analysis of Guilt-Based Advertising Strategies Directed at Parents, Jamie M. Alexander
Relationally Managing Weight Loss, Clinton L. Brown
Culture for Sale: The Appropriation of Japanese Style Tattoos through Transculturation, Evan Lohmann
Dairy, Democracy, & PR: A Political Economic Analysis of Associated Milk Producers, Inc. 1988-1989, Anna L. Percival
What's Their Expiration Date? Age Discrimination in the Workplace, Bianca L. Tomlin
Theses from 2015
Whose Beer Is It, Anyway?: An Examination of the Constraints of Organizational Legitimacy with the Craft Beer Industry, Audra E. Clodfelter
Breaking the Chains of Trafficking: An Educational Program, Amanda K. Feder
Branding a Cohesive Identity: The Case of Northern Illinois Alliance, Ashley Gocken
Barriers to Communicating Sexual Orientation Identity at Work, Marissa A. Guenzi
"I'm Very Much Myself": The Construction and Communication of ASMRtist Identities, Victoria S. Weinberg
Stepping out from the Crowd: (Re)branding Jamaica's Tourism Product through Sports and Culture, Thelca Patrice White
Theses from 2014
Sexual and Political Affairs: Representation of Women in American News Media, Melissa Beal
At the Intersections of Dialogue, Social Media, and Crisis Communication: A Case Study of Consolidated Edison's Communicative Response to Superstorm Sandy, Nathan Furstenau
Building and Maintaining Legitimacy Online: UNICEF's Use of Facebook, John Kraps
"They Want All of Your Kids to be Gay and Oppose God": Incivility and Othering in Yahoo! News Comments, Emily Vajjala
Theses from 2013
"A Few Smooth Moves": Phi Rho Eta Fraternity Inc. National Branding Campaign, Shea E. Brunson
The Construction of Spiritual Identity: CMM and Conversion to Catholicism, Stephanie Gruner
Those Who Slay Together, Stay Together: A Thematic Analysis of Concert Fan Narratives and the I-57 Youth Punk Music Scene, Michael James Janowski
"Single Girl Summer" Enterprise: Building a Successful Brand Using Social Media as a Branding Tool, Rashida Lyles-Cowan
The Inmate Code: The Stories Lived and the Stories Told of Men Behind Bars, Pauline Matthey
Video Game Cultivation: Sowing the Seeds of Consumer Behavior, Jonathan K. Mattson
Coordination and Symbolic Convergence at the CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center, Jessica McDonald
A Soldier's Home, Andrew O. McLaughlin
Organizational Identity as a Promotional Tool: The Case of the Panther Paw, Samantha L. Neal
A Strategic Communication Campaign to Build Effective Relationships, Lauren Kluge Padillo
Corporate Social Responsibility and Team Identification in Professional Sports, Lisa Schleef
Pygmalion Music Festival as Alternative Media? A Critical Analysis of the Intersection of Independence and Corporatization, Patrick R. Singer
Theses from 2012
Dynamic Crisis Modifiers: BP's Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Catherine G. Bocke
Hegemonic Peter?: A Critical Analysis of Hegemonic Masculinity in Family Guy, Justin Danowski
A plaguing militainment: Ideology, metaphor, and interpellation in THQ's "Homefront", Brendan G.A. Hughes
Spaces of marginalization [equal] margins of resistance : Congolese women's testimonies facilitate rhetorical agency, Saunnie E. Knotts
Spaces of marginalization [equal] margins of resistance: Congolese women's testimonies facilitate rhetorical agency, Saunnie Elizabeth Knotts
International image repair: Integrating culture into image repair discourse, Nicole Mangiaracina
Theses from 2011
The graying of Facebook: Emerging adults and their parents as Facebook friends (FBF), Jodi M. Jackson
Constitutive walls: The U.S.-Mexico border fence and constructing identity, Mary Katherine Klipp
Romantic conflict: A problematic integration, Alyssa Obradovich
Theses from 2010
Halfway around the world in 33 days: The creation of short videos, Tasha Brown
Harnessing the power of social media: Understanding the use of social media for crisis communication, Amanda Fountain
Hidden in plain sight: An examination of entertainment-education, Kendra M. McClure
Ready, set, GROW! Planting the seeds for a targeted networking approach for rural businesses in Clark County, Illinois, Nora L. Swalls
Ready, set, grow!: Planting the seeds for a targeted networking approach for rural businesses in Clark County, Illinois, Nora L. Swalls
Keeping myself morally straight: A rhetorical critique of the Boy Scouts of America, Zachary Matthew Thuring
Bridging the digital divide: Framing whiteness, Martha L. Wilkinson
Theses from 2009
Taking out the trash: Critiquing the equipment for living of white trash films, Tasha Rose Dunn
You've come a long way, baby?: A feminist rhetorical analysis of More magazine, Therese Supple Kincade
"Remodeling" the Hadwiger Communication Laboratory: The lab manager manual and lab assistant training program, Ramey Strong
Silencing and assaulting the feminine: An analysis of institutions that perpetuate a rape-supportive culture, Melissa Territo
Theses from 2008
Collectively we unite on Facebook: A case study of Egypt's collective action on Facebook toward social change, Basma Botros
Stepping outside the sacred circle: Narratives of violence and disempowerment of the contemporary Indian woman, Koeli M. Goel
The making of a middlerace: The social politics surrounding Black-White interracial marriages and Black White biracial identity, Yoftahe K. Manna
Discussing The Argumentativeness Scale, Jacob A. Sweet
Theses from 2007
Communication and authenticity: Transformations of the self in the digital age, John Dowd
Coming out in the workplace: Stigma and boundary management for homosexual men, Eric A. Evans
Fathers' and young sons' everyday talk: A conversation analytic study of topic initiation and development, Stacia Jayne Ozier
Theses from 2006
Cinematic scripture: The structure and usage of The lord of the rings as equipment for living, Brent Yergensen
Theses from 2005
Teens Talk with Parents about Sex, Alcohol, Drugs, and Suicide... Or Do They? Vol. 1, Vanessa Sneed
Teens Talk with Parents about Sex, Alcohol, Drugs, and Suicide... Or Do They? Vol. 2, Vanessa Sneed
Teens Talk with Parents about Sex, Alcohol, Drugs, and Suicide... Or Do They? Vol. 3, Vanessa Sneed
Theses from 2004
Subsemy: Using Subversion to Create Multiple Meanings in Rhetorical Texts, Kane Madison Click
Sibling Interaction: Sisters' Use of Advice Episodes in the Construction of Relational Identities, Melissa R. Gornick
