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Theses/Dissertations from 2025

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INFLUENCES OF THE WESTERN PRESS ON NEWS FRAMING OF GLOBAL EVENTS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: EXAMINING COVID-19 AND CLIMATE COVERAGE IN A BANGLADESHI NEWS ORGANIZATION, Arif Md Tareque Habib

Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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INTERSECTIONS OF HEALTH AND RELIGION: EXPERIENCES AND PERCEPTIONS OF MUSLIM REFUGEE WOMEN IN THE US REGARDING COMMUNICATION WITH HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, Sumaira Abrar

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Saved Babies, Dead Doctors: Settler Colonial Anxiety and Strategic Rhetorics of/in the Anti-Abortion Cultural Narrative, Cassidy Ellis

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Queer Crises: Movements from Queerness and Feelings of White Religion in the United States, Austin Williams Miller

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The Role of Social Media Activism in Achieving Good Water and Sanitation in Ghana, Inusah Mohammed

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THE INTERSECTION OF RACISM AND ABLEISM IN DISABILITY SUPPORT SERVICES, Carrie E. Mulderink

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News Media Framing of Disabilities in Ghana: Journalistic Practices Amidst Advocacy Calls for Change, Pamela Ofori Boateng

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SOCIALLY MEDIATED SELF-PRESENTATION, IMAGE-CONSTRUCTION, AND TWITTER: A MULTIMODAL ANALYSIS OF VICE PRESIDENTS ACROSS A CONTINENTAL DIVIDE, Nana Kwame Osei Fordjour

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CELEBRITY AFFECT, SOCIAL MEDIA FANDOM, AND PARASOCIAL INTERACTIONS: A THEMATIC ANALYSIS OF FAN REACTIONS TO KRIS WU’S SEXUAL SCANDALS IN CHINA, yan zhao

Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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HOW SOUTH ASIAN ACTIVISTS QUEER THE MODEL MINORITY MYTH: A CRITICAL ORAL HISTORY PROJECT, Noorie Baig

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THAT'S A WRAP: USING CULTURAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS TO EXPLICATE THE FILM PORTRAYAL OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ELDERLY PARENTS AND THEIR ADULT CHILD(REN) IN A CAREGIVING RELATIONSHIP, GERRI A. DURAN

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"SOMETIMES YOU JUST WANT TO BE ANOTHER PARENT AND ANOTHER KID AT THE PARTY": EXPLORING PARENTAL NARRATIVES SURROUNDING DISCLOSURE OF CHILD'S EPILEPSY, Lisa German

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(Un)Matched: Racialized Narratives of U.S.-Based Japanese Men, Masculinity, and Heterosexuality in Online Dating Apps, Keisuke Kimura

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Reimagining Rhetorical Ability: (Dis)Embodiments of Disabled Speakers in the StutterTalk Podcast and the 2020 Democratic National Convention, Katherine Mulle

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Un-Earthing popular climate narratives: maintenance and prophecy In Settler World, Hannah Oxford

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Coloniality and Paradoxes of Migrancy: Experiences of Nicaraguan Migrants in Costa Rica, Darcey Rydl

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MELANCOLÍA X A PROJECTION OF QUEER OF COLOR AMBIVALENCE IN THE 21ST CENTURY NEW MEXICO, Anthony Rosendo Zarinana

Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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Changing and Transitioning Name Narratives: The DE.E.P. Standpoints of Identities, Pauline C. Alvarez

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Sisters Supporting Sisters: Photovoice & Diabetes Discourse Among Church-Based Women in New Mexico, Nina Mock Cooper

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Effects of Message Frame and Cultural Orientations on COVID-19 Prevention Behaviors, Mika Hashimoto

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Women’s Resilience through Bullying Vernaculars: A Visual Vernacular Discourse Analysis, Karla Ibet Ochoa

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IINA DZIIL BE’AT’IIN (ON THE PATH OF A STRONG LIFE): DINE (NAVAJO) PERCEPTIONS OF SELF-CARE AND SOCIAL SUPPORT WITH DIABETES MANAGEMENT, Chenoa Bah Stilwell-Jensen

Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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“This is How You Navigate the World”: Impacts of Mormon Rhetoric on White Queer Members' Identity Performances, Ben Brandley

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Exploratory Study of Communication as a Psychosocial Factor Influencing Safer Sex Experiences Among Individuals Who Identify as Polyamorous, Cecilia Brooke Cholka

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Capitalizing on Language: The Political and Economic (Re)Circulation of a National Imaginary, Joseph L. Flores

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FARMERS’ PLACE-BASED DISCOURSE ABOUT WATER RELATIONS: WAYS OF KNOWING WATER AND MULTISPECIES SURVIVAL, Jeffrey Alan Hoffmann

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Political Use of Instagram: The Relationships Between Motivations, Frequent Use, Incidental News Exposure and Online Political Participation, Hyerin Kwon

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"Fat is a Queer Issue, Too": Complicating Queerness and Body Size in Women's Sexual Orientation and Identity, Hannah R. Long

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Painted Over in Brown: Border Art as Visual Discourse of Resistance, Nicole Rivera

Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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THE SWEET TALE: A PILOT STUDY OF AN INTERACTIVE NARRATIVE HEALTH COMMUNICATION INTERVENTION USING POSITIVE DEVIANCE TO HIGHLIGHT COMMUNICATIVE ACTS THAT LEAD TO EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF DIABETES AMONG HISPANICS, Claudia M. Boyd

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Framing of European Union borders in online news: Multimodal discourses of inclusion and exclusion, Ivana Cvetkovic

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RESISTING THE VICTIMIZATION: EXAMINING IDEOLOGICAL TENSIONS OF RACE, GENDER, SEXUALITY AND TRANSNATIONALITY AMONG FIRST-GENERATION CHINESE MIGRANT WOMEN IN U.S. ACADEMIA, Zhao Ding

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IT IS MORE THAN A GAME: AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF COMMUNICATION TREATMENT OF RESILIENCE AS A KEY ELEMENT OF BASKETBALL CULTURE, Matthew Charles Higgins

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"Is there really a way to prevent cancer?": Exploring cancer prevention information seeking among cancer patients and their caregivers, Kaitlin M. Magee

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SEX, LABOR, AND DIGITAL SPACES: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF GPGUIADELAS, A BRAZILIAN SEX WORKER TWITTER FEED, Ailesha L. Ringer

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Genetically Modified Salmon and the Future of Food: A Qualitative Content Analysis of Twitter, Margaret Markham Siebert

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A Cartography of Roots: An Exploration of plant communication, place, and story, Mariko Oyama Thomas

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“WHAT’S WITH WHAT’S HER NAME? SIRI, CALL SO AND SO… CAN’T YOU USE YOUR OWN HANDS!?” OLDER ADULT PERSPECTIVES ON THE ROLES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PLAY IN THEIR AGING EXPERIENCES, Andrew J. West

Theses/Dissertations from 2018

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A CHURCH’S APPROACH TO INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION ENCOUNTERS IN SHORT-TERM MISSIONS, Carolotta Anweiler

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Translating Global Nature: Territoriality, Environmental Discourses, and Ecocultural Identities, José R. Castro-Sotomayor

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REALIDADES CULTURALES DE ARGENTINA: DEMYSTIFYING (TRANS)NATIONAL IDEOLOGIES IN STUDY ABROAD CURRICULUM, Matthew Hoeg

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Negotiating Culture in Africa: A Critical Analysis of Organizational Discourse in Ghana, Eric Karikari

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS AGENCIES IN THE ERA OF GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS: CCTV’s CONTRA-FLOW AND THE FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE U.S. MEDIA’S SELECTION OF NEWS ABOUT CHINA, HUAN RAN

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(LIE)ALECTICS AND THE DISCURSIVE DEQUEERIFICATION OF POLITICAL SPACES BASED ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS: A CRITICAL RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF THE MORMON AND GAY WEBSITE, Myra N. Roberts

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KENYAN YOUTHS’ EXPERIENCES OF INTERCULTURAL CONFLICT: NEGOTIATING CONTEXT, INTERSECTIONALITIES, AND AGENCY, Lindsay Scott

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"Health is an Achoot Beat": Factors Influencing Pakistani Journalists' Coverage of Polio Vaccination, Sayyed Fawad Ali Shah

Theses/Dissertations from 2017

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Humanature Relations in Oman: Connections, Disconnections and Globalization, Maryam A. Alhinai

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Reproducing the Ghanaian/African Subject: Ideological Tensions and Queer Subjectivities in Postcolonial Ghana, Godfried A. Asante

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Common among wizards, popstars, and cowboys: Performance and participation in media fandom, Sebastiaan Gorissen

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“It is Non-Summit” and “It is Abnormal” Unpacking Whiteness: Critiquing racialized and gendered representations in Non-Summit (Bijeongsanghoedam)., Seonah Kim

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The Choose H2O Challenge #icH2Oose: Piloting a health communication campaign to encourage teens in rural New Mexico to drink more water, Emily A. Lilo

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"Juntas": A Narrative Analysis on Social Support among Hispanic/Latina Breast Cancer Survivors, Gabriela I. Morales

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Negotiating Identity, Home, and Belonging: Understanding the Experiences of African Women Refugees Resettled in the United States, Consolata Nthemba Mutua

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Elements Affecting Adoption and Implementation of Health Literacy Initiatives in Healthcare Organizations: A Qualitative Study, Audrey C. Riffenburgh

Theses/Dissertations from 2016

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FEMALE GENDER ROLE REPRESENTATION BETWEEN 1990 AND 2010 IN IMPORTED CHILDRENS CARTOONS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR CONSERVATIVE YEMENI CULTURE, Fatima Al-Hattami

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Hope as Reclaiming Narrative Agency: The Communication Processes Facilitating Hope at a Community-Based Support Program, Laura L. Burton

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Un/Desirable Subjects: South Asian Racialization in the Age of Terror, Santhosh Chandrashekar

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Cumulative Impact: Digital Ethnography of Environmental Activism in the Mountain View Community, Nina Cooper

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TRANS/FORMATIONS: A PHOTOVOICE ASSESSMENT OF TRANSGENDER PEOPLE’S WELLNESS, E. Ricky Hill

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Sex Ed to Go- An Analysis of Comprehensive Sexual Education Mobile Phone Applications, Kerstin M. Kalke

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User Experiences of Regret While Engaging with Social Media, Kimberly Oostman

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Ecocultural Adjustment: A Peace Corps Sojourn, Melissa Michelle Parks

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CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF COLOMBIAN IDENTITIES AND HUMANATURE IN NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE (1903-1952), Mónica Pérez-Marín

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Discourse on gender, religion, and culture in Pakistani films: A narrative analysis of contemporary independent films from Pakistan, Mohib Rehman

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CRITICAL INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE: DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF CONTEXT, INTERSECTIONALITY, AND REFLEXIVITY IN UNDERGRADUATE CONVERSATIONS, Erin Watley

Theses/Dissertations from 2015

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Monstrosities, Money, & Machines: A Metaphoric Analysis of Fantasy Football as a Social World, Arthur Alexander Aguirre

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Ungoverned Masculinities: Gendered Discourses of Neoliberalism in The Sopranos and Breaking Bad, Christopher Barnes

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Reciprocal Negative Disclosures: An Application of Expectancy Violations Theory, China Billotte Verhoff

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CENSURED MOTHERHOOD: COMMUNICATING THE DOUBLE BIND BETWEEN MOTHERHOOD AND THE PROFESSORIATE, Sarah Fuller

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EMAIL AND ENRON: USING CMM TO MAKE BETTER SOCIAL WORLDS IN ORGANIZATIONS, Nicholas Noblet

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¿De Dónde Eres?: The Construction of U.S. and Immigrant Culture and Identity in the ESL Adult Education Setting, Chad Perry

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Through Their Own Eyes: Exploring New Mexico High School Students' Perceptions of the Influences on Their Food Practices, Lynn Marie Walters

Theses/Dissertations from 2014

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Don't Put Me in "Quotes": Examining Communication Episodes of Health-Related Stigma, Ashley Archiopoli

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The Process of Diagnosis Delivery of Autism Spectrum Disorders, Natasha A. Barnett

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Reel Queer: Emergent Discourses and Contexts of Queer Youth Identity Constructions and Experiences in Digital Video Projects, Sarah Lindsey Beck

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Identity Performance and Space in the Albuquerque Poetry Slam Scene, Edward Hakim Bellamy

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Fantasy-Theme Analysis of Food Documentaries: Contention, Collaboration, and Consultation as Health Promotion Approaches, Vanessa Brandon

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Walk Feminine, Talk Feminine:A Critical Textual Analysis of Femininities,Performances, and Representations, Reslie Cortes

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Exploring Organizational Culture and Intercultural Communication Practices in a Teaching Hospital, Jaclyn R. Devine

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MEDIATED NARRATIVES ON CITIZENSHIP, IMMIGRATION, AND NATIONAL IDENTITY: THE CONSTRUCTION OF DREAMER IDENTITIES IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE SURROUNDING PRESIDENT OBAMA'S 2012 DEFERRED DEPORTATION ANNOUNCEMENT, Marisa Garcia Rodriguez

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ORGANIC IS MORE OF AN AMERICAN TERM--WE ARE TRADITIONAL FARMERS': DISCOURSES OF PLACE-BASED ORGANIC FARMING, COMMUNITY, HERITAGE, AND SUSTAINABILITY, Jeffrey Hoffmann

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Communication as a resource for Latin American immigrant settlement in the United States: An ethnography of communication, Danielle Kvam

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The Social Construction and Broaden-Build Effects of Appreciation, Recognition, and Reward at Work As Portrayed in Four Contemporary Films, Andrew Gavin Leach

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Agenda setting, Framing and government's Influence on Tobacco-related News Coverage in China's People's Daily, Hengjun Lin

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INTERRUPTING THE SILENCE: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF A PILOT SEMINAR ON RACISM, INTERSECTIONALITY, AND WHITE PRIVILEGE, Angela Putman

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Constructing the Conspiring Community: Using Practices of Invitational Rhetoric to Create Sustainable Solutions to Community-Identified Needs, Sarah Upton

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A CONTENT ANALYSIS SPANNING 30 YEARS OF MENTAL HEALTH COMMUNICATION SCHOLARSHIP, Camille Velarde

Theses/Dissertations from 2013

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ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE OF A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION: A STUDY OF LOCAL CONGREGATIONS OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Alexandra Arjannikova

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Tensions in (Agri)Culture: The Negotiation of Environmental Dialectics at an Urban Farmers Market', Jason Boys

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"EVERY 'ONE' AND EVERY 'THING' CAN BE LOVED": A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF NETWORKED SELF-REPRESENTATION BY THE OBJECTùM SEXUALITY COMMUNITY, Kristen L. Cole

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CONTESTED KNOWLEDGES: A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF 'ECLIPSES FOR AUSTIN' BY PABLO VARGAS LUGO AT THE INTERSECTION OF ART AND SCIENCE, Carlos Rodrigo Guzman

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NARRATIVE MEDICINE AND TRADITIONAL MEDICAL INTERVIEWING APPROACHES IN WOMEN WITH BREAST CANCER, Wendy L. Hine

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Social Networking Sites: Social Support, Motivation, and Influences on Chinese international students' intercultural communication competence, Zhibin Hong

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A PROGRAM OF ATTRACTION RATHER THAN PROMOTION: ENCOURAGING NEWCOMERS TO KEEP COMING BACK'', Miwa Kimura

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A Latina Captain in Showtime's Dexter: (Un)Veiling a Progressive Image of Latinas through Discourse Analysis of Media-Audience Co-constructions of Latinidad', Diana Leon

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Traversing Invitational Spaces: The Beautiful Iraqi Women Project, Carmen Lowry

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Trust as an Ethical Construct in Community Based Participatory Research Partnerships., Julie Ermalinda Lucero

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The return of the Serbian other: Interpretative repertoires of nationalism and identity politics in online news discourses on Serbia's integration in the European union, Jelena Petrovic

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FARMING AND FIGHTING AS PRACTICE AND PEDAGOGY: A PROCEDURAL FIELD ANALYSIS OF DIGITAL GAMES, Alexis Pulos

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When visions converge and collide: A fantasy theme analysis of staff participation in the Patient- and Family-Centered Care initiative at the University of New Mexico Hospital, Lisa Rossignol