Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Led Down the Garden Path: Cognitive Processing of English Language Idioms, Daniel Alan Vandehey
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
"Smart" Technology: Do You Buy It? Adoption of Digital Innovations, Laura Koyer Glass
HIV, Stigma, and Attribution of Causal Emotions, Zoe Elizabeth Larson
Stigmatization and Mental Illness: the Communication of Social Identity Prototypes through Diagnosis Labels, Justin Samuel Leverett
To Disclose or Not to Disclose? Self-Disclosure of Mental Health in the Workplace, Samantha Margaret Reynolds
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Judgments of Lethal Risk: a Comparison of Visual and Narrative Stimuli, Derek Anthony Bonniksen
"My Teacher Says I'm an Overachiever, but I Think He's an Overexpecter" : Teacher Expectations, Self-Concept, and Academic Success, Jennifer Lea Campbell
What's New Pussyhat? Men, Feminism, and Social Identity, Rachel Lee Crist
Framing Race and Blame in the Media: a Case Study on the Chapel Hill Shooting, Sara Abdullatif Galadari
Inclusion and Assimilation: Including Change in the Workplace, Marisa Jean Miller
Studying the Effects of Motivated Reasoning on Appraisals of Message Strength, Aric Christopher Powell
Affordances on Facebook, Stress, and Emotional Support, Caitlin Rose Rethwish
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
"First"-Matters: Projecting the Displacement of Responses to Questions in the Context of Presidential Primary-Campaign Debates, Kristella Marie Montiegel
Influence of the Presidential Inaugural Address on Audience Perceptions of Candidate Image and the State of the Nation, Kyle Alexander Rush
Newspaper Construction of Homelessness in Western United States Cities, Charlie Allan Sheese
Investigating Cable: the Potential and Actual Value of PEG & Franchise Fees, Duncan Chaz Stewart
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Gender Bias and the Evaluation of Players: Voice and Gender in Narrated Gameplay Videos, Robin April Crowell
Is Scholarship Advancing?: An Analysis of Fifteen Years of Framing Research, Joseph Zachary Provencher
Narratives of Native American Women and Tribal Courts: the Framing of the Violence Against Women Act of 2013 in Mainstream, Native American, and Tribal Press Coverage, Alesha Marie Sangster
A Relevance Rule Organizing Responsive Behavior During Projectably Multi-Unit Tellings, Anri Zama
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Metaphorical Framing of Obesity, Ryan Paul Hofer
Inspiring Action: Measuring the Effect of Motivational Frames on Social Movement Mobilization, Rebecca Louise Smith
Discursive Security: F.B.I. Stings and the Nature of Peace, Adam Testerman
Check-In Frequency with Friends on Location-Based Social Networks: A Look at Homophily and Relational Closeness, Jacqueline H. Vo
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Peer Conversations about Inter-racial and Inter-ethnic Friendships, Lana Lee Buckholz
Black and Blue and Read All Over: News Framing and the Coverage of Crime, Kalistah Quilla Cosand
Elaborating Patient Agency in Breast-Cancer Care: A Grounded Theoretical Analysis of Patients Asserting Treatment Preferences, Rachel Sofia Erdman
Exploring Communicative Aspects of Client Satisfaction, Loyalty, and Retention in a Private, Non-profit Organization: A Qualitative, Interview-Based Study of Catholic Charities, Amanda Michelle Fortin
'This Would Be Much Funner in Person': A Qualitative Grounded Theory Analysis of Cybergrooming, Maurice Jason Gauz
Community Connections: Exploring the Constructive Potential of Facebook for Civic Engagement, Sarah Ruth Martin
"Your information station": A Case study of rural radio in the 21st century, William Jacob Amadeus Pinnock
Cross-Cutting Concerns: The Varying Effects of Partisan Cues in the Context of Social Networks, Benjamin King Smith
The Stories We Tell: A Qualitative Inquiry to Multiracial Family Storytelling, Mariko O. Thomas
It's Complicated: The Role of Facebook in Romantic Relationships Concerning Relational Certainty, Attachment, and Self-Esteem, Jenna Rae Tucker
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
International and Domestic Student Health-Information Seeking and Satisfaction, Stacy Theodora Austin
Talking the Talk: An exploration of parent-child communication about cyberbullying, Veronica Anne Droser
Self-Disclosure and Self-Efficacy in Online Dating, Andrew Christopher España
Metaphor Use in Interpersonal Communication of Body Perception in the Context of Breast Cancer, Jennifer Mary Fillion
Disjointed Cosmopolitanism: Climate Change and Lived Experience in Portland, Oregon, Stephen Wayne Flinn
Every Town Is All the Same When You've Left Your Heart in the Portland Rain: Representations of Portland Place and Local Identity in Portland Popular Lyrics, Meghan Andrea Kearney
Life Post 9/11: Experiences of Korean Americans Ten Years Later, Jay Lee
War's Visual Discourse: A Content Analysis of Iraq War Imagery, Mary Elizabeth Major
Grief Lives Online: An Empirical Study of Kübler-Ross' Categories of Bereavement on MySpace Profiles, Ilona Yurivna Malenkovich
Sexting Unleashed: The Social Phenomenon According to Youth Sexters, Jessica Marie McGraw
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
The Lived Experience of High School Policy Debate in Oregon, Ameena AnnaMaria Amdahl-Mason
Are We Cool Yet?: A Longitudinal Content Analysis of Nerd and Geek Representations in Popular Television, Christopher Louis Cardiel
Crafting a Space: A Feminist Analysis of the Relationship Between Women, Craft, Business and Technology on Etsy.com, Elizabeth Gillette Offensend
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Examining the Portland Music Scene through Neo-localism, Tyler James Brain
Who Gender-Bends and Why? A Qualitative Study of World of Warcraft, Clairellyn Rose Gregory
Performing Marginal Identities: Understanding the Cultural Significance of Tawa'if and Rudali Through the Language of the Body in South Asian Cinema, Lise Danielle Hurlstone
"You Can See it in Their Eyes:" A Communication Ethnography of a Humane Society, Sara Victoria Kaufman
A comparative case study of newspaper coverage of the Umatilla Chemical Weapons Depot/Incinerator from 1994 to 1998., Rogue Elliott Robertson
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks: How a Best-Seller Diffused Online, Melissa Ann Shavlik
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
The Impact of Humanitarian Photography on the Generation of Sympathy and on Donation Behavior, Marta Barberini
Investing and Vesting International Students' Expressive Resources in Social Capital at Portland State University, Mami Kikuchi
Public opinion and public engagement with genetically modified foods : a qualitative study, Celeste Laurana Moser
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Does the "news" come first? Social responsibility, infotainment, and local television newscasts in Portland, Oregon : a content analysis, Carey Lynne Higgins
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
The Language of Transformation in a "Conversation for Possibility": A Metaphor Analysis, Deborah Jean Gabbert
An Ethnography of Classroom Interaction in Hoshuko: A Case Study of the Japanese Supplementary School Classroom, Nobuko Higashi
A Study of the Level of Knowledge of Adult Foster Care Home Providers in Multnomah County in the State of Oregon About Hearing Loss, Hearing Aids and Communication Strategies, Marsha Peters Johnson
Temporal Characteristics of Fluent Speech in the Stuttered Utterances of Children, Dixon Ira Kirsch
Oregon Survey of Initial Nursing Care for Infants with Cleft Lip ± Palate, Kirsten Joy Lindaas
A Comparison of Parent Interview and Direct Assessment of Receptive Language in Preschool-aged Children with Cerebral Palsy, Susan Kathleen Livick
A Lay Theory of Relational Satisfaction with Best Friends in Japan, Eriko Maeda
Rethinking Appropriateness: A look at Hegemonic Ideals as Related to Perceived Communication Competence In Women, Kristi L. Meade
Comparison of Intelligibility Estimation and Orthographic Transcription Methods by Preprofessional Speech-Language Pathologists, Kristi M. Mowe
Effects of Lifestyle Change and Satisfaction with Voice on Psychosocial Adjustment of Laryngectomees, Susan M. Nicks
Ethnography of Communication as on Organizational Communication Assessment Tool: A Test of the Method, Francisca Inez Trujillo-Dalbey
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
Children with Early Language Delay: A Group Case Study of Outcomes in Intermediate Grades, Tracey Abild-Lane
Using a Computer Program about Pediatric Hearing Evaluations to help Educate Parents, Jeanne E. Aleskus
Parental Perceptions of the Efficacy of Clinical Intervention for Speech-Language Disorders at Portland State University's Speech and Language Clinic, Deborah Ellen Anderson
Examining the Relationship between Three Speech Features and Intelligibility Ratings of Black English Preschoolers as Judged by Standard English Listeners, Britteny Sue Asher
Intervention History of Children with Slow Expressive Language Development, Kathleen Belfiore
Influence of Articulation and Phonology Intervention on Children's Social and Emotional Characteristics, Tracy Lynn Carlisle
A Comparison of Speech Intelligibility Measures between Unsophisticated Listener Judgements and Orthographic Transcription, Carla J. Dukart
Effects of Posttraining Maintenance Sessions on Aphasic Subjects' Verbal Labeling, Connie Allene Freed
Speech Understanding in Noise as a Function of Microphone Placement in Hearing Aids, Erin Marlene Flowers Hand
A Study of the Narrative Skills of 7-Year Olds with Normal, Impaired, and Late Developing Language, Rita F. Hernandez
An Organizational Profile: Members' Understanding of Discrimination, Debra Cay Hornibrook
Gender Differences in the Language Development of Late-talking Toddlers at Age 3, Nancy Ann Johnson
Temperament Differences in Children with a History of Slow Expressive Language Development and Their Peers with Normal Language Development, Beth Ann Jones
Temperament and Language Development in First Grade Children, Loretta Marcia Kellogg
Comparison of Two Phonological Treatment Procedures for a Child with Phonological Deviations, Katherine Vaughan Kemper
Temporal Characteristics of Words Surrounding a Moment of Stuttering in Preschool-age Children, Gregory Keith Lilly
Phonological Awareness Skills in Children with Highly Unintelligible Speech, Sheryl Mohwinkel
Parental Perceptions of Articulation Intervention Services Received at Portland State University, Janet Ann Murphy
Reading Abilities and Phonological Skills of Second Grade Children with Three Different Language Histories: Normal, Delayed, and Chronically Delayed, Candace Jane Murray
Speech Recognition with Linear and Non-linear Amplification in the Presence of Industrial Noise, Marcia Ann Olson
Gender Differences in Adaptive Behavior between Two-year-old Boys and Girls with Slow Expressive Language Development, Christine Lee Rusnak
Relationship of Marital Types and Conflict Styles, Lynn Marie Stanek
Understanding Pre-service Teachers' Conceptualizations of Diversity, Terrine Louise Borwn Vogt
A Pilot Study: Normative Data on the Intelligibility of 3 1/2 Year Old Children, Karen Mary Ware
The Effectiveness of a Self-directed Inservice Program to Educate Teachers about the Classroom Needs of Students with Hearing Impairment, Teresa Michelle Whiteley
Adolescents and Sex on the Soaps: A Content Analysis, Jenelle Gay Winter
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
Effects of Oral and Silent Reading on the Reading Comprehension Performance of Left Hemisphere-damaged Individuals, Paul K. Akers