Browsing by Department "Communication"
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300 in 10 for TASK
After I realized the toll the COVID-19 pandemic was taking on my community, I knew I needed to do anything I could to help; so, I began a 10-day fundraiser for the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen. -
A Call for Revival: From Discourse of Renewal to Crisis Revival, a Crisis Management Approach for Brand Communities
(2018-08-03)This dissertation project sought to explore and better explicate the ways in which discourse of renewal functions as a crisis communication strategy. While previous research conducted on discourse of renewal has focused ... -
A Quantitative Study of American Exceptionalism
(2019-04-05)The term American Exceptionalism is used to designate political myths purporting the qualitative distinction of the United States to other nations. I argue that American Exceptionalism should not be viewed as a single ... -
A Quantitative Study of American Exceptionalism
(2019-04-05)The term American Exceptionalism is used to designate political myths purporting the qualitative distinction of the United States to other nations. I argue that American Exceptionalism should not be viewed as a single ... -
Active Wavelength Selection for Chemical Identification Using Tunable Spectroscopy
(2016-04-08)Spectrometers are the cornerstone of analytical chemistry. Recent advances in microoptics manufacturing provide lightweight and portable alternatives to traditional spectrometers. In this dissertation, we developed a ... -
Afterword: Trump as Anarchist and Sun King
(SOCIETAS, 2018)Trump’s 2016 campaign was anarchy—it longed for a distant past outside of the current system. Trump argued repeatedly that the current American political system had to be destroyed because it had been corrupted by weak ... -
Anything but Trivial: Trans-Contextual Identification and Control Among Participants in the World's Largest Trivia Contest
(2015-08-19)With this research project, I endeavored to better understand the relationship that exists between identification, context, and control within communities of practice in which members identify with particular salience. ... -
An apprenticeship in observation
How I discovered writing inspiration in my familiar neighborhood during a pandemic -
Apps Seeking Theories: Results of a Study on the Use of Health Behavior Change Theories in Cancer Survivorship Mobile Apps
(JMIR Publications, 2015-03-27)Background Thousands of mobile health apps are now available for use on mobile phones for a variety of uses and conditions, including cancer survivorship. Many of these apps appear to deliver health behavior interventions ... -
AUTISM AND THE PERPETUAL PUZZLE: A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF THREE EXPLANATIONS FOR AUTISM
(2010-01-16)Autism awareness has increased in recent years in part because it is marked by confusion and controversy. The confusion and controversy stem from the fact that there are many beliefs about autism but little agreement. In ... -
Avoiding Booby Traps and Whipping Up Pumpkin-spinach Purées: A Critical Narrative Analysis of Pediatric Nutrition Birth through the First 12-Months
(2013-11-05)With attention to parenting, mothering, and fathering in the academy and attention to pediatric nutrition in the sciences, this study meets at their intersection. Using a critical approach to study narrative, this inquiry ... -
Balcony Stories
When social distancing is a byword, apartment balconies serve as windows to the world. -
Be Unconditionally Happy!
(2020-06-08)Staying busy practicing gratitude, mindful breathing, meditation, prayer, reading, writing and other activities you like are ways to be unconditionally happy and stress-free in life. -
Becoming "Community Engaged": Engaged Scholarship, the Carnegie Foundation, and Tenure and Promotion at R1 Universities
(2017-05-26)In 2006 the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching created a new elective classification for institutions of higher education: that of “Community Engagement”. It was the first voluntary classification, and ... -
Becoming a Professional: Examining Professional Development Practices of Communication Doctoral Students
(2012-10-19)Higher education is currently facing a number of challenges that are leading doctoral students to seek employment outside of the traditional research-focused institution. With students looking for different jobs, professional ... -
Behind the scenes, or at least behind your back: hidden conflict during organizational change
(2009-05-15)Throughout extant literature, there is a great deal of research on organizational change and organizational conflict; however, the two have rarely been studied together. Even less frequently studied is the existence and ... -
Breaking Immigration Norms in the Age of COVID-19
(2020-06-05)I reflect on the shifting nature of how refugees are rhetorically constituted in the disjunctive world of the contagion, intertwined with my own musings on my doctoral journey as a British-Syrian immigrant. I argue that ... -
Building meaningful cross-sector partnerships for children and media initiatives: a conversation café with scholars and activists from around the world
(Journal of Children and Media, 2016)In this essay, we bring together academics and activists from around the world in a “conversation café” to share their perspectives on the past, present, and future of children and media with specific emphasis on building ...