Graduate Research Projects

Current Doctoral Students (Partial list)

Paul Denvir

"Physician-patient communication about patients' sexual activities and substance use: Information exchange on potentially delicate matters." Advisor: Anita Pomerantz.

Marina Marcou

Public political discourse and deliberation and its effects on democracy. Advisor: Jennifer Stromer-Galley.

E. Sean Rintel

"Novices developing familiarity with desktop videoconferencing." Advisor: Anita Pomerantz.

Graduated Doctoral Students (Partial list)

Shaio-yun (John) Chiang

“Achieving Mutual Understanding: Compensatory Communication Strategies in The Interactions Between Non-native Teaching Assistants and US College Students.” Advisor: Robert E. Sanders.

Current Position: Assistant Professor of Communication, SUNY College at Oneonta.

Alan Hansen

"Complicating the Politics of Diversity: Social Interaction between (ongoing) "Newcomers" and "Established Residents" in a Mill Town." Advisor: Robert E. Sanders.

Current Position: Assistant Professor of Communication, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.

Christina Knopf

"Providence, Presidents and the Press: Inaugural Rhetoric of Religion in a Historical Perspective." Advisor: J. Cherie Strachan