Institute of Communications Research PhDs Dissertation Titles and Job Placements, 1997-present

Conefrey, Theresa Catherine October 1997
Entered from University of Illinois, Linguistics
"Discourse in Science Communities: Issues of Language, Authority, and Gender in a Life Sciences Laboratory" (Paula Treichler)
University of Hawaii at Hilo, English

Nelson, Michelle Renee October 1997
Entered from University of Wisconsin - Madison, Advertising
"Examining the Horizontal and Vertical Dimensions of Individualism Within the United States and Denmark: How Culture Affects Values, Moral Orientations and Advertising Persuasion" (Sharon Shavitt)
Emerson College, Communications

Rivera, Victor Jose October 1997
Entered from University of Georgia, Telecommunications
"Persuasion Schemas: Attributes and Effects on Advertising Effectiveness, Coping and Involvement" (Bill Brewer)
University of Puerto Rico, Mayag󼥺 Hispanic Studies

Vavrus, Mary Douglas October 1997
Entered from Purdue University, Communications
"Media Discourses and Postfeminism: An Analysis of Gender Logic in the Year of the Woman" (Paula Treichler)
University of Minnesota, Speech Communication

Seijo-Maldonado, Haydee May 1998
Entered from University of the Sacred Heart, Public Relations
"Television in Children's Political Development: A Cultural and Sociological Analysis" (Ellen Wartella)
University of Puerto Rico, Communications

Berman, Scott Joseph October 1998
Entered from University of Michigan, Communications
"Architectural Advocacy: Public Buildings as Normative Communication" (John Nerone)
California State University, Northridge, Communications

Dowdy, Jr., Earl Edward October 1998
Entered from University of Pittsburgh
"The Communication of Beliefs: An Inquiry into the Rhetoric of Collective Identity and the Origins and Uses of Normative Logic" (John Nerone)
Georgetown University, Program in Science, Technology and International Affairs

Munson, Eve Stryker October 1998
Entered from University of Colorado, Journalsim
"Adobe Walls and Black-Tinted Windshields: The Press and Community Identity in Santa Fe, N.M." (Clifford Christians)
Pennsylvania State University, Communications

Gasaway, John G. January 1999
Entered from University of Illinois, Advertising
"Tippecanoe and the Party Press Too: Mass Communication, Politics, Culture, and the Fabled Presidential Election of 1840" (Kim Rotzoll)
Cameron-Newell Advertising, Inc.

Saukko, Paula Marjatta May 1999
Entered from University of Tampere, Journalism
"Discourse on Eating Disorders: The Politics of a Female Epidemic" (Norman Denzin)
University of Leicester, Centre for Mass Communication Research
Current: School of Historical, Political and Sociological Studies and Exeter Genomics Research Institute, University of Exeter, UK

Sterne, Jonathan Edward May 1999
Entered from University of Illinois, Speech Communication
"The Audible Past: Modernity, Technology, and the Cultural History of Sound" (Larry Grossberg and John Nerone)
University of Pittsburgh, Department of Communications

Aswathanarayana, Vani October 1999
Entered from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Journalism
"After the Demolition: Constructing the Communal Riots of 1992-93 in the Indian Media" (Pandharipande and Grossberg)
International Technical Park,
Bangalore India

Baughman, Linda Lee October 1999
Entered from University of Kentucky-Lexington, Communications
"What are We Protecting Here? The Cultural Construction of Gender in Obscenity Law" (Grossberg and Treichler)
St. Lawrence University, Communications

Wiley, Stephen Bert October 1999
Entered from University of Texas, Austin, Latin American Studies
"Transnation: Chilean Television Infrastructure and Policy as National Space, 1969-1996" (Grossberg)
North Carolina State University, Communication

Sanmiguel, Lisa Michelle January 2000
Entered from University of Tulsa, Communication, 1992
"From 'Career Woman's' Disease to 'An Epidemic Ignored': Endometriosis in U.S. Culture Since 1948" (Treichler)
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Goss, Brian Michael May 2000
Entered from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Psychology
"Teeth Gritting Harmony: The Ideology of Neo-Liberalism" (Nerone)
St. Louis University, Madrid, Spain

Pierson, Eric Charles May 2000
Entered from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Theatre
"The 1970's as Hollywood's Golden Economic Age: A Critical, Interpretative Analysis of the Blaxploitation Cinematic Movement" (William Berry)
University of San Diego, Communication Studies

Reed, Lori Kathleen May 2000
Entered from Ohio State University, Women's Studies
"A Technological Dis-ease: Scientific Discourses, Mass Media, and the 'Truths' about 'Computer Addiction'" (Valdivia)
University of Rhode Island, Communication Studies

Love, Lisa L. January 2001
Entered from Texas A&M University, Recreation, Park & Tourism Sciences
"The Right to Produce Culture: Constructing an Institutional Reputation in the Art World" (Denzin)
St. Paul, Minn.

Bratich, Jack Zeljko October 2001
Entered from Northeast Missouri State University, Philosophy and Religion
"Grassy Knoll-Edges: Conspiracy Theories and Political Rationality in the 1990s" (Treichler)
University of New Hampshire, Communications
Current: Rutgers University, Communications

Kim, Young Chan October 2001
Entered from University of Illinois, Advertising
"Advertising, Consumer Culture, Youth Cultures, and Media Technologies: A Cultural-Historical Approach to MTV" (James Hay)
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

Tolstikova, Natalia October 2001
Entered from University of Illinois, Advertising
"Reading Rabotnitsa: Ideals, Aspirations, and Consumption Choices for Soviet Women, 1914-1964" (Linda Scott)
University of Maine - Orono, Communication and Journalism

Xu, Hua May 2002
Entered from Peking University, Law
"Encountering Globalization: An Ethnographic Study of Women and Television in China" (Andrea Press)
Voice of America, Washington, DC

Boateng, Akosua Boatema October 2002
Entered from University of Leicester, Mass Communication
"Culture in the Global Marketplace: A Study of Intellectual Property in Africa" (Angharad Valdivia)
University of California at San Diego, Communications

Lee, Keehyeung October 2002
Entered from University of Illinois, Sociology
"Toward a Cultural History in the Korean Present: Locating the Cultural Politics of the Everyday" (Denzin)
Research Scholar, Korea Press Foundation, Seoul

Soderlund, Gretchen October 2002
Entered from U of Florida and Eastern Illinois University, English
"Sex Panics and City Papers: Mass Media and Public Controversy Over the Traffic in Women" (Treichler)
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago

LeVold, J. Barlow October 2002
Entered from University of Illinois, Advertising
APictures and Information Theory in Consumer Research@ (Linda Scott)
Department of Advertising, UIUC (visiting lecturer)

Rentschler, Carrie A. October 2002
Entered from University of Illinois, Speech Communication
"The Crime Victim Movement and U.S. Public Culture" (Valdivia)
University of Pittsburgh, Women's Studies Program (visiting asst prof)

Gao, Zhihong May 2003
Entered from Wake Forest University, Speech Communication
"Contesting the Invisible Hand: The Development of Advertising Regulation in China, 1979 - 2000 and Beyond" (Rotzoll)
Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ, Business Administration

Newman, Peter May 2003
Entered from University of Illinois, Advertising
"An Investigation of Consumer Reactions to Negative Word-of-Mouth On the Internet" (Srull)
Business & Financial Services, UIUC

McGee, Daniel May 2003
Entered from University of Illinois, Anthropology
"Millennium Bug and Weapons of Mass Fear: Dialogs Between Science and Popular Culture in the 1990's" (Treichler)
Weapons of Mass Destruction Studies Fellow, University of Chicago (02-03)
Medical Residency (PGY-1), Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Chicago

Young, Margaret Laurene B June 2003
Entered from Bradley University
"Saving Charmstrings" (Denzin)
Bradley University, Communications

Ruiz, Maria Victoria June 2003
Entered from the University of Illinois
"Border Narratives, Latino Health, and US Media Representation: A Cultural Analysis" (Treichler)
Medical Residency, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

Record, Angela September 2003
"Born to Shop: Teenage Girls and the U.S. Marketplace in the 1950s."

Derhemi, Eda September 2003
"Language Endangerment and Maintenance in the Abresh of Piana Delgi Albanesi"
University of Illinois, Italian

Miklaucic, Shawn Anthony October 2003
"Playful Labors: Narrative, Work and Digital Games" (McCarthy)
Millersville University, Millersville, PA

Robertson, Craig Murray December 2003
Entered from the University of Illinois
"'Passport Please': The U.S. Passport and the Documentation of Individual Identity, 1845-1930." (McCarthy)
Babson College, Boston, MA

Jin, Dal Yong April 2004
Entered from University of Texas at Austin, LBJ School of Public Affairs
"Political Economy of Communication Industry Reorganization, Republic of Korea, 1987-2002." (Schiller)

Gretzel, Ulrike May 2004
Entered from Vienna University of Economics and Business
Administration, International Business
"Consumer Responses to Preference Elicitation Processes in Destination Recommendation Systems" (Vargas)
Texas A&M University, Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences

Gates, Kelly Allison June 2004
Entered from Miami University of Ohio
"Our Biometric Future: The Social Construction of an Emerging Information Technology" (Valdivia)
CUNY Queens College, New York

Zhang, Jing July 2004
Entered from Peking University in China
"Cultural Values Reflected in Chinese Advertisements: Self-Construal and Persuasion Implications" (Sharon Shavitt)
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee