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- Applying the 5D Model of Country Image for International Public Relations: Analyzing Cultural Perceptions of Qatar’s International Events "Expo 2023"by Taleb Al-Adbah on January 7, 2026
Studying country image in public relations has become essential to developing practices for countries engaging with international audiences. Hosting international events highlights the need for international public […]
- Effectively Communicating Uncertainty in Tropical Cyclone Intensity Forecastsby Robert W. Eicher on January 6, 2026
This body of research investigated methods for effectively communicating the inherent, technical uncertainty in tropical cyclone intensity forecasts through three separate studies. The first investigation uses Hurricane […]
- Pride or Prejudice: An Examination of Queer Content in Florida High Schoolsby Niamh L. Harrop on August 21, 2025
This thesis explores how queer individuals reflect on the presence—or more often, the absence—of queer content in their high school education. Despite increasing visibility of LGBTQ+ people in popular culture and legal […]
- The Persistence of an Idiot: A Film Student's Journey Through the Feature Film Formatby Austin R. LeMaster on June 2, 2025
The Sweet Idiot is a microbudget comedy feature written, produced and directed by Austin LeMaster. The film aims to make a case for reinstating novelty and singularity to the cinema-going experience. The film uses basic […]
- Assessing the accuracy of emotion classification of whisper v3: comparing performance on speech emotion datasets for both English and Arabicby Oumaima khalfi on June 2, 2025
This thesis investigates the application of Whisper V3 which is a state-of-the-art, multilingual automatic speech recognition model to Arabic Speech Emotion Recognition (SER). Building on the foundational work of Muhammad […]
- Leading the Newsroom: Exploring the Development of Management and Leadership Skills in College Journalism Studentsby Guilherme Hiray Leal on June 2, 2025
The purpose of this study is to examine the management and leadership skills that are developed in college journalism and how that experience and training prepares students for the challenges of reporting for, managing, and […]
- "What Do You Mean By...?" The Role of Plain Language in Jury Instructionsby Jamie L. Vega on January 16, 2025
Extant literature indicates there are significant problems related to how jurors comprehend instructions. Cognitive fluency literature explains that when information is presented in plain language, it enhances cognitive […]
- Exploring Barriers and Pathways to Public Engagement on Climate Changeby Monica Mayer on January 16, 2025
Despite evidence of its severity and urgency, climate change elicits relatively high skepticism and low concern within the U.S. This study explores psychological barriers preventing people from prioritizing the issue as well […]
- Humor as an Instructional Communication Tool: Revisiting Humor and Exploring the New Punchline in Human-Machine Communicationby Melissa M. Looney on January 16, 2025
This research examined the role of humor in instructional communication, focusing on human-to-human and human-machine communication (HMC). As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly embedded in learning […]
- Competing Narratives and Converging Perspectives: Analyzing the Dynamics of the Pulse Memorial Crisisby Amy E. Maciel on August 29, 2024
In the wake of the Pulse nightclub massacre, the effort to create a memorial devolved into a crisis and ultimate failure amidst a complex interplay of divergent claims. This study explored the evolving memorialization […]