Theses/Projects/Dissertations from 2024
Empowering Change to Shape Tomorrow: An Integrated Marketing Communications Plan for the Building Wealth Initiative, Ramtin Ranjpour
“BARBIE IS AS MUCH ABOUT FASHION AS SHE IS ABOUT CULTURE AND EMPOWERMENT”: FEMINISM IN BARBIE THE MOVIE AND ITS POSTFEMINIST MARKETING, Brooke Ashley Shepherd
Investigating the Potential of Augmented Reality in Creating a Sense of Place on College Campuses, Linda White
Theses/Projects/Dissertations from 2023
CEZZARTT: BUILDING COMMUNITY THROUGH THE ARTS, Cesar Aguiar
TRANSFORMING BLACK STUDENTS’ HIGHER EDUCATION EXPERIENCES AND LIVES: A PROPOSAL FOR THE CSU, Don Lundy
THE PATRIARCHY BECOMES THAT GIRL: TIKTOK AND THE MEDIATIZATION OF HEGEMONIC FEMININITY, Irene Molinar
“YO SÍ SOY BORICUA, PA’ QUE TÚ LO SEPAS”: A DECOLONIAL AND INTERSECTIONAL ANALYSIS OF ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ, Jocelin Monge
Public Relations for Cryptocurrency: Coinbase Guidebook, Logan Odneal
Theses/Projects/Dissertations from 2022
"ADVANCING PRIDE": HOW NEW TURKISH HISTORICAL DRAMAS CHALLENGED WESTERN MEDIA'S STEREOTYPICAL IMAGES OF MUSLIMS, Naim Aburaddi
THE PANDEMIC IS NOT KILLING US, THE POLICE ARE KILLING US: HOW THE CHANGE IN THE SUBJECTIVE REALITY OF NIGERIAN CITIZENS BROUGHT ABOUT THE #ENDSARS PROTESTS, Olabode Adefemi Lawal
UNAPOLOGETICALLY HER: A NOMADIC-INTERSECTIONAL CASE STUDY ANALYSIS ON LIZZO AND JILLIAN MICHAELS, Alexia Berlynn Martinez
GIRL POWER?: 2017’S WONDER WOMAN AS A FEMINIST TEXT AND ICON IN AN ERA OF POST-FEMINIST MEDIA, Rachel Richardson
OVERCOMING SELF-OBJECTIFICATION THROUGH A MIND BODY AWARENESS PROGRAM, Alexandra Winner-Bachus
Theses/Projects/Dissertations from 2021
THE LOUDEST VOICE IN THE ROOM IS OUR SILENCE: NARRATIVE POSSIBILITIES OF SILENCED ADULTS, Rebeccah Avila
How Couples YouTube Channels Forge "Friendships" With Their Viewers: A Thematic Textual Analysis, Marisol Botello
THE CURIOUS CASES OF CANCEL CULTURE, Loydie Solange Burmah
“DID THAT JUST HAPPEN?”: INFLUENCE OF EMBODIMENT AND IMMERSION ON CHARACTER IDENTIFICATION IN VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENTS, Shane Burrell
INTO THE COLLEGE CLASSROOM, ANOTHER TOUR OF DUTY: A GUIDE FOR INSTRUCTORS OF VETERAN STUDENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION, Steven deWalden
DECOLONIAL LESSONS FROM HISTORICAL AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY LEADERS: RECONSTRUCTING AFRICAN AMERICAN IDENTITY AS RESISTANCE IN PRAXIS, Rhejean King-Johnson
WELCOMING FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN TO CSUSB: MAKING AN INTERGENERATIONAL DIFFERENCE, Leslie Leach
INCLUSIVITY IN PRACTICE: A QUEER EXAMINATION OF THE ACCEPTANCE OF TRANS COMMUNITIES FROM THE STANDPOINTS OF TRANS UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, Sean Maulding
ENHANCING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN A SOCIALLY DISTANCED WORLD BY HUMANIZING ONLINE EDUCATION: A GUIDE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION INSTRUCTORS, Gilma Linette Ramirez Reyes
COMMUNICATION APPREHENSION: A PRESSING MATTER FOR STUDENTS, A PROJECT ADDRESSING UNIQUE NEEDS USING COMMUNICATION IN THE DISCIPLINE WORKSHOPS, Brenda L. Rombalski
MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS TRAINING MANUAL: FOR FACULTY TO HELP STUDENTS, Ricardo Vega
THE IMPACT OF RACIST COMMUNICATION PRACTICES (RCP) ON A FORMERLY INCARCERATED STUDENT BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER PRISON, George Zaragoza
Theses/Projects/Dissertations from 2020
REPORTING ON SUICIDE: A THEMATIC DISCOURSE ANALYSIS ON DISCOURSES REGARDING SUICIDE IN 2010S HIP-HOP SONGS, Andy Allen Acosta Jr.
COMMUNICATION COMPETENCE TRAINING WITHIN MINORITY-OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES, Shirleena Racine Baggett
“REAL ME VERSUS SOCIAL MEDIA ME:” FILTERS, SNAPCHAT DYSMORPHIA, AND BEAUTY PERCEPTIONS AMONG YOUNG WOMEN, Janella Eshiet
WORKPLACE COMMUNICATION: EXAMINING LEADER-MEMBER EXCHANGE THEORY, UNCERTAINTY AVOIDANCE, AND SOCIAL STYLES, Guy Robinson
Passing vs Non-Passing: Latina/o/x Experiences and Understandings of Being Presumed White, Francisco Rodriguez
Theses/Projects/Dissertations from 2019
AN EXPLORATORY STUDY: COMMUNICATIVE DISSOCIATION BETWEEN BLACK AMERICANS AND AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS, Melody Adejare
TAKING A KNEE: AN INTERPRETIVE STUDY ON PRINT NEWS COVERAGE OF THE COLIN KAEPERNICK PROTESTS, Kriston Costello
TO BE OR NOT TO BE: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF INTERCULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN MEXICAN AMERICAN AND CAUCASIAN AMERICAN ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS, Jessica Helen Vierra
Theses/Projects/Dissertations from 2018
"I JUST GOT OUT; I NEED A PLACE TO LIVE": A BUSINESS PLAN FOR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, Walker Beverly V
Performing Stereotypical Tropes on Social Media Sites: How Popular Latina Performers Reinscribe Heteropatriarchy on Instagram, Ariana Arely Cano
NEGOTIATING STRATEGIES: AN EFFECTIVE WAY FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES TO COMMUNICATE FOR SERVICES, Dorothea Cartwright
A COMMUNICATION GUIDE FOR EX-OFFENDERS, Richard Anthony Contreras
AUTHENTICALLY DISNEY, DISTINCTLY CHINESE: A CASE STUDY OF GLOCALIZATION THROUGH SHANGHAI DISNEYLAND’S BRAND NARRATIVE, Chelsea Michelle Galvez
“I AM NOT A PRINCESS BUT…”: AN IDEOLOGICAL CRITICISM OF “FEMINIST” IDEOLOGIES IN DISNEY’S MOANA, Victoria Luckner
MEETING “THE ONE” AT MIDNIGHT IS YOUR DESTINY: THE ROLE OF YUAN IN USE OF THE TAIWANESE SOCIAL NETWORK, DCARD, Wen-Yueh Shu
Theses/Projects/Dissertations from 2017
HANDBOOK ON TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS, Michael Anthony Arteaga
TRAGIC MULATTA 2.0: A POSTCOLONIAL APPROXIMATION AND CRITIQUE OF THE REPRESENTATIONS OF BI-ETHNIC WOMEN IN U.S. FILM AND TV, Hadia Nouria Bendelhoum
MEETING THE DISTANCE EDUCATION CHALLENGE: A GUIDE FOR DESIGNING ONLINE CLASSROOMS, Patrick Allen Bungard
MASTERING THE TASK AND TENDING TO THE SELF: A GUIDE FOR THE GRADUATE TEACHING ASSOCIATE, Angelina Nicole Burkhart
The Construction of Candidate’s Political Image on Social Media: A Thematic Analysis of Facebook Comments in the 2014 Presidential Election in Indonesia, Siti A. Rachim Marpaung Malik
BACKPEDALING NUGGET SMUGGLERS: A FACEBOOK AND NEWS ARTICLE THEMATIC ANALYSIS OF CHICK-FIL-A VS. GAY MARRIAGE, Stacy M. Wiedmaier
Theses/Projects/Dissertations from 2015
Value Driven: An Analysis of Attitudes and Values Via BET Programming Past and Present, Sasha M. Rice
Theses/Projects/Dissertations from 2014
CELEBRITIES, DRINKS, AND DRUGS: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF CELEBRITY SUBSTANCE ABUSE AS PORTRAYED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, Brent John Austin
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, KEEP IN TOUCH, AS A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF VISITATION, Shalom Z. LaPoint and Shalom Z. LaPoint
Selling Disbelief, Gregory S. McKinley-Powell
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Media and corporate blame: Gate keeping and framing of the British Petroleum oil spill of 2010, Kudratdeep Kaur Dhaliwal
Sperm stealers & post gay politics: Lesbian-parented families in film and television, Elena Rose Martinez
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Like us on Facebook: A social media campaign's effect on relationship management outcomes for a non-profit organization, Natalia Isabel López-Thismón
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
This is not a love story: A semiotic discourse analysis of romantic comedies, Stephanie Lynn Gomez
Blackness as a weapon: A critical discourse analysis of the 2009 Henry Louis Gates arrest in national mainstream media, Ashley Ann Jones
Fabulistic: Examination and application of narratology and screenplay craft, Nicholas DeVan Snead
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
The effect of cold calling and culture on communication apprehension, Kimberly Noreen Aguilar
The artistry of teaching: Commedia Dell'arte's improvisational strategies and its implications for classroom participation, Jean Artemis Vezzalini
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Internet marketing strategy and the cognitive response approach: Achieving online fundraising success with targeted donor outreach, Carrie Dawn Cornwall
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
The design of an intercultural communication skills training for multicultural Catholic parishes in the Diocese of San Bernardino, Marco Aurelio De Tolosa Raposo
Religious social support groups: Strengthening leadership with communication competence, JoAnne Irene Flynn
Parametric media: A strategic market analysis and marketing plan for a digital signage, interactive kiosk and content company, Helena Irita Fowler
Factors affecting cognitive dissonance among automobile magazine subscribers, Petroulla Giasoumi
Web templates: Unifying the Web presence of California State University San Bernardino, Angela Marie Gillespie
United States media portrayals of the developing world: A semiotic analysis of the One campaign's internet web site, Lindsey Marie Haussamen
The Use of Violence as Feminist Rhetoric: Third-Wave Feminism in Tarantino's Kill Bill Films, Leah Andrea Katona
Superior-subordinate relationships found in Scrubs: A discourse analysis, Nicolle Elizabeth Quick
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
A cultural studies analysis of the Christian women vocalists movement from the 1980's to 2000: Influences, stars and lyrical meaning making, Mary Elizabeth Akers
The application of marketing and communication theories on community festival event planning, Khara Louise Dizmon
The mad rhetoric: Toward a rigor on radical creativity and its function in consciousness as a communicative principle, Eugene David Hetzel
Millennial pre-camp staff training: Incorporating generational knowledge, learning strategies and compliance gaining techniques, Dana Robin Magilen
Images and lyrics: Representations of African American women in blues lyrics written by black women, Danette Marie Pugh-Patton
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Views from the center: Middle-class white men and perspectives on social privilege, Sandra Jane Cross
Rendering whiteness visible in the Filipino culture through skin-whitening cosmetic advertisements, Beverly Romero Natividad
Bias in the network nightly news coverage of the 2004 presidential election, Stephen Arthur Shelton
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
A proposed resource development plan for the Department of Communication Studies, California State University San Bernardino, Donna Louise Cooley
From 9/11 to Iraq: Analysis and critique of the rhetoric of the Bush Administration leading to the war in Iraq, LaKesha Nicole Covington
A queer look at feminist science fiction: Examing Sally Miller Gearhart's The Kanshou, Jennifer Jodelle Floerke
Proposed marketing and advertising campaign for the United Negro College Fund, Rashida Patrice Hamm
The online marketing plan for Indra Jewelry Company, Thailand, Vorapoj Liyawarakhun
A metaphoric cluster analysis of the rhetoric of digital technology, Michael Eugene Marse and Nicholas Negroponte
Talking about drugs: Examining self-disclosure and trust in adult children from substance abusive families, Susan Renee Mattson
The public relations campaign for Bangkok fashion week, Thailand, Chanoknart Paitoonmongkon
A web design shop for local business owners, Mary Colleen Rice
International students' reliance on home-country related internet use, Songkwun Sukontapatipak
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Zapatistas: The shifting rhetoric of a modern revolution, Ofelia Morales Bejar
Globalization, values, and consumer trends: A French and USA comparison, Alexandre Hatlestad-Shey
Values and symbols: An intercultural analysis of web pages on the Internet, Aura Constanza Mosquera
Creating community through communication: The case of East Desert Unified School District, Michelle Elizabeth Shader
A comparison of women's roles as portrayed in Taiwanese and Chinese magazine print advertising, Yi-Chen Yang
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
The concept of interest in the Western and Middle Eastern society, Mustapha Ben Amira
A comprehensive examination of the precode horror comic books of the 1950's, Gene Marshall Broxson