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, Mayaguez, 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
McGill University

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" (Larry Grossberg and Paula 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" (Larry 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" (Paula Treichler)
Tulsa, Oklahoma

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

Pierson, Eric Charles May 2000
Entered from University of Illinois, 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" (Norman 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" (Paula Treichler)
University of New Hampshire, Communications
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" (Norman 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" (Paula Treichler)
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago
Virginia Commonwealth University, English

LeVold, J. Barlow October 2002
Entered from University of Illinois, Advertising
"Pictures and Information Theory in Consumer Research" (Linda Scott)
University of Illinois, Advertising (visiting)

Rentschler, Carrie A. October 2002
Entered from University of Illinois, Speech Communication
"The Crime Victim Movement and U.S. Public Culture" (Angharad Valdivia)
University of Pittsburgh
McGill University

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" (Kim 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)
University of Illinois, Business & Financial Services

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" (Paula 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" (Norman 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" (Paula 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 Arbresh of Piana Degli Albanesi"
University of Illinois, Italian (visiting)

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

Robertson, Craig Murray December 2003
Entered from University of Illinois, Speech Communication
"'Passport Please': The U.S. Passport and the Documentation of Individual Identity, 1845-1930." (Cameron McCarthy)
Northeastern University, Communication Studies

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" (Dan Schiller)
Simon Fraser Univeristy, School of Communication

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" (Patrick Vargas)
Texas A & M University, 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" (Angharad Valdivia)
City University of New York, Queens
University of California at San Diego, Communications

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

Brush, Heidi August 2004
"Netwars: Information Technologies, Global Politics and the Reappropriation of Space" (Paula Treichler)
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Journalism & Mass Communication

Shah, Rajiv September 2004
Entered from University of Illinois, Law
"Understanding How Communication Technologies Regulate" (William Berry)
University of Illinois, Postdoc – Law

Leger, Marie October 2004
Entered from University of California, Berkley
"Clinical Globalization: Pharmaceutical Research in the Developing World"
(Paula Treichler)
University of Illinois, Medical Scholars Program

Dubrofsky, Rachel Elizabeth December 2004
Entered from York University (Toronto, Canada)
"The Bachelor Industry: The Surveillance and Governing of Women" (Kent Ono)
Univeristy of South Florida, Communication

Elavsky, Michael January 2005
Entered from Binghamton University (New York)
"Producing 'LOCAL' Repertoire: Czech Identity, Music, and the Global Music Industry" (Cameron McCarthy)
Pennsylvania State University, Film-Video & Media Studies

Sukki Yoon August 2005
"When What You Might Have Purchased Misguides You: Dysfunctional Counterfactual Thinking in Consumer Affect and Cognition" (Patrick Vargas)
Cleveland State University, School of Communications

Harewood, Susan May 2006
Entered from Howard University
"Caribbean Popular Music, Masquerade, and Transnational Subjectivity"
(Cameron McCarthy)
University of the West Indes, Cave Hill

Levina, Marina May 2006
Entered from University of Pennsylvania, Annenberg School for Communication
"The Stake and the Chip: Biomedical and Genomic Discourse and the Management of Difference in Popular Culture" (Paula Treichler)
University of California at Berkeley, Mass Communications Program (lecturer)

Malagreca, Miguel May 2006
"Queer Italy: Antecedents, Contexts and Representations" (Cameron McCarthy)
Post-Doctoral work at Universita degli Studi di Torino, Italy and Assistant Professor, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Pierce, Joy May 2006
Entered from California State University, Northridge
"Communication Unplugged: A Qualitative Analysis of the Digital Divide"
(Norman Denzin)
University of Utah, Communication

Jia, Jia October 2006
Entered from Peking University, Advertising
"Remaking China Dolls: Imitation and Visual Rhetoric in Contemporary Chinese Cultural Production" (David Desser)

Hulst, Mary December 2006
Entered from Calvin Theological Seminary (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
"The Greatest of These: Virtuous Love and Christian Preaching"
(Clifford Christians)
Calvin College/Calvin Theological Seminary

Kien, Grant December 2006
Entered from York University (Toronto, Canada), Communication and Culture
"Mobility, Being and Global Network: A Technography of Laptops and Cell Phones" (Norman Denzin)
California State University, East Bay, Communication

Kosovski, Jason May 2007
Entered from University of Illinois, Speech Communication
"Wild Boys and Jackasses: Masculinity and Reality Television" (Pat Gill)
Parkland College and University of Illinois, Speech Communication (visiting)

Bai, Ruoyun October 2007
Entered from Beijing Foreign Studies University (China)
"Anticorruption Television Dramas: Between Propaganda and Popular Culture in Globalizing China" (Bruce Williams)
New York University, Media, Culture, and Communication

Durham, Aisha October 2007
Entered from University of Georgia, Journalism/Mass Comm (Media Studies)
"Homegirl Going Home: Hip-Hop Feminism and the Politics of Location"
(Norman Denzin)
University of Georgia, Women's Studies (visiting)

Monje, David October 2007
Entered from University of Oregon
"Making the World Safer for Neoliberalism: Articulations of Security, Enemy, and the War on Terror" (Cameron McCarthy)
Northeastern University, Communication Studies

Moreira, Claudio October 2007
"Transgressive Body, Transgressive Scholarship: A Fragmented Life in So Many Acts" (Norman Denzin)
University of Illinois, Advertising (visiting)

Zhou, Yuanzhi October 2007
"Capitalizing China's Media Industry: The Installation of Capitalist Production in the Chinese TV and Film Sectors" (Dan Schiller)

Kim, Soo-Chul December 2007
"Space, History and Mobility: A Historical Inquiry of Seoul as a Mobile City from 1970 to 2000" (Norman Denzin)
Simon Fraser University-Vancouver, Communication (Post-doc)