Heidi Smathers, "Open Fire: A Portrait of Gun Control in the Media After the 2011 Arizona Mass Shooting," East Tennessee State University thesis, 2012.
Julie Chartrou, "How Media Frame Roller Derby Around the World in 21 Different Countries," East Tennessee State University thesis, 2012.
Brandon Bouchillon, “A Slide in Mediated Perceptions: Pit Bulls and Collateral Fallout in the Vick Trial,” East Tennessee State University thesis, 2011.
Justin Shockley, “Unfiltered? A Content Analysis of Pro Athletes’ Twitter Use,” East Tennessee State University thesis, 2010.
Mariah Childress, “The ‘Oprah Effect’: A Content Analysis of Media Coverage of Toni Morrison and How the Coverage Changed Post Oprah, East Tennessee State University thesis, 2010.
Brittany Parks, “Aruba and Natalee Holloway: A Content Analysis of Four Years of Newspaper Coverage Surrounding the Incident,” East Tennessee State University thesis, 2009.
Josh Watson, “$750 Million of Neutral News Coverage: A Content Analysis of Nextel’s Media Exposure Before and After Becoming NASCAR’s Primary Corporate Sponsor,” East Tennessee State University thesis, 2006.
Buddy Arnold, “Brand Placement During the Family-Viewing Hour,” East Tennessee State University thesis, 2006.
Maria Pestalardo, “War on the Media: The News Framing of the Iraqi War in the United States, Europe, and Latin America,” East Tennessee State University thesis, 2006.
Mary Alice Basconi, “Training for Diversity in Journalism: Tracking the Columbia Summer Program Graduates, 1968 – 1974,” East Tennessee State University thesis, 2006.
Robert Carpenter, “And Now a Punch, Kick, and Slap from Our Sponsors: A Content Analysis of Aggression in Network Television Commercials,” East Tennessee State University thesis, 2005
Rhajon Colson-Smith, “Look Younger, Lose 10 Pounds, and Influence Your Audience: A Content Analysis of Popular Men’s and Women’s Magazine Cover Blurbs and the Messages They Project to Their Readers,” East Tennessee State University thesis, 2005.
Kathryn Bond-McNeill, “Communication Cues to Action Prompting Central Appalachian Women to Have a Mammogram,” East Tennessee State University thesis, 2005. (Co-chair with Dr. Kelly Dorgan)
Don Armstrong, “Print Media’s Treatment of Corporate-Named Stadiums vs. Historically Named Stadiums in Major-League Baseball Game Stories,” East Tennessee State University thesis, 2004.
Beth Anderson, “Visual Framing: A Study in Face-ism from the Websites for the 108th United States Congress,” East Tennessee State University thesis, 2003.
Adriane Dishner, “Images of Gender and Ethnicity on Fortune 500 Global 500 Company Websites,” East Tennessee State University thesis, 2003.
Mackenzie Frazier, “Depictions of Ethnicity and Gender on the Front Pages of College and University Websites,” East Tennessee State University thesis, 2003.
Angie Blank, “The Difference of Body Exposure: Images of Females and Males in Three Top Teen Magazines,” East Tennessee State University thesis, 2002.
Kelly Price-Rankin, “Male Visual Dominance Continues: A Global Study of Men and Women in 750 Online Newspapers in 74 Nations,” East Tennessee State University thesis, 2001.