Research from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Department of Communication Studies Faculty.
Submissions from 2018
Argumentation in the Identity Politics of the Trans Selfie, Recovering Greek Mythology to Analyze Contemporary Gender Arguments, Emma Frances Bloomfield
The Circulation of Climate Change Denial Online: Rhetorical and Networking Strategies on Facebook, Emma Frances Bloomfield and Denise Tillery
Analyzing Warrants and Worldviews in the Rhetoric of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton: Burke and Argumentation in the 2016 Presidential Election, Emma Frances Bloomfield and Gabriela Tscholl
Recuperating the Real: New Materialism, Object-Oriented Ontology, and Neo-Lacanian Ontical Cartography, Caleb Cates, Michael Lane Bruner, and Joseph T. Moss
Is Civility Contagious? Examining the Impact of Modeling in Online Political Discussions, Soo-Hye Han, LeAnn Brazeal, and Natalie Pennington
Received Support from Friends about Sex-Related Concerns: A Multiple Goals Perspective, Tara G. McManus and Alysa A. Lucas
Social support from friends for sex-related issues: A Multiple Goals Perspective, Tara G. Mcmanus and Alysa A. Lucas
Mother Goose and Mother Nature: Designing Stories to Communicate Information About Climate Change, Angeline Sangalang and Emma Frances Bloomfield
Submissions from 2017
Ark Encounter as Material Apocalyptic Rhetoric: Contemporary Creationist Strategies on Board Noah's Ark, Emma Frances Bloomfield
China's Fraught Food System: Imagining Ecological Civilization in the Face of Paradoxical Modernity, Donovan Conley
“She Stopped Me From Killing Myself”: Bullied Bloggers’ Coping Behaviors and Support Sources, Carly M. Danielson and Tara M. Emmers-Sommer
College Student Perceptions of Hypothetical Rape Disclosures: Do Relational and Demographic Variables Pose a Risk on Disclosure Believability?, Tara M. Emmers-Sommer
Implications of Sex Guilt: A Meta-Analysis, Tara M. Emmers-Sommer, Mike Allen, Kelsea Vadona Schoenbauer, and Nancy Burrell
Feminism, Gender, and Politics in NBC's "Parks and Recreation", Erika J. Engstrom
“That just proves he wants me back”: Pure victimhood, agency, and intimate partner violence in Gotham City Sirens, K. Scarlett Harrington and Jennifer A. Guthrie
Imagining China: Rhetorics of Nationalism in an Age of Globalization, Stephen J. Hartnett, Lisa B. Keränen, and Donovan Conley
"A “Gathering Storm” or “A New Chapter”? China, the United States, and the Rhetorical Work of National Imaginaries", Stephen J. Hartnett, Lisa B. Keranen, and Donovan S. Conley
When Do Friends Prevent Friends from Hooking Up Intoxicated? An Examination of Sex Differences and Hypothetical Intoxication in Peer Interventions, Mattew W. Savage, Lisa Menegatos, and Anthony J. Roberto
Submissions from 2016
"It Was My Fault": Bullied Students Causal and Controllable Attributions in Bullying Blogs, C. M. Danielson and Tara M. Emmers-Sommer
Communicating Energy in a Climate (of) Crisis, Danielle Endres, Brian A. Cozen, Joshua Trey Barnett, Megan O'Byrne, and Tarla Rai Peterson
Performances of an International Professional Community: CCS/CCUS and its National Contexts, Danielle Endres, Brian A. Cozen, Megan O'Byrne, and Andrea Feldpausch-Parker
Putting the U in Carbon Capture and Storage: Rhetorical Boundary Negotiation Within the CCS/CCUS Scientific Community, D. Endres, Brian Cozen, M. O’Byrne, A. M. Feldpausch-Parker, and T. R. Peterson
Religion and the Representative Anecdote: Replacement and Revenge in AMC’s The Walking Dead, Erika Engstrom and J M. Valenzano III
“No More Trapping Me!”: Communication Scholarship in the Service of Women Experiencing Domestic Violence and Substance Abuse, Jennifer Guthrie and A Kunkel
Southern Nevada Aerospace History, David Henry and S I. Russi