Dissertation

COMM-9990

Active participation in research, under the supervision of a faculty adviser, leading to a doctoral dissertation. Grades of S or U are assigned by the adviser each term to reflect the student's research progress for the given semester. Once the dissertation has been publicly defended, approved by the doctoral committee, and accepted by the Office of Graduate Education, it will be archived in a standard format in the library.

1-16 credits
Prereqs:
none

Past Term Data

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2024
Dissertation (1-16c)
  • Andrew Arthur Fitzgerald
  • Miles A Kimball
  • June Deery
  • Yalun Zhou
  • Patricia Search
  • Tamar Gordon
Seats Taken: 4/60
2023
Dissertation (1-16c)
  • Miles A Kimball
  • June Deery
  • Yalun Zhou
  • Patricia Search
  • Tamar Gordon
Seats Taken: 2/50
Dissertation (1-16c)
  • Yalun Zhou
  • Miles A Kimball
  • Tamar Gordon
  • Patricia Search
  • June Deery
  • Maurice W Suckling
  • Andrew Arthur Fitzgerald
Seats Taken: 2/70
2022
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Miles A Kimball
  • James P Zappen
  • June Deery
  • Ellen Esrock
  • Patricia Search
  • Tamar Gordon
Seats Taken: 3/60
Dissertation (1-16c)
  • Yalun Zhou
  • Miles A Kimball
  • Tamar Gordon
  • Patricia Search
  • June Deery
  • James P Zappen
  • Ellen Esrock
Seats Taken: 3/70
2021
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Miles A Kimball
  • James P Zappen
  • June Deery
  • Ellen Esrock
  • Patricia Search
  • Tamar Gordon
Seats Taken: 6/55
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Miles A Kimball
  • Tamar Gordon
  • Patricia Search
  • June Deery
  • James P Zappen
  • Ellen Esrock
Seats Taken: 4/60
2020
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Miles A Kimball
  • James P Zappen
  • June Deery
  • Ellen Esrock
  • Patricia Search
  • Tamar Gordon
Seats Taken: 9/55
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Miles A Kimball
  • Tamar Gordon
  • Patricia Search
  • June Deery
  • James P Zappen
  • Ellen Esrock
Seats Taken: 6/60
2019
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Rebecca Kane Rouse
  • James P Zappen
  • June Deery
  • Ellen Esrock
  • Tamar Gordon
Seats Taken: 5/60
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Tamar Gordon
  • Patricia Search
  • June Deery
  • James P Zappen
  • Ellen Esrock
Seats Taken: 7/50
2018
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Rebecca Kane Rouse
  • James P Zappen
  • June Deery
  • Ellen Esrock
  • Audrey Grace Bennett
  • Ekaterina Valeri Haskins
  • Tamar Gordon
Seats Taken: 9/90
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Tamar Gordon
  • Ekaterina Valeri Haskins
  • Rebecca Kane Rouse
  • Ellen Esrock
  • Audrey Grace Bennett
  • Patricia Search
  • Roger Grice
  • James P Zappen
  • June Deery
Seats Taken: 6/90
2017
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Rebecca Kane Rouse
  • James P Zappen
  • June Deery
  • Ellen Esrock
  • Audrey Grace Bennett
  • Ekaterina Valeri Haskins
  • Tamar Gordon
Seats Taken: 9/90
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Tamar Gordon
  • Ekaterina Valeri Haskins
  • Rebecca Kane Rouse
  • C Lee Odell
  • Neil B Rolnick
  • Ellen Esrock
  • Audrey Grace Bennett
  • Roger Grice
  • James P Zappen
  • June Deery
Seats Taken: 8/280
2016
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Rebecca Kane Rouse
  • James P Zappen
  • June Deery
  • Ellen Esrock
  • Audrey Grace Bennett
  • Ekaterina Valeri Haskins
  • Tamar Gordon
Seats Taken: 6/80
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Tamar Gordon
  • Ekaterina Valeri Haskins
  • Rebecca Kane Rouse
  • C Lee Odell
  • Neil B Rolnick
  • Ellen Esrock
  • Audrey Grace Bennett
  • Roger Grice
  • James P Zappen
  • June Deery
Seats Taken: 9/280
2015
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Rebecca Kane Rouse
  • James P Zappen
  • June Deery
  • Ellen Esrock
  • Audrey Grace Bennett
  • Ekaterina Valeri Haskins
  • Tamar Gordon
Seats Taken: 6/80
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Tamar Gordon
  • Ekaterina Valeri Haskins
  • Rebecca Kane Rouse
  • C Lee Odell
  • Neil B Rolnick
  • Ellen Esrock
  • Audrey Grace Bennett
  • Roger Grice
  • James P Zappen
  • June Deery
Seats Taken: 7/280
2014
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • James P Zappen
  • June Deery
  • Ellen Esrock
  • Audrey Grace Bennett
  • Ekaterina Valeri Haskins
  • Tamar Gordon
Seats Taken: 5/70
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Tamar Gordon
  • Ekaterina Valeri Haskins
  • Rebecca Kane Rouse
  • C Lee Odell
  • Neil B Rolnick
  • Ellen Esrock
  • Audrey Grace Bennett
  • Roger Grice
  • James P Zappen
  • June Deery
Seats Taken: 6/280
2013
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • James P Zappen
  • June Deery
  • Ellen Esrock
  • Carlos G. Godoy
  • Audrey Grace Bennett
  • Ekaterina Valeri Haskins
  • Tamar Gordon
Seats Taken: 7/90
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Tamar Gordon
  • Ekaterina Valeri Haskins
  • C Lee Odell
  • Neil B Rolnick
  • Ellen Esrock
  • Audrey Grace Bennett
  • Roger Grice
  • James P Zappen
  • June Deery
Seats Taken: 4/270
2012
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • June Deery
  • James P Zappen
  • Ellen Esrock
  • Carlos G. Godoy
  • Ekaterina Valeri Haskins
  • Tamar Gordon
Seats Taken: 9/70
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Tamar Gordon
  • Ekaterina Valeri Haskins
  • C Lee Odell
  • Neil B Rolnick
  • June Deery
  • James P Zappen
  • Ellen Esrock
  • Audrey Grace Bennett
  • Carlos G. Godoy
Seats Taken: 6/280
2011
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Ellen Esrock
  • Carlos G. Godoy
  • June Deery
  • James P Zappen
  • Nathaniel George Freier
  • Ekaterina Valeri Haskins
  • Tamar Gordon
Seats Taken: 8/80
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Tamar Gordon
  • Ekaterina Valeri Haskins
  • C Lee Odell
  • Neil B Rolnick
  • June Deery
  • James P Zappen
  • Ellen Esrock
  • Carlos G. Godoy
Seats Taken: 9/250
2010
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • James H Watt
  • Cheryl Ann Geisler
  • June Deery
  • James P Zappen
  • Nathaniel George Freier
  • Ekaterina Valeri Haskins
  • Tamar Gordon
Seats Taken: 8/290
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Tamar Gordon
  • Ekaterina Valeri Haskins
  • C Lee Odell
  • Neil B Rolnick
  • Ellen Esrock
  • June Deery
  • James P Zappen
  • Nathaniel George Freier
  • Carlos G. Godoy
Seats Taken: 10/260
2009
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Ekaterina Valeri Haskins
  • James H Watt
  • Cheryl Ann Geisler
  • June Deery
  • James P Zappen
  • Nathaniel George Freier
  • Katherine Currie Isbister
Seats Taken: 10/310
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Ekaterina Valeri Haskins
  • Neil B Rolnick
  • James Bryson Watt
  • Ellen Esrock
  • Cheryl Ann Geisler
  • June Deery
  • James P Zappen
  • Nathaniel George Freier
  • C Lee Odell
  • Robert Krull
Seats Taken: 9/240
2008
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Ekaterina Valeri Haskins
  • James H Watt
  • June Deery
  • James P Zappen
  • Cheryl Ann Geisler
  • Katherine Currie Isbister
Seats Taken: 9/300
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Stephen Michael Halloran
  • Roger Grice
Seats Taken: 0/50
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Ekaterina Valeri Haskins
  • Neil B Rolnick
  • James Bryson Watt
  • June Deery
  • James P Zappen
  • Cheryl Ann Geisler
  • Ellen Esrock
  • Katherine Currie Isbister
  • C Lee Odell
  • Robert Krull
Seats Taken: 11/385
2007
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Ekaterina Valeri Haskins
  • Alan Nadel
  • James H Watt
  • June Deery
  • James P Zappen
  • Cheryl Ann Geisler
Seats Taken: 12/300
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Stephen Michael Halloran
  • Roger Grice
Seats Taken: 0/50
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Ekaterina Valeri Haskins
  • Alan Nadel
  • Karen Burke Lefevre
  • Neil B Rolnick
  • James Bryson Watt
  • June Deery
  • James P Zappen
  • Cheryl Ann Geisler
  • Katherine Currie Isbister
  • C Lee Odell
  • Robert Krull
Seats Taken: 9/435
2006
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Ekaterina Valeri Haskins
  • Robert Krull
  • Alan Nadel
  • James H Watt
  • June Deery
  • James P Zappen
  • Cheryl Ann Geisler
Seats Taken: 14/350
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Stephen Michael Halloran
  • Roger Grice
Seats Taken: 0/50
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Ekaterina Valeri Haskins
  • Alan Nadel
  • Karen Burke Lefevre
  • C Lee Odell
  • Neil B Rolnick
  • James Bryson Watt
  • June Deery
  • James P Zappen
  • Cheryl Ann Geisler
Seats Taken: 13/385
2005
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Ekaterina Valeri Haskins
  • Robert Krull
  • Stephen Michael Halloran
  • Cheryl Ann Geisler
  • Alan Nadel
  • James H Watt
  • William F Hart-Davidson
Seats Taken: 16/500
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Stephen Michael Halloran
  • Roger Grice
Seats Taken: 0/50
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Ekaterina Valeri Haskins
  • Alan Nadel
  • Karen Burke Lefevre
  • Neil B Rolnick
  • C Lee Odell
  • Robert Krull
  • James Bryson Watt
  • June Deery
  • James P Zappen
  • Cheryl Ann Geisler
  • Ekaterina Valeri Haskins
  • Alan Nadel
  • Karen Burke Lefevre
  • Neil B Rolnick
  • C Lee Odell
  • Robert Krull
  • James Bryson Watt
  • June Deery
  • James P Zappen
  • Cheryl Ann Geisler
  • Ekaterina Valeri Haskins
  • Alan Nadel
  • Karen Burke Lefevre
  • Neil B Rolnick
  • C Lee Odell
  • Robert Krull
  • James Bryson Watt
  • June Deery
  • James P Zappen
  • Cheryl Ann Geisler
Seats Taken: 12/485
2004
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Robert Krull
  • Stephen Michael Halloran
  • Cheryl Ann Geisler
  • James H Watt
  • William F Hart-Davidson
Seats Taken: 12/450
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Stephen Michael Halloran
  • Roger Grice
Seats Taken: 0/50
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Ekaterina Valeri Haskins
  • Karen Burke Lefevre
  • C Lee Odell
  • Robert Krull
  • James Bryson Watt
  • James P Zappen
  • Neil B Rolnick
  • Stephen Michael Halloran
  • Cheryl Ann Geisler
  • Alan Nadel
  • William F Hart-Davidson
  • Roger Grice
  • Ekaterina Valeri Haskins
  • Karen Burke Lefevre
  • C Lee Odell
  • Robert Krull
  • James Bryson Watt
  • James P Zappen
  • Neil B Rolnick
  • Stephen Michael Halloran
  • Cheryl Ann Geisler
  • Alan Nadel
  • William F Hart-Davidson
  • Roger Grice
  • Ekaterina Valeri Haskins
  • Karen Burke Lefevre
  • C Lee Odell
  • Robert Krull
  • James Bryson Watt
  • James P Zappen
  • Neil B Rolnick
  • Stephen Michael Halloran
  • Cheryl Ann Geisler
  • Alan Nadel
  • William F Hart-Davidson
  • Roger Grice
Seats Taken: 17/550
2003
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Teresa M Harrison
  • James Bryson Watt
  • William F Hart-Davidson
  • Robert Krull
  • Joseph Walther
  • Stephen Michael Halloran
  • Cheryl Ann Geisler
  • James P Zappen
Seats Taken: 14/775
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Cheryl Ann Geisler
Seats Taken: 1/25
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Karen Burke Lefevre
  • C Lee Odell
  • Robert Krull
  • James P Zappen
  • Neil B Rolnick
  • Stephen Michael Halloran
  • Cheryl Ann Geisler
  • James H Watt
  • William F Hart-Davidson
  • Joseph Walther
  • Karen Burke Lefevre
  • C Lee Odell
  • Robert Krull
  • James P Zappen
  • Neil B Rolnick
  • Stephen Michael Halloran
  • Cheryl Ann Geisler
  • James H Watt
  • William F Hart-Davidson
  • Joseph Walther
  • Karen Burke Lefevre
  • C Lee Odell
  • Robert Krull
  • James P Zappen
  • Neil B Rolnick
  • Stephen Michael Halloran
  • Cheryl Ann Geisler
  • James H Watt
  • William F Hart-Davidson
  • Joseph Walther
Seats Taken: 13/950
2002
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Tamar Gordon
  • Robert Krull
  • William F Hart-Davidson
  • James P Zappen
  • Cheryl Ann Geisler
  • Joseph Walther
  • Stephen Michael Halloran
Seats Taken: 10/750
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • James P Zappen
Seats Taken: 0/25
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • C Lee Odell
  • Karen Burke Lefevre
  • Neil B Rolnick
  • Stephen Michael Halloran
  • James P Zappen
  • Joseph Walther
  • Cheryl Ann Geisler
  • William F Hart-Davidson
Seats Taken: 9/1050
2001
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Stephen Michael Halloran
  • Karen Burke Lefevre
  • C Lee Odell
  • Robert Krull
  • Cheryl Ann Geisler
  • Joseph Walther
Seats Taken: 8/800
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • James P Zappen
Seats Taken: 1/25
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Karen Burke Lefevre
  • William F Hart-Davidson
  • C Lee Odell
  • Robert Krull
  • James P Zappen
  • Cheryl Ann Geisler
  • Joseph Walther
  • Neil B Rolnick
  • Stephen Michael Halloran
Seats Taken: 8/1050
2000
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • James P Zappen
  • Teresa M Harrison
  • C Lee Odell
  • Karen Burke Lefevre
  • Joseph Walther
Seats Taken: 5/800
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Cheryl Ann Geisler
Seats Taken: 1/25
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Neil B Rolnick
  • Karen Burke Lefevre
  • William F Hart-Davidson
  • Teresa M Harrison
  • C Lee Odell
  • Robert Krull
  • Cheryl Ann Geisler
  • Joseph Walther
Seats Taken: 8/1050
1999
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Teresa M Harrison
  • James P Zappen
  • John W Woods
  • Ellen Esrock
  • Joseph Walther
  • Joseph Halloran
Seats Taken: 8/800
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Karen Burke Lefevre
  • C Lee Odell
  • Robert Krull
  • Teresa M Harrison
  • Joseph Walther
  • Cheryl Ann Geisler
  • Tamar Gordon
  • Neil B Rolnick
  • Stephen Michael Halloran
  • James P Zappen
Seats Taken: 7/1050
1998
Dissertation (1-15c)
Seats Taken: 0/37
Dissertation (1-15c)
  • Teresa M Harrison
  • Joseph Walther
  • Cheryl Ann Geisler
  • Tamar Gordon
  • Stephen Michael Halloran
  • James P Zappen
Seats Taken: 8/900