Communication Studies 

The UW Libraries has copies of dissertations and masters theses written by University of Washington students.  To locate these, search the UW Libraries Catalog in the following ways:

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• By  genre and department
  Enter: theses communication
• By  topic - use the keywords search and combine the phrase "theses and" followed by a topical keyword(s):
  • theses and interpersonal communication
  • theses and television
  • theses and media and democracy
• Browsing dissertations - communication dissertations are shelved under the call number P90 on the 3rd floor of Allen South. 

To identify dissertations and masters theses written at other universities, use one of these databases. Once you have identified the dissertations you need, submit an Interlibrary Loan request to get a copy. You can also buy copies through ProQuest Digital Dissertations

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• Coopman, Ted, Dissentworks: emergent collective action at the turn of the millennium
• Gendelman, Irina, Making space: memory, identity and the discursive production of place in the "urban development" of Seattle's Central District
  
• Aiello, Giorgia, Visions of Europe : the semiotic production of transnational identity in contemporary European visual discourse
• Campbell, Toby, Performing Anomie Belle : public intellectualism & multi-modal expression through music
• Pasch, Timothy James, Nunavik mixed-methods web-based strategies for preserving aboriginal and minority languages
• Docan-Morgan, Sara Jane, Boundaries and bridges : exploring Korean adoptees' reports of adoptive family communication during and after intrusive interactions and racial communication