Best Master’s Thesis Award - Winners
| 2009 | Moonhee Cho, University of Florida "Top Corporate Donors and Charitable Organizations: Utilizing the Coorientation Model to Examine Benefits and Relationships." Faculty Advisor: Kathleen S. Kelly, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Public Relations, College of Journalism and Communications, University of Florida |
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| 2008 | Hye Kyung Kim, Syracuse University "Stakeholders' Evaluation Processes of a Racial Crisis" |
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| 2007 | Major Chad G. Carroll, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill "The U.S. Army Public Diplomacy Officer: Military Public Affairs Officers' Roles in The Global Information Environment." |
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| 2006 | Catherine Sheldon, University of Georgia "Image Repair on the Political Front: An Experiment Testing Effects of Communication Strategy and Performance History in a Political Faux Pas" |
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| 2005 | Yimin Wang, Univeristy of Florida "Cross-National Conflict Shifting: A Case Study of the DuPont Teflon Crisis" |
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| 2004 | Marcia Watson, University of South Florida "Organizational Uncertainty Management: Developing a Framework for Public Relations Practitioner Involvement" |
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| 2003 | David Youngmeyer, University of Maryland "The Development of Reputational Relationships and Perceived Sources of Out-Group Attitudes in the Professional Socialization of Journalism and Public Relations Students" |
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| 2002 | Rocky Cabagnot, University of Florida "Celebrities and the Right of Publicity: A Study of Economic Damage and Moral Rights" |
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| 2001 | Tina Carroll, University of South Alabama "How Public Relations is Perceived and Taught in MBA Programs: A Survey of Business School Professors" |
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| 2000 | Kimberly Gill, University of Florida "Seeing the Forests for the Trees: Communication and Relationship Building Tactics of Activist Groups and Forest Products Companies" |
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| 1999 | Yunna Rhee, University of Maryland "Confucian Culture and Excellent Public Relations: A Study of Generic Principles and Specific Applications in South Korean Public Relations Practice" |
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| 1998 | Christopher Knaus, Washington State University in Pullman "The AIDS Memorial Quilt on a College Campus and its Implications: An Analysis of the Effectiveness of Alternative HIV Prevention Education and Awareness Building Events" |
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| 1997 | Carol Ann McKeown, San Jose State University "Candidates' Web Site Use During the 1996 Presidential Campaign" |
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| 1996 | Virginia Sheng, University of Maryland "Multicultural Public Relations: A normative approach" |
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| 1995 | Murvyn Callo, University of Southern California "Total Quality and Excellent Public Relations: An Analysis of Total Quality Management Practices that Impact Performance of Corporate Public Relations Practitioners" |
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| 1994 | Martha Lepore, Boston University "Professionalism and the Public Relations Body of Knowledge: Implications for an Emerging Profession" |
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| 1993 | Gregory Smith, University of Minnesota "Making Medicine Matter: A Study of Hospital Communications" |
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| 1992 | Zoraida Rosario, Syracuse University "The Utility of Ehling's Means-Ends Paradigm of Public Relations Management: A case study Approach" |
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| Jo Nell Miettinen, San Diego State University "Intent and Behavior: A Prediction Model Examining the Gap Between Stated Intent and Actual Behavior" |
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| 1991 | Eric Haley, University of Georgia "The Relationship of Organizational Structure and Communication: A Study of Daily and Crisis Communication Activities of Hospitals" |
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| 1990 | Kerry Humphrey, University of Maryland "Entrepreneurial Women in Public Relations: Why Open Collars?" |
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| 1989 | Barbara Lynn Wetherell, University of Maryland "The Effect of Gender, Masculinity, and Femininity on the Practice of and Preference for the Models of Public Relations" |
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| 1988 | Jody Buffington, University of Maryland "CEO Values and Corporate Culture: Developing a Descriptive Theory of Public Relations" |
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| 1987 | John Gibbs, University of Florida "An Evaluation of Grunig's Decision-Situation Theory of Communication" |
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| 1986 | Marianne Portugal Dayrit, University of Florida "Boundary-Spanning Roles: Public Relations and Media Practitioners" |
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| 1985 | Mark E. Cattell, University of Georgia "An Assessment of Public Relations and Issue Management in Relation to Strategic Planning in American Business Corporations" |
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| 1984 | C. Del Galloway, University of Florida "Dimensions of Media Credibility as Contingent Conditions in the Agenda-Setting Process" |
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| 1983 | James B. Cook, University of Wisconsin-Madison "Public Relations Roles and Practitioner Communication Behavior" |
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| 1982 | David Micklos, University of Maryland "Constraints on the Social Responsibility of Public Relations Science Writers" |
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| 1981 | Alan W. Jensen, Brigham Young University "Functional or Functionary: An Examination of the Status of Public Relations in Large U.S. Banks" |
