Senior Projects - Fall 2001

Twenty-nine Communication Studies Students completed their Senior Projects this past semester.  Students and topics are listed below.  A student with a star (*) by his or name is one of the five "finalists" for the 2001-2002 outstanding senior project award.  The winner will be announced at the Communication Club banquet on May 10, 2002.

Lisa Austin: Self-disclosure between same-sex and opposite-sex siblings
Mandy Bachmann: Customer expectations for online service providers
Natalie Banach: Interpersonal attraction and body type
Megan Barber: Communication networks in fraternities and sororities
Laura Bernstein: The influence of music style on small group interaction
Shannon Bruce: The influence of media on attitudes toward cheerleading
Jessica Bowe: Uncertainty avoidance, individualism and collectivism, and topic selection in intercultural interactions
Ryan Eichman: Crisis management in the Stringer and Wheeler football deaths
Natalie Flach: Gender, conflict style, and relationship satisfaction in same-sex and opposite-sex friendships
Mia Giobbi: Comparative evaluation of La Crosse area CVB materials
Laura Guarnaccio: A rhetorical analysis of crisis communication: Guiliani's post WTC attack press conferences
Melissa Halvorson: The influence of hair color on college men's decision to approach women
Jennifer Knoebel: Effectiveness of UW-L theater public relations and promotion
Karen Kolberg: Is your significant other lying?
Jodi Macht: Communication about soap operas by college women
Elizabeth Maloney: Adapting to host cultures through intercultural communication competence
Jason Marin: Audience perceptions of television news production values
Nicole Moenssens: Influence of argument on evaluation of negative political ads
Michael Rizzo: Communication responses to Italian-American stereotypes
Sara Schmidt: Sexist humor: ratings and reactions and sex roles
Jessica Schock: Effectiveness of persuasive appeals in the Human Society telethon
Melissa Schwartz: The relationship between humor and recall in television commercials
Troy Sitzberger: Minding your tongue with age: how age influences profanity usage
*Spencer Straub: Lois and Superman: Changing dynamics and changing roles
Leah Sutscheck: Conflict resolution style and experience in management: moderating the effects of gender
Brittany Tibbits: A critical analysis of the ethics of program length advertisements for children
Jason Tomrell: Audio samples on websites as a promotional tool for musicians
Mike Ward: Teaching digital video editing in schools
*Kristin Wurster: Impact of corporate culture on humor in training