Congratulations to Guillermo Avila-Saavedra, who successfully defended his dissertation on April 17, 2008. His dissertation is titled, "The Latino Trend: Identity, Influence, and Transformations in U.S. Television," and the members of his dissertation examination committee were Carolyn Kitch (Dissertation Chair), Fabienne Darling-Wolf, Nancy Morris and Carolina Acosto-Alzura (University of Georgia, outside reader).

Congratulations to Leanne Chang, who successfully defended her dissertation on April 24, 2007. The title of her dissertation is "Measuring Participation as Communicative Action: A Case Study of Citizen Involvement in and Assessment of a City's Smoking Cessation Policy-Making Process." The members of her dissertation examination committee were Thomas Jacobson (Dissertation Chair), Nancy Morris, Priscilla Murphy, and Douglas Storey (Johns Hopkins University; outside reader).

Congratulations to Dawn Gilpin, who successfully defended her dissertation on May 8, 2008. The title of her dissertation is "Organically Grown: Emergent Power and Influence in Complex Issue Networks." The members of her dissertation examination committee were Priscilla Murphy (Chair), Carolyn Kitch, Nancy Morris and David McKie (Waikato University in New Zealand; outside reader).

Congratulations to Rebecca Hains, who successfully defended her dissertation on May 10, 2007. The title of her dissertation is "Negotiating Girl Power: Girlhood on Screen and in Everyday Life." The members of her dissertation examination committee were Carolyn Kitch (Dissertation Chair), Renee Hobbs, Fabienne Darling-Wolf, and Sharon Mazzarella (Clemson University; outside reader).

Congratulations to Matthew T. Jones, who successfully defended his dissertation on April 16, 2008. His dissertation is titled, "Found in Translation: Structural and Cognitive Aspects of the Adaptation of Comic Art to Film," and the members of his dissertation examination committee were Matthew Lombard (Dissertation Chair), Michael Maynard, John Lent and Cheryl Campanella Bracken (Cleveland State University, outside reader).

Congratulations to Sueen Noh, who successfully defended her dissertation on April 16, 2008. Her dissertation is titled, "Negotiating Gender and Culture: Korean Women's Reading Japanese Girls' Comics," and the members of her dissertation examination committee were Fabienne Darling-Wolf (Dissertation Chair), Nancy Morris, John Lent, and Kathleen Uno (History Department, outside reader).

Congratulations to Pamela Poe, who successfully defended her dissertation on February 23, 2007. The title of her dissertation is "'Health-Media Literacy' for the Elderly: How Do Older Persons Perceive Health Information and Marketing Messages in Print and Televised Drug Advertisements?" The members of her dissertation examination committee were Jan Fernback (Dissertation Chair), Fabienne Darling-Wolf, Sheryl Ruzek (Department of Public Health) and Gary Kreps (George Mason University; outside reader).

Congratulations to Rick Popp, who successfully defended his dissertation on April 17, 2008. His dissertation is titled, "Magazines, Marketing, and the Construction of Travel in the Postwar United States," and the members of his dissertation examination committee were Carolyn Kitch (Dissertation Chair), Nancy Morris, Andrew Mendelson and Kenneth Kusmer (History Department, outside reader).

Congratulations to Holly (Yunhe) Shi, who successfully defended her dissertation on July 17, 2007. The title of her dissertation is "Framing Corporate Reputation: A Comparative Study of the Images of Canary Wharf in the Media." The members of her dissertation examination committee were Michael Maynard (Dissertation Chair), Cornelius Pratt, James Hunt (Department of Marketing) and Shanyang Zhao (Department of Sociology; outside reader).

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