Doctoral Program Statistics and Information
Doctoral Program Statistics and Information
Selecting the right doctoral program is a major decision. Prospective students are often looking for a program that not only fits their research interests, but also will provide them with mentorship, timely completion and assistance in job placement.
In order to help potential and newly-admitted applicants make the best decision for them, we’ve compiled concrete data on our admission, enrollment, graduation and placements rates. We’ve also included data on dissertation topics (title) and dissertation advisers (chair), to showcase the scope and breadth of original research being pursued by our doctoral students. After reviewing this information, we suggest prospective students review our doctoral faculty’s pages, as well as financial support information for our doctoral program.
If you have any questions about this data or other aspects of the doctoral program, please contact Sarah Smith-Frigerio, academic adviser to the doctoral program.
Admitted Applicants by Year
| Year | Admitted | Attending |
| 2012 | 16 | 11 |
| 2011 | 16 | 8 |
| 2010 | 14 | 8 |
| 2009 | 17 | 10 |
| 2008 | 22 | 15 |
Graduates by Year
| Year | Graduates |
| 2012 | 8 |
| 2011 | 13 |
| 2010 | 11 |
| 2009 | 7 |
| 2008 | 13 |
Dissertations, Chairs and Graduate Placements by Year
Year | Student | Dissertation Title | Chair | Placement | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Karen Hoff | The Impact of Free Newspapers on U.S. Markets | Esther Thorson | Boston College | Senior Member Research Analyst |
| 2012 | Mi Jahng | Beyond political differences: The influence of exposure to disagreements and the mediating role of emotional responses on selective exposure. | Esther Thorson | ||
| 2012 | Bo Kyung Kim | Proactive Self-Disclosure of Threats: The Effects of Voluntary Disclosure of Corporate Issues on Perceived Organizational Transparency, Credibility, and Perceived Severity of Issues | Glen Cameron and Maria Len-Rios | Rowan University | Assistant Professor |
| 2012 | Damian Kostiuk | Silence: The Reasons Why People May Not Communicate | Glen Cameron | Division of Homeland Security | U.S. Citizen & Immigration Services |
| 2012 | Joonghwa Lee | Conjoint analysis for effective use of online video advertising on video sharing websites. | Esther Thorson | Middle Tennessee State University | Assistant Professor |
| 2012 | You Li | Converting Cultural Capital to Economic Capital in the Journalism Field: Content Management in the Newspaper Business | Esther Thorson | Oakland University | Assistant Professor |
| 2012 | Adam Maksl | On Parents, Peers, Administrators, and Advisers: Developing a System to Understand Self-Censorship of Controversial Topics in the High School Press | Charles Davis | Indiana University Southeast | Assistant Professor |
| 2012 | Chad Painter | Write On: A 50-Year Analysis of the Role of the Alternative Press in Three Cities | Lee Wilkins | Eastern New Mexico University | Assistant Professor |
| 2011 | Saleem Alhabash | Playing their game: Changing American students' attitudes and stereotypes toward Palestinians and Israelis through video game play. | Kevin Wise | Michigan State University | Assistant Professor |
| 2011 | Seth Ashley | Ideology of the Air: Communication Policy and the Public Interest in the United States and Great Britain, 1896-1935 | Stephanie Craft | Boise State University | Assistant Professor |
| 2011 | Jessica Freeman | Tuning in to hooking up: an analysis of television's influence on thoughts of hook ups and commitment. | Kevin Wise | Wichita State University | Instructor |
| 2011 | Maria Garcia | A Tale of Two Multinationals: The BP and Greenpeace 'Go Green' Conflict in an Era of Green Crisis | Glen Cameron | American University in Dubai | Assistant Professor |
| 2011 | JiYeon Jeong | Mediating and moderating factors that affect health journalists' perceptions of conflict issues. | Glen Cameron | Hongik University | Assistant Professor |
| 2011 | Hyunmin Lee | Breaking down barriers: Utilizing audiovisual and gain-message frames to attenuate psychological reactance and increase source credibility towards strategic health messages. | Glen Cameron | St. Louis University | Assistant Professor |
| 2011 | Youngah Lee | University reputation management: Experimental study of the influence of identity and image on reputation and behavioral intentions. | Glen Cameron | Wesleyan Indiana University | Assistant Professor |
| 2011 | Michael Martinez | Electronic media access to the courts: Permission denied. | Charles Davis | University of Tennessee | Assistant Professor |
| 2011 | Hyunjee Oh | How the relationship between public health information officers and journalists can affect media agenda-building: A co-orientational approach. | Glen Cameron | Hong Kong Baptist University | Assistant Professor |
| 2011 | HyoJung Park | Social presence and source credibility in blog-mediated crisis communication. | Glen Cameron | Louisiana State University | Assistant Professor |
| 2011 | Mark Poepsel | The Mutual Shaping of Technology in a News Establishment: Social Journalism and Organizational Change | Margaret Duffy | Loyola-New Orleans University | Assistant Professor |
| 2011 | Ye Wang | Promoting Cause Sponsorship on Corporate Websites: Perceived Control of Navigation, Natural Fit, and Created Fit | Shelly Rodgers | University of Missouri-Kansas City | Assistant Professor |
| 2011 | Erin Willis | Engagement in Online Health Communities: Expressed Attitudes and Self-Efficacy of Arthritis Self-Management Behaviors | Shelly Rodgers | University of Memphis | Assistant Professor |
| 2010 | Petya Eckler | Electronic word of mouth in a smoking cessation context: Attitudinal and behavioral effects of valence, extremity and appeal of consumer product review. | Shelly Rodgers | Iowa University | Assistant Professor |
| 2010 | Elizabeth Gardner | Ease the Resistance: The Role of Narrative and Other-Referencing in Attenuating Psychological Reactance to Persuasive Diabetes Messages | Glenn Leshner | Texas Tech University | Assistant Professor |
| 2010 | Chang Dae Ham | Dual processes in persuasion inference: responses to user-generated advertising. | Esther Thorson | Illinois University | Assistant Professor |
| 2010 | Kyle Heim | The Boys on the Blogs: Intermedia Agenda Setting in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Campaign | Wayne Wanta | Seton Hall University | Assistant Professor |
| 2010 | Hye Hyun Hong | Communicating Medical Advances in Television Health News: The Influence of a Human Interest Frame on Audiences' Cognitive and Emotional Responses | Glen Cameron | ||
| 2010 | Adam Horn | Pertinacious Image: Investigating a Dimension of Image Management in Sports Public Relations | Glen Cameron | University of Central Missouri | Assistant Professor |
| 2010 | Hyo Jung Kim | Increasing the Persuasiveness of Gain vs. Loss Framing: The Effects of Gender and Fear Arousal on Processing Gain vs. Loss-Framed Breast Cancer Screening Messages | Glen Cameron | Nanyang Technological University | Assistant Professor |
| 2010 | Anastasia Kononova | The effects of stereotypical depictions of African Americans in Web-based news stories presented in conditions with different levels of distraction. | Glenn Leshner | American University of Kuwait | Assistant Professor |
| 2010 | Sun A. Park | Proactive environmental risk communication: Multiple publics' evaluation of for-profit corporations' sustainability communication. | Glen Cameron | West Virginia University | Assistant Professor |
| 2010 | Jeff Pe-Aguirre | Games of Information: Informational and Normative Influences of Media Structures on the Likelihood of Militarized Interstate Disputes | Glen Cameron | University of Central Arkansas | Assistant Professor |
| 2010 | Summer Vinson | Whitewashing Southern Living: the sociocultural significance of the 1966 magazine launch in Birmingham, Ala. | Earnest Perry | ||
| 2009 | Jonathan Groves | Understanding the Change to Integration: An Organizational Analysis of a Mid-Sized Newspaper | Earnest Perry | Drury University | Assistant Professor |
| 2009 | Youngkee Ju | New media's asymmetric response to the economy and its impact on the public perception. | Esther Thorson | ||
| 2009 | Jeesun Kim | Anger, Efficacy and Identity in Activism: Public Perceptions of Threat Appraisal, Attitudes, and Behavioral Intention | Glen Cameron | Grand Valley State University | Assistant Professor |
| 2009 | Jeremy Littau | The Virtual Social Capital of Online Communities: Media Use and Motivations as Predictors of Online and Offline Engagement via Six Measures of Community Strength | Esther Thorson | Lehigh University | Assistant Professor |
| 2009 | Doreen Marchionni | Explicating Journalism as a Conversation: Two Experimental Tests of Online News | Esther Thorson | Pacific Lutheran University | Visiting Assistant Professor |
| 2009 | Hans Meyer | The User-Generated Dilemma: Can the ways in which media organizations publish audience contributions affect the way the audience feels about the site and their intention to contribute? | Wayne Wanta | Ohio University | Assistant Professor |
| 2009 | Daxton Stewart | Constructively Managing Conflict about Open Government: Use of Ombuds and Other Dispute Resolution Systems in State and Federal Sunshine Laws | Charles Davis | Texas Christian University | Assistant Professor, Editor in Chief |
| 2008 | Miglena Sternadori | Cognitive Processing of News as a Function of Structure: A Comparison Between Inverted Pyramid and Chronology | Kevin Wise | University of South Dakota | Assistant Professor |
| 2008 | (Yuyan) Ernest Zhang | Examining Media Convergence: Does It Converge Good Journalism, Economic Synergies, and Competitive Advantages? | Fritz Cropp | University of Missouri | Coordinator |