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The Personae of Students Without Majors in the State of Ohio

McDonough, Brendan P
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1491558587859351

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2017, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences: Communication.
Research has shown that students in undecided student programs experience increased stress and anxiety. Some universities, like the University of Cincinnati, have created new programs in response, and labeled them “Exploratory” programs. However, very little research has been conducted as to how this labelling affects students. This mixed methods project involves two stages. The first involves a rhetorical analysis of websites from the 15 largest universities in the state of Ohio and considers the various rhetorical personae constructed by these universities through the lenses of constitutive rhetoric and the second and third persona. The second stage involves qualitative interviews with University of Cincinnati Exploratory students, exploring their experiences with being an Exploratory student and investigating their adoption of the personae found in the first stage. By combining the results of these two stages, this project argues that the Exploratory persona is a more holistic and humane rhetorical construction that alleviates some of the stress and pressure traditionally felt by undecided students.
John Lynch, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Stephen Depoe, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Shaunak Sastry, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
86 p.
Speech Therapy
Higher Education; Undecided students; Exploratory students; Second Persona; Constitutive Rhetoric

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  • McDonough, B. P. (2017). The Personae of Students Without Majors in the State of Ohio [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1491558587859351

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • McDonough, Brendan. The Personae of Students Without Majors in the State of Ohio. 2017. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1491558587859351.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • McDonough, Brendan. "The Personae of Students Without Majors in the State of Ohio." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1491558587859351

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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