Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Naftal and Lund Defend Theses

Two students in the Master of Applied Arts in Written Communication program successfully defended their final projects this week.
Christina Lund submitted a thesis on the connections between politeness theory and technical communication,
using an autoethnographic model to study her experiences as a new employee at a large organization.  Dr. Kaye Adkins chaired her committee and her other members included Dr. Janice Cools-Stephens and Dr. Mei Zhang of the Department of Communication and Journalism. 
 
Ms. Lund also received the Outstanding Graduate Student Award from the department this year. 

Naftal Naftal submitted a capstone on community engagement and the technical communicator's value in organizations.  His work included instructional documents created for clients, research, and a grant proposal concerning his home country, Mozambique.  Dr. Michael Charlton chaired his committee and his other members included Dr. Kaye Adkins and Dr. Cynthia Jeney.

Congratulations to both students on their achievements!

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