Abstract

I would like to acknowledge the people whose support have been incredibly valuable to me during the process of completing this project. First and foremost, I would like to thank Dr. Anne Kerber who chaired and advised this thesis. I could not have done this without your advice and support. It wasn’t easy, but you helped me get through it and pushed me to become a better writer and a better scholar. I appreciated your patience, all the feedback, and guidance throughout the whole process that helped me to complete this project. I would also like to thank Dr. Farah Azhar and Dr. Emily Boyd for being on my committee. I truly appreciated your patience and support. Throughout this whole process, you both have given me great feedback to improve my thesis. Dr. Azhar you always inspired and encouraged me. You share some of your experiences as a former international graduate student that was very consistent with my work. Dr. Boyd you pointed many pointes that need to be included in writing a research paper. You emphasized on how to draw comparison of local students with international graduate students. Besides, you gave effort to make the research paper more professional. I appreciated your all clarifications. I would like to thank my two graduate coordinators Dr. Deepa Oommen and Dr. Justin Rudnick who gave me all the support I needed as an international graduate student. Finally, thanks to my family and my beloved wife Jannatul Ferdoss Rumi, my daughter Rijwana Haque Rafa, for all the love, support and encouragement you have given me. I have deprived you of many things. Still, your love and encouragement fueled me to complete this research. Thank you for everything.

Advisor

Anne Kerber

Committee Member

Farah Azhar

Committee Member

Emily Boyd

Date of Degree

2024

Language

english

Document Type

Thesis

Degree

Master of Arts (MA)

Program of Study

Communication Studies

Department

Communication and Media

College

Humanities and Social Sciences

Included in

Communication Commons

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