Where we wanna go
Generally speaking, the purpose of an introduction is to establish ______ and _______.
Context and Relevance
The section of a paper that details past research conducted on the topic of interest.
What is a literature review?
Before researchers are able to conduct studies or experiments, they have to consult with this institution to get permission.
What is the IRB?
Maya will be moving to this city, famous for its interactive Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum, in July.
What is Las Cruces?
What university did Maya receive her B.A. in communications from?
Maya's dissertation draws from these two subfields within communication studies.
Interpersonal and Organizational
Maya minored in this topic that she can tell you next to nothing about.
What is philosophy?
Maya employed both solo and _____ interview structures to collect data.
What is Dyadic?
Individuals engage in this practice when they attempt to understand their lives and relationships
What is Sense Making?
What are limitations?
The summer of Maya's freshman year, her town had a ‘once in a lifetime flood’ which is mythically referred to as the _____
What is the great flood of 2016?
Maya published a quantitative paper on this topic in 2025.
Cyberbullying
______ and ________ are Maya's advisors.
Rene Daily and Keri Stephens
Maya's first research questions asks "What do disaster stories reveal about the ____, ______, and _____of the family unit?
What are values, identity, and beliefs?
Maya dedicated her dissertation to this person.
Who is Maya's mom/ Kori?
Maya's dissertation examines the impact of natural disasters on this type of organization.
What is a family?
______ is defined as a nonlinear cascade of hazards that highlight the interconnectedness of infrastructure and the social vulnerabilities inherent in human systems, which can cause harm and lead to consequential hazards beyond the initial triggering event
What is a Cascading Disaster?
After interviewing 20 participants, Maya reached _____ which is the point in data collection when no new information, themes, or insights emerge, indicating that continuing to gather data is unnecessary.
What is saturation?
The theme of _______ can be defined as overlapping self-concepts which interact with family power dynamics and experiences with social inequality to shape how individuals understand a disaster and how they see themselves and their family afterward.
What are Intersecting Identities?
The ______ Theory of Resilience serves as a guiding framework in Maya's dissertation for understanding how families adapt to and through natural disasters
What is the Communicated Theory of Resilience?
Maya uses the voice of this southern music artist to guide readers through the introduction of her dissertation.
Who is McClendon?
According to the Communicated Theory of Resilience, _______ is a communicated phenomenon in which individuals either attempt to make things feel “back to normal” or create a “new normal.”
What is Crafting Normalcy?
Maya uses this qualitative research method that alternates between examining emergent data (emic) and applying existing theories (etic) to analyze her data.
What is the Phronetic Iterative Approach?
It's illegal (though not enforced) to eat this while walking down main street in Las Cruces.
What is a bag lunch?
The title of Maya's dissertation.
What is "Acts of Love and Fights for Resilience: Families’ organizing through Natural Disasters"