In addition, I would also like to thank my friends, colleagues, the department faculty and staff for making my time at Iowa State University a wonderful experience. The Speech Communication staff in Carver Hall deserves special recognition for fielding various questions and providing countless hours of stress relief, especially my amazingly supportive office mates. Kylie Jacobsen deserves more recognition than I can give for her willingness to sit in coffee shops for hours every day, offering support, advice, and not judging me for all the cookies I ate. Finally, thanks to my family for their encouragement and to my future husband for his hours of patience, respect and love.