This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 25 titles deal with a variety of topics, including: (1) persuasive messages and the hearing impaired; (2) the judicial speeches of Cicero; (3) the rhetoric of employment interviews; (4) doctor/patient communication; (5) black businesswomen's perceptions of their communication with black men; (6) the effects of persuasive communication; (7) computer simulations in conflict resolution; (8) a communication environment for mental health care; (9) job satisfaction and the effects of communication strategies based on operant conditioning on job skills; (10) participative decision making; (11) communication in community planning, faculty development, and religious preaching; (12) international communication in Europe, Africa, and Mexico; (13) argumentativeness and the effects of argument concession; (14) teacher/administrator interaction and conflict resolution; (15) political information seeking; (16) images of postsecondary institutions; and (17) assertiveness of women managers. (AEA)