Exhaling So That We Can Catch Our Breath and Sing: Reflections on Issues Inherent in Publishing Race-Related Communication Research

Abstract

This article features a cyberspace discussion involving four communication scholars reflecting a variety of perspectives based on race, gender, age, regionality, and tenure within the academy. After reading each of the essays contained in this special issue, we engaged in an on-line discussion of our reactions to, perceptions of, and experiences with the issues raised by the collective voices contained in this volume. In short, this “finale piece” features diverse voices coming together to discuss the implications of issues raised throughout the special issue.

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Notes on contributors

Mark P. Orbe

Mark P. Orbe, School of Communication, Western Michigan University

Debra C. Smith

Debra Smith, Departments of Communication and Africana Studies, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Christopher R. Groscurth

Christopher Groscurth, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, University of Michigan

Rex L. Crawley

Rex L. Crawley, Department of Communication, Robert Morris University.