Communication and Race is a peer-reviewed publication of the National Communication Association. It publishes original scholarship on the centrality of race, racism, and colonialism to the praxis of communication. The journal contributes in distinct ways to the field of communication by building on the theories and epistemologies of Black, Ethnic, Latinx, Indigenous, and Asian studies scholars. Communication and Race calls for interdisciplinary scholarship that welcomes a variety of methods in the field, including but not limited to, rhetorical, interpretative, (auto)ethnographic, social-scientific, historical, humanistic, narrative, statistical, poetic, and political-economic.
The journal is especially interested in articles that do not simply react to Western epistemologies and constructs, but also theorize through and beyond Western thought and categorizations. It begins with the premise that the history of communication studies has accepted Western epistemologies as a default; however, there are a number of other epistemological positions that include and exceed the West, and beginning with those alternative epistemologies transforms what communication studies can be. Especially welcomed are interdisciplinary, international, and transnational articles that draw a connection between communication studies and other important theoretical lineages and fields, such as, but not limited to:
- Asian and Asian American Studies
- Black Studies
- Critical African Studies
- Critical Muslim Studies
- Critical Race Theories
- Decolonial Theory
- Environmental Studies
- Ethnic Studies
- Feminist Theory
- Native American & Indigenous Studies
- Intersectionality
- Latinx Studies
- Postcolonial Studies
- Queer Theory.
Editor:
Armond Towns - Carleton University, Canada
Editorial Board:
Shadi Abdi - San Francisco State University, USA
Walid Afifi - University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Hector Amaya - University of Southern California, USA
Fatima Zahrae Chrifi Alaoui - San Francisco State University, USA
Isra Ali - New York University, USA
Raisa Alvarado - California State University, San Bernardino, USA
Reynaldo Anderson - Temple University, USA
Siobhan Angus - Carleton University, USA
Osei Appiah - The Ohio State University, USA
Godfried Asante - San Diego State University, USA
Neda Atanasoski - University of Maryland, USA
Jillian Baez - Hunter College, CUNY, USA
Jared Ball - Morgan State University, USA
Shakuntala Banaji - The London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
Sara Baugh-Harris - Davidson College, USA
Jody Berland - York University, Canada
Andre Brock - Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Boatema Boateng - University of California, San Diego, USA
Simone Browne - University of Texas at Austin, USA
Susana Vargas Cervantes - Carleton University, Canada
Paula Chakravartty - New York University, USA
Karma Chavez - University of Texas, Austin, USA
Kundai Chirindo - Lewis & Clark College, USA
Hyunyi Cho - The Ohio State University, USA
Wendy Hui Kyong Chun - Simon Fraser University, Canada
Meredith Clark - Northeastern University, USA
Beth Coleman - University of Toronto, Canada
Robin Means Coleman - Northwestern University, USA
Jose Cortez - University of Oregon, USA
E Cram - University of Iowa, USA
Patricia Davis - Northeastern University, USA
Sharde Davis - University of Connecticut, USA
Travis Dixon - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
Mohan Dutta - Massey University, New Zealand
Sebastian Franklin - Kings College London, UK
Deen Freelon - University of Pennsylvania, USA
Lisa Flores - University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
Reighan Gillam - University of Southern California, USA
Marnel Niles Goins - Marymount University, USA
Herman Gray - University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
Kishonna L. Gray - University of Kentucky, USA
Rachel Alicia Griffin - University of Utah, USA
Jaime Guzman - California State University, Northridge, USA
Rona Halualani - San Jose State University, USA
Tina Harris - Louisiana State University, USA
Radha Hegde - New York University, USA
Faiza Hirji - McMaster University, Canada
Atiya Husain - Carleton University, Canada
Ronald Jackson, II - University of Cincinnati, USA
Sarah J. Jackson - University of Pennsylvania, USA
Andre E. Johnson - University of Memphis, USA
Javon Johnson - University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Ralina Joseph - University of Washington, USA
R.A. Judy - University of Pittsburgh, USA
Lilly Irani - University of California, San Diego, USA
Zenia Kish - University of Tulsa, USA
Rachel Kuo - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
Chenjerai Kumanyika - Rutgers University, USA
Kehbuma Langmia - Howard University, USA
Jose Angel Maldonado - University of South Florida, USA
Madhavi Mallapragada - University of Texas, Austin, USA
Cerise Green Manigault - University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA
Amanda Martinez - Davidson College, USA
Jeffrey McCune - University of Rochester, USA
Marquese McFerguson - Florida Atlantic University, USA
Charlton McIlwain - New York University, USA
Kimberly Moffitt - University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA
Kelli Moore - New York University, USA
Megan Morrissey - University of North Texas, USA
Thomas Nakayama - Northeastern University, USA
Tiara Na’Puti - University of California, Irvine, USA
LeiLani Nishime - University of Washington, USA
Omedi Ochieng - Denison University, USA
David Oh - Ramapo College of New Jersey, USA
Kent Ono - University of Utah, USA
Dorthy Pennington - University of Kansas, USA
Raul Perez - LaVerne University, USA
Gloria Pindi - California State University San Marco, USA
Monica Ponder - Howard University, USA
Aswin Punathambekar - University of Virginia, USA
Srividya Ramasubaramanian - Syracuse University, USA
Diana Rios - University of Connecticut, USA
Roopika Risam - Salem State University, USA
Sarah Sharma - University of Toronto, Canada
Raka Shome - Villanova University, USA
Kumi Silva - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Rianka Singh - York University, Canada
Stacey Sowards - University of Texas, Austin, USA
Hortense J. Spillers - Vanderbilt University, USA
Nicole Starosielski - New York University, USA
Catherine Knight Steele - University of Maryland, USA
Sean J. Upshaw - University of Texas, Austin, USA
Angharad Valdivia - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
Anjali Vats - University of Pittsburgh, USA
Corey D. B. Walker - Wake Forest University, USA
Myra Washington - University of Utah, USA
Alexander Weheliye - Northwestern University, USA
Apryl Williams - University of Michigan, USA
Liam Cole Young - Carleton University, Canada
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