First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Contains essays concerning communicative aspects of African American identities. This book explains the disciplinary dimensions of African American communication literature: communication theory and identity; language and rhetoric; relational contexts; gendered contexts; organizational and instructional contexts; and, mass mediated contexts.

Contains essays concerning communicative aspects of African American identities. This book explains the disciplinary dimensions of African American communication literature: communication theory and identity; language and rhetoric; relational contexts; gendered contexts; organizational and instructional contexts; and, mass mediated contexts.

Black Pioneers in Communication Research is the only book in the field of communication that-through personal interviews-systematically explores the lives, careers, and profound conceptual contributions of the men and women who have helped shape the contours of humanistic and social scientific inquiry within communication studies and beyond.