Routledge Social Justice Communication Activism Series
About the Book Series
The study of social justice activism, in particular, has expanded significantly beyond studying communication enacted by social justice activist individuals, groups, and organizations, to include “social justice communication activism (SJCA).” SJCA research and pedagogy refers, respectively, to researchers using and teachers offering students opportunities to use their communication knowledge, resources, and competencies to engage in, study, and report their collaborative communication interventions, facilitations, and other actions (hereafter, interventions) to advance the social justice goals of communities experiencing social injustices and/or activist groups and organizations.
This series publishes books to aid SJCA educators and researchers. This series seeks to (a) weave SJCA into all levels of the communication curriculum, with books serving as primary or supplementary texts for the wide range of undergraduate and graduate communication courses taught; and (b) create invaluable resources for communication scholars who engage or want to engage in SJCA research and/or teaching.
Accordingly, proposals are welcomed for either course textbooks and supplemental books or for authored and edited books for researchers and educators. To discuss proposals for this book series, please contact Larry Frey at [email protected].
Collaborative Performance for Social Justice: In Classrooms, on Campuses, and with Communities
1st Edition
By Tessa Carr, Deanna Shoemaker
June 01, 2025
This engaging book offers a broad spectrum of collaborative and accessible performance-based practices that promote social justice within college classrooms, rehearsal spaces, campus stages and local communities. Performance is an inherently collective and embodied endeavor. As a form of ...
Quantitative Research Methods in Communication: The Power of Numbers for Social Justice
2nd Edition
By Erica Scharrer, Srividya Ramasubramanian
April 17, 2025
This fully updated second edition offers an advanced introduction to quantitative methods that focuses on why and how to conduct research that contributes to social justice. Providing both inspiration and step-by-step guidance on how to conceive, design, and carry out a quantitative study, the book...
Qualitative Inquiry for Social Justice
1st Edition
By Tim Huffman
October 15, 2023
This textbook introduces students, researchers, and activists to the practice of qualitative inquiry that contributes to fairness, freedom, and flourishing in community life. The book takes a cyclical approach to research and action by using the metaphor of the four seasons (spring, summer, autumn,...
Communication Activism Research for Social Justice: Engaged Research, Collective Action, and Political Change
1st Edition
By Kevin M. Carragee
September 28, 2023
Communication scholars have taken seriously the call for engaged scholarship, and this book examines the principles, practices, and outcomes of communication activism research for social justice. Communication activism research differs from other engaged communication scholarship through ...
Health Communication for Social Justice: A Whole Person Activist Approach
1st Edition
By Vinita Agarwal
September 01, 2023
This textbook combines whole person and social justice perspectives to educate students on the role of communication in promoting inclusive and person-centered healthcare practices. This book explores health inequities experienced by disadvantaged and marginalized populations and outlines the ...
Promoting Urban Social Justice through Engaged Communication Scholarship: Reimagining Place
1st Edition
By George Villanueva
May 31, 2023
Winner of the 2023 Jane Jacobs Urban Communication Book Award, awarded by the Urban Communication Foundation Based on the author’s scholar-activist interventions to promote social justice in cities, this book highlights the role engaged communication scholarship can play in fostering a more ...
Mindful Activism: Autoethnographies of Social Justice Communication for Campus and Community Transformation
1st Edition
By Lisa M. Tillmann, Kathryn Norsworthy, Steven Schoen
April 21, 2022
This collection immerses scholars of communication and related disciplines in narratives of and conversations about social-justice-focused activism. Through autoethnographic essays, Mindful Activism chronicles the authors’ experiences as activist academics challenging and seeking to remedy ...