Exploring African American Identity Negotiation in the Academy: Toward a Transformative Vision of African American Communication Scholarship

Abstract

Within this article, I have three simple objectives: to explain (1) where we are as African American communication researchers, (2) how we arrived at this point, and (3) where we should go from here. In explaining where we are, I assess the state of African American communication research. Then I introduce the cultural contracts paradigm to facilitate strategies of transformation and gradual agency over the politics of identity, which continue to restrict African American communicology. Finally, I discuss both my visions and an agenda for the future of African American communication research.

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