Miscellaneous Materials
Recommended Readings: Publications by Brenda J. Allen
2007 Allen, B.J. Theorizing communication and race. Communication Monographs 74, pp. 259-274.
2006 Allen, B.J. Communicating race at WeighCo. In J.T. Wood and S. Duck (Eds.) Composing relationships: Communication in everyday life (pp. 146-154).
2005 Allen, B.J. Social constructionism. In: S. May and D. Mumby (Eds.). Engaging organizational communication theory and research: Multiple perspectives (pp. 35-53). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
2004 Allen, B. J. Sapphire and Sappho: Allies in authenticity In A. Gonzales, M., Houston, & V. Chen: Our voices: Essays in culture, ethnicity, and communication (4th Edition) (pp. 198-202). Los Angeles: Roxbury Publishing Co.
2002 Allen, B.J. Goals for emancipatory communication research on Black women. In M. Houston & O. Davis (Eds.) Centering ourselves: African American feminist and womanist studies of discourse (pp. 21-34). Creskill, NJ : Hampton Press.
1998 Allen, B.J. Black womanhood and feminist standpoints. Management Communication Quarterly 11: 575-586.
1999 Allen, B.J., Orbe, M., & Olivas, M.O. The complexity of our tears:
Dis/enchantment and (in)difference in the academy. Communication Theory 9: 402-430.
2009 Ashcraft, K.L., & Allen, B.J. Politics even closer to home: Repositioning CME from the standpoint of communication studies. Management Learning, 40(1), 11-30.
2003 Ashcraft, K. L., & Allen, B. J. The racial foundation of organizational communication. Communication Theory 13: 5-33.
Case Study: Humphreys, J. (2002). The best of intentions. Harvard Business Review, 80(7), 31-42. [pdf file]
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