"Social Justice and Communication Scholarship" explores the role of communication in framing and contributing to issues of social justice. The volume, a first on the subject of communication and social justice, investigates the theoretical and practical ways in which communication scholarship can enable inclusive and equitable communities within American society. It is an analysis on how to construct communities that protect individual freedom while ensuring equality and dignity to everyone. In this edited book, Swartz: brings together both senior scholars and those new to the field to represent diverse applications of communication to issues of social justice; supports partisan scholarship in order to revitalize intellectual activity and social commitment toward creating a progressive society; and serves the heuristic function of posing new research questions. Beyond the field of communication, "Social Justice and Communication Scholarship" has relevance to many departments in the humanities and social sciences, as research regarding the theme of social justice transcends disciplinary boundaries. It is particularly suited for undergraduate and graduate courses in communication, rhetoric and composition, journalism, American studies, and cultural studies. Other courses in the humanities can draw on the historical, critical, and sociological aspects of the various chapters.