The Handbook of Critical Communication Pedagogy

Advance critical communication pedagogy through new philosophies, methods, and practices

The Handbook of Critical Communication Pedagogy brings together emerging and seasoned scholars to map the current state and future directions of critical communication pedagogy. This edited collection examines the intersections of communication, teaching, and learning through critical, feminist, and postmodern lenses. Contributors yield new philosophical approaches, establish connections to the broader communication studies field, and chart methodological pathways for advancing CCP scholarship.

Organized into three sections—New Philosophies, New Methods, and New Pedagogies for Critical Communication Pedagogy—this handbook applies CCP-specific analysis to interpersonal and intercultural communication. Chapters offer conceptual frameworks, identify research opportunities, and present strategies that foster social justice and inclusive education. The volume connects theory and practice, providing tools for both scholarship and classroom application.

Readers will also find:

• Methodological pathways for investigating critical communication pedagogy across diverse institutional and cultural contexts
• Critical, feminist, and postmodern theoretical lenses applied to specific areas of communication studies research and instruction
• Strategies for integrating social justice orientations into communication curricula and everyday classroom interactions with students
• Frameworks linking critical communication pedagogy to interpersonal, intercultural, and organizational communication scholarship and practice
• Contributions from both emerging and veteran scholars representing a range of perspectives within communication and education studies

Designed for advanced graduate students, researchers, and instructors working at the intersection of communication and education, this handbook serves as an interdisciplinary scholarly resource. It equips readers with the philosophical grounding, methodological tools, and pedagogical strategies needed to advance critical communication pedagogy in their own research and teaching.