The Black Speculative Arts Movement: Black Futurity, Art+Design is a 21st century statement on the intersection of the future of African people with art, culture, technology, and politics. This collection enters the global debate on the emerging field of Afrofuturism studies with an international array of scholars and artists contributing to the discussion of Black futurity in the 21st century. The contributors analyze and respond to the invisibility or mischaracterization of Blac...

Women are powerful! The first dramatic pause to ever take place occurred during the creation of the universe right before God created His final masterpiece: Woman. Knowing that woman's identity would be targeted from the start God made sure to declare for all time and eternity that the universe needed the unique power of woman. In this season God is inviting his daughters to return to places of honor and to occupy their unique places of power and influence. In You Are Powerful, you will di...

Cancer sucks. There was no denying that fundamental truth. Sloan had spent the last year of her life fighting breast cancer and had finally killed those crazy radical cells. She now had her hair back and was trying to get her groove back with a new job in a new city. Things were looking up but men…well men were a problem. Cancer had stripped her of her health and her self-esteem, was she ready to enter the dating arena? Matt Murphy the defensive end for a professional football team present...

Signaling such recent activist and aesthetic concepts in the work of Kara Walker, Childish Gambino, BLM, Janelle Monáe, and Kendrick Lamar, and marking the exit of the Obama Administration and the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, this anthology explores the role of African American arts in shaping the future, and further informing new directions we might take in honoring and protecting the success of African Americans in the U.S. The essays in Afr...

The Magic of Mistletoe is a tender, beautifully illustrated winter story that celebrates friendship, kindness, and the gentle magic that grows in quiet places. Set in a peaceful snowy forest, this heartwarming tale follows Merri, a cheerful little robin, who notices that the tall winter trees feel lonely when their leaves have fallen away. Merri sings to comfort them, bringing music and warmth to the woods on frosty mornings and snowy evenings.One night, as Merri snuggles ...

Now in its third edition, this text examines how African Americans personally and culturally define themselves and how that definition informs their communication habits, practices, and norms.This edition includes new chapters that highlight discussions of gender and sexuality, intersectional differences, contemporary social movements, and digital and mediated communication.The book is ideally suited for advanced students and scholars in intercultural communication, interpe...

Social Networking and Impression Management: Self-Presentation in the Digital Age, edited by Carolyn Cunningham, offers critical inquiry into how identity is constructed, deconstructed, performed, and perceived on social networking sites (SNSs), such as Facebook, and LinkedIn. The presentation of identity is key to success or failure in the Information Age, especially because SNSs are becoming the dominant form of communication among Internet users. The architecture of SNSs provide opportu...

De-Whitening Intersectionality: Race, Intercultural Communication, and Politics re-evaluates how the logic of color-blindness as whiteness is at play in the current scope of intersectional research on race, intercultural communication, and politics. Calling for a re-centering of difference by exploring the emergence and inception of intersectionality concepts, the coeditors and contributors distinguish between the uses of intersectionality that seem inclusive versus those that actually ena...

The Very First SnowmanWritten and Illustrated by Amber JohnsonStep into a gentle winter world where snowflakes shimmer, forest trees whisper, and magic drifts softly across the snowy ground. The Very First Snowman is a heartwarming tale that invites young readers to discover how friendship, wonder, and winter's quiet beauty came together to create the very first snowman.When Winter Wind hears the woodland animals wishing for a frie...

A helpful puppy training book to introduce kids (and the whole family!) to the joys and responsibilities that come with bringing a new puppy home. All the essentials of dog training are here!Topics covered include:Purchasing puppy suppliesHouse training and socializing your puppyUnderstanding your puppy's behavior and body languageKeeping your puppy out of troubleThe basics of puppy training

AwardsInnovator Award for Outstanding Edited Collection, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Caucus, Central States Communication Association, 2023.Outstanding Book in Performance Studies and Autoethnography, Performance Studies and Autoethnography Division, Central States Communication Association, 2023.Book of the Year, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Communication Studies Division, Natio...

Africana Race and Communication: A Social Study of Film, Communication, and Social Media focuses on the areas of History, Ethos, Motif, and Mythology-Philosophy. This study is an interdisciplinary study, which surveys the collection, interpretation, and analysis of Black communication and culture. Likewise, the intellectual dexterity of Africana Studies as an interdisciplinary body of knowledge postures alternative ways of probing Africana phenomena. This volume provides a categorical lens...