Formerly Known As: Speech Monographs (1934 - 1975)
Current Editor
Tamara D. Afifi, University of California Santa Barbara
About the Journal
Communication Monographs aims to provide a venue for excellent original scholarship that contributes to our understanding of human communication. The scholarship should endeavour to ask questions about the diverse and complex issues that interest Communication scholars, including areas such as media studies, interpersonal and relational communication, organizational and group communication, health and family communication, rhetoric, language and social interaction, intercultural communication and cultural studies, and others. Read more
Editors
| Years | Editor | Volumes |
|---|---|---|
| 1934-1941 | Clarence T. Simon,* Northwestern University | Vols. 1-8 |
| 1942-1947 | R.H. Wagner,* Cornell University | Vols. 9-14 |
| 1948-1950 | Lester Thonssen,* College of the City of New York | Vols. 15-17 |
| 1951-1953 | Franklin H. Knower,* Ohio State University | Vols. 18-20 |
| 1954-1956 | J. Jeffery Auer,* University of Virginia | Vols. 21-23 |
| 1957-1958 | Howard Gilkinson, University of Minnesota | Vols. 24-25 |
| 1958-1959 | John W. Black,* Ohio State University | Vols. 25-26 |
| 1960-1962 | Douglas Ehninger,* University of Florida | Vols. 27-29 |
| 1963-1965 | Wayne N. Thompson,* University of Texas | Vols. 30-32 |
| 1966-1968 | Carroll C. Arnold,* The Pennsylvania State University | Vols. 33-35 |
| 1969-1971 | Samuel L. Becker,* University of Iowa | Vols. 36-38 |
| 1972-1974 | Thomas M. Scheidel, University of Wisconsin | Vols. 39-41 |
| 1975-1977 | Roger E. Nebergall, University of Illinois | Vols. 42-44 |
| 1978-1980 | John W. Bowers, University of Iowa | Vols. 45-47 |
| 1981-1983 | Phillip Tompkins, Purdue University | Vols. 48-50 |
| 1984-1986 | Gerald R. Miller,* Michigan State University | Vols. 51-53 |
| 1987-1989 | Margaret McLaughlin, University of Southern California | Vols. 54-56 |
| 1990-1992 | Judee K. Burgoon, University of Arizona | Vols. 57-59 |
| 1993-1995 | Charles R. Bantz, Arizona State University | Vols. 60-62 |
| 1996-1998 | Dennis S. Gouran, The Pennsylvania State University | Vols. 63-65 |
| 1999-2001 | Michael J. Beatty, University of Missouri-St. Louis | Vols. 66-68 |
| 2002-2004 | Franklin J. Boster, Michigan State University | Vols. 69-71 |
| 2005-2007 | Alan Sillars, University of Montana | Vols. 72-74 |
| 2008-2010 | Mike Allen, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | Vols. 75-77 |
| 2011-2013 | Katherine Miller, Texas A&M University | Vols. 78-80 |
| 2014-2016 | Kory Floyd, Arizona State University | Vols. 81-83 |
| 2017-2019 | Tamara D. Afifi, University of California Santa Barbara | Vols. 84-86 |
*Deceased