Key Thinkers in Critical Communication Scholarship serves as a guidepost to those wishing to understand the difficulties facing critical researchers and how others have been able to navigate through these challenges. It is particularly valuable for those interested in learning about the scholars who conducted research that did not conform to mainstream social science standards andchallenged established views. In addition, the lives and work of these critical researchers offers a means for understanding ourselves as we try to make sense of the dynamic and complicated world in which we live.