Selected Publications
Austin, J., & Niles Goins, M. (2023). “Toward Theorizing About Black Women.” In B. M. Calafell and S. Eguchi (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Ethnicity and Race in Communication (315-325). Routledge.
Niles Goins, M., & Austin, J. (2022). “A History of Black Feminist Thought.” In M. P. Orbe and J. T. Austin (Eds.), Communication Theory: Racially Diverse and Inclusive Perspectives (27-33). Cognella.
Niles Goins, M., Faber McAlister, J., & Alexander, B. K. (Eds.) (2021). The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Communication. Routledge.
Niles Goins, M. (May 2019). “Challenges Facing Traditionally Underrepresented Faculty in the Academy.” Spectra. National Communication Association.
Anderson, R., Niles Goins, M., & Howard, S. (2014). Liberalism and its Discontents: Black Rhetoric and the Cultural Transformation of Rhetorical Studies in the 20th Century. In W. Keith & P. Gehrke (Eds.), A Century of Communication Studies: The Unfinished Conversation (166-186). Routledge.
Niles Goins, M. (2013). But I am Superwoman. I think. Women and Language, 35.2, 87-90.
Niles Goins, M. (2011). Playing with dialectics: Black female friendship groups as a homeplace. Communication Studies, 62, 531-546.
Niles, M. N., & Gordon, N. S. (Eds.) (2011). Still Searching for Our Mothers’ Gardens: Experiences of New, Tenure-Track Women of Color at ‘Majority’ Institutions. University Press of America.
Marnel has a special interest in racial and gender dynamics in organizational settings and serves on the editorial board of Women’s Studies in Communication.
The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Communication
This volume provides an extensive overview of current research on the complex relationships between gender and communication. Featuring a broad variety of chapters written by leading and upcoming scholars, this edited collection uses diverse theoretical frameworks to provide insight into recent concerns regarding changing gender roles, representations, and resources in communication studies. Established research and new perspectives address vital themes in this comprehensive text, including the shifting politics of gender, ethical and technological trends in gendered media, and gender in daily life. The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Communication is be an invaluable reference work for students and researchers working at the intersections of gender studies and communication studies. Its international perspectives and the range of themes it covers make it an essential and pragmatic pedagogical resource.
"The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Communication is a timely collection for those interested in the complexity of intersectionality and tired of the old white feminist binary ‘read’ on gender and communication."
— Dr. Dreama G. Moon, Professor, Department of Communication, California State University San Marcos
Still Searching for Our Mothers’ G
ardens: Experiences of New, Tenure-Track Women of Color at ‘Majority’ Institutions
New, tenure-track women of color endure unique hardships teaching at institutions in which they are not a majority. This edited volume seeks to share, from a communication perspective, the multifaceted experiences of these faculty members in the academy. The experiences captured in this volume engage various theories, methodologies, and frameworks that serve to bridge the chasm that often exists between theory and praxis. The contributors to this book are women of color from an array of ethnic, racial, and religious backgrounds, resulting in a thoughtful and rich discussion about the experiences of tenure-track women of color in the academy.
“Taken together, these essays draw on the experiences of 'triple jeopardy' (race, class, and gender) to generate innovative approaches to pedagogy and research that will benefit all scholars. Regardless of your field or your identity, if you want to glimpse the future of the academy - or at least what it could become - you must read Still Searching for Our Mothers’ Gardens.”
— Dr. Robin D. G. Kelley, Distinguished Professor and Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in U. S. History, University of California, Los Angeles