Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Communication Research
Kaleidoscope is a refereed, annually published print and electronic graduate student journal devoted to communication research at the intersections of philosophy, theory, and/or practical application of qualitative, interpretive, and critical/cultural communication research.
Currently published through the School of Communication Studies at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Kaleidoscope is financially supported by the SIUC Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, the SIUC College of Liberal Arts, the SIUC School of Communication Studies, and the SIUC Graduate and Professional Student Council. In the past Kaleidoscope has also been supported through a National Communication Association Presidential Initiative grant. Kaleidoscope is indexed, abstracted, and available in full-text electronic format from EBSCO Publishing.
Kaleidoscope
School of Communication Studies
Communications Building – Mail Code 6605
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
1100 Lincoln Drive
Carbondale, IL 62901
Phone: 618.453.2815
Fax: 618.453.2812
kalscopejrnl@gmail.com
Current Volume: Volume 19 (2020) Double Volume: 19-20
The global COVID-19 pandemic continues to be one of the defining events for scholarship in our time. Spreading across the globe during the composition of Kaleidoscope volume 19, the hardships brought about by this pandemic also fostered new avenues for scholarly collaboration. Representing the years of 2020 and 2021, this double volume of Kaleidoscope is a result of the efforts put forth by editors, reviewers, and authors all confronting the pandemic individually and in concert for the goal of continuing this avenue for qualitative peer-reviewed graduate research.
Articles
A Boring Day at the Clinic Is a Good Day at the Clinic: Narrative Inheritances of Anti-Abortion Violence
Cassidy D. Ellis
Globalizing Sexual Violence: Charting a Path for Future Research
Adam J. Whiteside
#ListenToSurvivors: A Case Study of Three Human Trafficking Awareness Campaigns on Twitter
Alex Rister

Editors
For Volume 19:
- Editor
- Shelby Swafford
- Advising Editor
- Alex Davenport
- Associate Editors
- Robert Fieldler
- Alex Lockwood
- Scott Jarmon
- Anna Wilcoxen
- Tao Zhang
For Volume 20:
- Editor
- Alex Lockwood
- Advising Editor
- Shelby Swafford
- Associate Editors
- Janine Armstrong
- Otis James Duncan
- Bolton Morales