Vincent Russell is an assistant professor and the Liberal Studies Program Coordinator in the Department of Communication at Western Carolina University, where he teaches courses on intercultural communication, interpersonal communication, and public speaking. A critical ethnographer who employs community-based research methods, his research (a) emphasizes communication activism for social justice scholarship, which involves communication scholars intervening collaboratively to aid marginalized individuals, activist groups, and community-based organizations to obtain social justice; and (b) explores deliberation practices and processes engaged in by people pursuing collective action. He is the author of 13 peer-reviewed journal articles, including publications in the Journal of Applied Communication Research, Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies and Annals of the International Communication Association; and five chapters in edited scholarly books. He has received 16 awards/honors, including the Mônica Pombo Early Career Teaching Award from the Carolinas Communication Association and, from the National Communication Association, the Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Critical and Cultural Studies Division, the Best Dissertation Award from the Ethnography Division, and the Dr. Rozell Duncan Award for Excellence in Experiential Learning Research from the Experiential Learning Division. His scholarly commentary has appeared in The Atlantic, The Brennan Center for Justice, and other outlets.