Brenda J. Allen

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Brenda J. Allen is an American academic. She is Professor Emerita of Communication and retired Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion and Professor of Communication at the University of Colorado Denver. Her book, Difference Matters: Communicating Social Identity^[1] includes her research on power dynamics and social identity (e.g., gender, race, social class, sexuality, ability status, and age).