[1][2] Craig was on the 1988 founding board of the journal "Research on Language and Social Interaction,"[3] a position he continues to hold.

[15][16][17][18] In 1995 Robert T. Craig and Karen Tracy published "Grounded Practical Theory: The case of Intellectual Discussion"!

[19] This was an attempt by Craig and Tracy to create a methodological model using discourse analysis which will "guide the development and assessment of normative theories.

[24] Based on this argument, GPT was developed as a methodologically grounded means of theorizing communication practices.

Generally a GPT study begins by looking for troubles or dilemmas endemic to situated interaction and observable in discourse.

[15][14][16][17][18] In this article Craig "proposes a vision for communication theory that takes a huge step toward unifying this rather disparate field and addressing its complexities.

"[42] In the end Craig proposes seven different traditions of Communication Theory and outlines how each one of them would engage the others in dialogue.