Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Department of Communication Studies
Dr. Lisa Keränen is an Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Communication Department at the University of Colorado Denver, where she studies and teaches rhetorical theory and criticism with an emphasis on the rhetoric of science, medicine, and health care.
Dr. Keränen received her undergraduate degree from Communication Studies at Bloomsburg University in 1995.
Her new book, Scientific Characters, chronicles the contests over character, knowledge, trust, and truth in a politically charged scientific controversy that erupted after a 1994 Chicago Tribune headline: “Fraud in Breast Cancer Research: Doctor Lied on Data for Decade.”
Welcome to the Department of Communication Studies at Bloomsburg University. Our department has over 350 students who are currently majoring in Communication Studies. We also offer a minor in Communication Studies.
There are 12 faculty members who teach full time in the department.
Our department also supports general education for the entire university with courses in public speaking, interpersonal communication, and intercultural communication.