Lecturers at the Jefferson Educational Society

Colleen Kelley, Ph.D., received her Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Communication from the University of Oregon. She is a tenured associate professor of communication at Penn State Behrend. Her teaching areas include rhetorical and communication theory, public address, political communication, intercultural communication, and gender issues in communication. Her research interests include political communication, particularly the influence of the "religious right" on American politics, peace and communication, and ethics and communication.