About Mk
Dr. MK Keran teaches business communication, largely General Business 360: Workplace Writing and Communication. She holds a B.A. in History and a B.A. in News and Editorial Journalism both with Designations in Global Studies from Western Kentucky University, an M.A. in English with a focus in Rhetoric and Composition from the University of Louisville, and a Ph.D. in English in Composition and Rhetoric from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Dr. Keran has been teaching college-level writing and communication since 2017. Before joining the Wisconsin School of Business, she was an undergraduate writing instructor and writing center consultant at the University of Louisville, serving as an educator on UofL’s main campus, in their virtual writing center, and at their satellite locations at Fort Knox, the Louisville Free Public Library, and the Louisville Family Scholar House. At UofL she also worked as an editorial assistant for the peer-reviewed scholarly journal The Henry James Review.
While completing her doctorate at UW-Madison, Dr. Keran served as an instructor of English 100: Introduction to College Composition, English 201: Intermediate Composition, and Interdisciplinary Engineering 601: Using Writing to Teach in Any Discipline to Promote Active Learning in an Inclusive Classroom Environment. She also served as the Co-Director of English 100 Tutorial, supporting first-year writing students and instructors; as the Assistant Director of Writing Across the Curriculum, offering professional development opportunities to educators of writing intensive courses in a variety of disciplines; and as a consultant in the Madison Writing Assistance program, offering free writing support to Madison community members. Dr. Keran has taught in in-person, hybrid, virtual synchronous, and virtual asynchronous settings
Prior to working in high education, Dr. Keran worked briefly in the Bourbon Industry at Angels Envy Distillery and in non-profit youth education at the Jewish Community Center of Louisville. She has lived in Kentucky, New Mexico, Nevada, Wisconsin, England, France, and Japan, each of which has shaped her understanding of language and communication. Her culminative experiences influenced her dissertation research which focused on the intersections of translanguaging—or the understanding that individuals’ idiolects do not natural delineate between named languages—and multimodality—or the idea that communication happens in multiple modes or format.
Dr. Keran’s classes focus on thinking critically and communicating interpersonally and professional in industry specific way. She emphasizes audience awareness, purpose, and the inextricably linked between form and content in communication.
Dr. Keran has been teaching college-level writing and communication since 2017. Before joining the Wisconsin School of Business, she was an undergraduate writing instructor and writing center consultant at the University of Louisville, serving as an educator on UofL’s main campus, in their virtual writing center, and at their satellite locations at Fort Knox, the Louisville Free Public Library, and the Louisville Family Scholar House. At UofL she also worked as an editorial assistant for the peer-reviewed scholarly journal The Henry James Review.
While completing her doctorate at UW-Madison, Dr. Keran served as an instructor of English 100: Introduction to College Composition, English 201: Intermediate Composition, and Interdisciplinary Engineering 601: Using Writing to Teach in Any Discipline to Promote Active Learning in an Inclusive Classroom Environment. She also served as the Co-Director of English 100 Tutorial, supporting first-year writing students and instructors; as the Assistant Director of Writing Across the Curriculum, offering professional development opportunities to educators of writing intensive courses in a variety of disciplines; and as a consultant in the Madison Writing Assistance program, offering free writing support to Madison community members. Dr. Keran has taught in in-person, hybrid, virtual synchronous, and virtual asynchronous settings
Prior to working in high education, Dr. Keran worked briefly in the Bourbon Industry at Angels Envy Distillery and in non-profit youth education at the Jewish Community Center of Louisville. She has lived in Kentucky, New Mexico, Nevada, Wisconsin, England, France, and Japan, each of which has shaped her understanding of language and communication. Her culminative experiences influenced her dissertation research which focused on the intersections of translanguaging—or the understanding that individuals’ idiolects do not natural delineate between named languages—and multimodality—or the idea that communication happens in multiple modes or format.
Dr. Keran’s classes focus on thinking critically and communicating interpersonally and professional in industry specific way. She emphasizes audience awareness, purpose, and the inextricably linked between form and content in communication.