LaKesha Anderson

At Johns Hopkins, LaKesha N. Anderson serves as a lecturer in the MA in Communication program where she has taught courses in health communication, risk and crisis communication, and research methods since 2015.

Anderson is an Associate Professor of Health Professions Education, Medicine, and Family Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Her research explores the intersections of communication and medicine with specific interests in message development and health behavior change. She explores both physician and patient education, medical knowledge acquisition, and professional development. Her research has been published in leading journals including JAMA, Family Medicine, and Journal of Health Communication. Anderson is Associate Editor at Family Medicine and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Communication Pedagogy.

Prior to USU, she served as Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Medical College of Georgia and Educational Researcher in MCG’s Educational Innovation Institute. Other roles have included Director of Academic and Professional Affairs at the National Communication Association and Assistant Professor of Communication at Indiana State University. Anderson earned her PhD in Communication, with a specialization in Health and Strategic Communication, from George Mason University.