Dr. Warren earned her doctoral degree in Instructional Communication from the University of Kentucky in 2011. Her areas of expertise include experiential and service-learning, program assessment, student engagement, and curriculum design and instruction. She also studies instructional communication within health contexts, specifically patient-provider communication among patients who suffer from chronic illness. She teaches courses in patient advocacy, health policy and politics, and research methods. She also currently serves as the Human Health Sciences (HHS) undergraduate program director.