• Alexandra is working on a number of different projects exploring consumption, tourism, and the media with an emphasis on critical marketing, sociological, and gender perspectives
• Most recent projects focus on the effects of technology and the digital environment their impact on consumption, tourism, intimate relationships, and new market development. 
• Other ongoing projects focus on aspects of gender and sexuality and their role in the marketplace, as well as implications associated with the pornification of culture

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Academic Honors

Principals Career Development Scholarship Recipient

• University of Edinburgh; January 2013 - January 2016​

Runner-up for Best PhD Paper Award                                                           

• Reflecting on the Past, Celebrating the Present and Shaping the Future in Marketing Research Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland (September 2013)

Regional Winner                                                                                              

• Placed first among twelve groups competing in the Altria Sales Case Competition – designed, marketed, and sold a product based on a detailed case study in Santa Monica, California (November 2009)​

AIMS Full Tuition Scholarship Recipient                                                                               

• Awarded to study full time at the University of Arizona (May 2006 - May 2010)

Workshops and Accreditation

Qualitative Techniques for Social Media Research Workshop

• Society for Marketing Advances; November 2020

• Workshop presented an overview of qualitative data generation and analysis techniques
• Some topics included: Using social media for interpretive research, data collection and analysis methods, ethics and publishing considerations

IRB: Human Subject Research (basic course)
Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) Program, SUNY – University at Albany; October 2018

• Training on research ethics and compliance for researchers involved with human subjects​
• Topics included: History and ethical principles, privacy and confidentiality, informed consent internet-based research, research with prisoners, research with children, and assessing risk

​German Language Courses: Deutschkurse bei der Universität München

• Level B1 proficient; September 2016

Qualitative Data Analysis Workshop

• The University of Arkansas; June 2015
• Workshop presented an overview of qualitative analysis techniques and one-to-one mentoring
• Some topics included: Coding, videographic and visual analysis, ethnographic research, theorization, and abstraction techniques

​Politics of Consumption Workshop                                                                      

• City University London; August 2014
• Workshop addressed the politics in and of performing consumption studies
•  Some topics included: sustainability, feminism, globalization, ideology, capitalism, and meritocracy

Canon of Classics Workshop                                                                             

• The University of Southern Denmark; August 2014
• Workshop covered selected canonical philosophers and discussed their relevance to consumption
• Some theorists included: Paul Ricoeur, Michel Foucault, Jean Baudrillard, Pierre Bourdieu, Jürgen Habermas, and Erving Goffman

Academic Training                                                                            

• Institute for Academic Development Tutors & Demonstrator Courses; September - October 2013
• Completed 15 hours of courses catered to instructing students
  
• Courses covered online teaching, designing and delivering lectures, and troubleshooting