Alex Rister

Title
Assistant Professor; Program Chair, B.S. in Communication; Senior Advisor, VECTOR
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Department
Department of Humanities & Communication
College
College of Arts & Sciences

Office Hours

Monday through Friday 9 AM to 5 PM EST and by appointment
Alex Rister

Dr. Alex Rister serves as the program chair for the Bachelor of Science in Communication and as Senior Advisor for VECTOR, Worldwide’s virtual communication center. She holds M.A. degrees in both Communication and English and a Ph.D. in Texts and Technology from the University of Central Florida. 

With over 15 years of higher education experience, Alex's primary teaching interests include organizational communication, business communication, as well as public speaking and presentation. Her research aligns with her professional service and community volunteer work on communication for social change, especially on issues important to girls and women. She is interested in the communicative elements of advocacy, awareness and leadership for social change at the individual and organizational levels. 

Alex is Immediate Past President of the Junior League of Greater Orlando, a women’s civic leadership nonprofit organization, and serves on the Association of Junior Leagues International (AJLI) Governance Committee. She is the Secretary for the National Communication Association’s Activism and Social Justice Division, on the Executive Board of the Florida Communication Association and on the Membership Committee for the Global Association of Human Trafficking Scholars.

  • Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in Texts and Technology, University of Central Florida
  • M.A. - Master of Arts in Communication: Interpersonal Communication, University of Central Florida
  • M.A. - Master of Arts in English, University of North Florida
  • Graduate Certificate in Gender Studies, University of Central Florida
  • B.A. - Bachelor of Arts in English, University of Florida
  • A.A. - Associate of Arts in Communications and Journalism, Chipola College

COMD 362 - Communication and Organizational Culture

COMD 460 - Crisis Communication

ENGL 222 - Business Communication

SPCH 219 - Speech

Global Association of Human Trafficking Scholars, International Communication Association, National Communication Association, Southern States Communication Association, Florida Communication Association

2019 Francis Bok Human Trafficking Awareness Fellow at the University of Central Florida