Anna R McAlister

Anna R McAlister currently serves as the Director of Curriculum and Assessment at the Institute for Advertising Ethics since April 2023. McAlister has been a Professor and Department Faculty Lead at Endicott College since August 2015, teaching undergraduate courses in Marketing, Consumer Behavior, and Research Methods, while also advising 25 undergraduate students. In addition, McAlister holds the position of Assistant Professor at Michigan State University since January 2012, focusing on the online Master's in Strategic Communication program and the undergraduate Advertising Management program, as well as managing two research participant pools. Previous roles include Lecturer positions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and UQ Business School, The University of Queensland, Australia, where McAlister also worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. McAlister earned a PhD in Developmental Psychology and a Graduate Certificate in University Teaching from The University of Queensland.