University Bio - Alexandra Hichel

Degrees

• Master of Arts - Public Relations and Organizational Communication - Wayne State University
• Bachelor of Arts - Public Relations and Organizational Communication and Political Science majors - Wayne State University

Biography

Alexandra Hichel is director of recruitment & communications for the College of Liberal Arts & Education at University of Detroit Mercy. She has more than 20 years’ experience in internal and external communication, website development and photography. Hichel also serves as an adjunct faculty instructor within the University's Department of Cybersecurity & Information Systems and the Department of Communication Studies. She holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in Organizational Communication and Public Relations from Wayne State University. She has maintained professional membership with the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) since 2012. Within IABC, she holds the office of region chair for the Heritage Region, has served as the Silver Quill Communication Awards Chair, a past president of IABC Detroit and was recognized at the international level as a 2014 IABC chapter leader of the year.