Alexandra Wake is an associate professor in journalism in RMIT University's School of Media and Communication. She is an active leader, educator, and researcher in journalism.

Her work sits at the nexus of journalism practice, journalism education, equality, diversity and mental health.

Dr Wake has taught journalism at RMIT, Deakin University, Dubai Women’s College, and was a trainer on international aid projects including at the South African Broadcasting Corporation.

Dr Wake has been an education advisor for Mindframe for Journalists since 2012 and was a Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma Academic Fellow in 2011.

She is also part of the Journalism Education and Trauma Research Group (JETREG) based at the University of Lincoln, UK, and the team of researchers in "The International UNESCO UniTWIN Network on Gender, Media and ICTs" promoting and developing international co-participative projects together with the National Autonomous University of Mexico.